On the morning of March 22, 2023, 32-year-old Codie Edward King of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was shot and killed inside a Bartlesville apartment after a confrontation. Court records describe an altercation between King and 35-year-old Joshua Brown during an encounter when Brown and 18-year-old Colton Patch Tallchief had gone to the apartment to pick up a female acquaintance. King reportedly struck at Brown with a frying pan while Tallchief, who had entered armed with a handgun, fired a single shot that struck King in the chest.

Tallchief, Brown and a third person, Amber King, were arrested in connection with the homicide. Jurisdictional issues led to different courts handling parts of the case: because Tallchief is a member of the Osage Nation and the shooting occurred within the Cherokee Nation, his matter proceeded in federal court. Tallchief later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country and received a five-year federal sentence. Brown was prosecuted in Washington County District Court; the first-degree burglary charge was dismissed and he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, receiving ten years in state prison. Amber King was held on charges related to the incident plus a drug court warrant and bail jumping.

Are there details about the apartment, witnesses, or timing that anyone can add who knew this case or the people involved?