Matthew Conway Harvey, 20, was shot and killed after a roommate dispute at a southwest Oklahoma City apartment on March 16, 2023. The confrontation began after Harvey’s girlfriend, who lived with him, asked their 48-year-old roommate Ross Watkins to move out; tensions reportedly escalated into a fight and a gunshot was fired. Harvey collapsed on the stairs near the second-floor breezeway and died in the apartment while his girlfriend was present and held him as he took his last breaths.

Watkins was arrested at the scene on a complaint of illegally possessing a firearm because of a prior felony drug conviction in Kansas; investigators said charging decisions, including whether to file murder charges, would be made by the Oklahoma County District Attorney as the inquiry continued. Police said they were considering self-defense, a point disputed by Harvey’s girlfriend. Harvey was born in El Reno on May 20, 2002, and is remembered by his family as ambitious, fond of making music, his blue car, and fishing at the lake.

Does anyone have information about the days leading up to the dispute or the events inside the apartment on March 16, 2023?