Samuel Grisby, 51, was found shot to death outside the BestWay Inn, a motel near Southeast 29th Street and the I-35 service road in Oklahoma City, in the early hours of October 21, 2022. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene; his death was recorded as Oklahoma City’s 64th homicide of 2022. Funeral records list him as the son of Catherine and Eugene Grisby, a John Marshall High School graduate and a chef by trade, and a father to daughters Bria, Brytanni, and Katy and sons Rushae and Brandon.

Detectives treated the killing as a homicide and secured the motel while collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses about movements around the interstate corridor that morning. On October 24, 2022, police and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested 30-year-old Jarret Johnson and 28-year-old Carion Lenox on first-degree murder warrants in connection with Grisby’s death; some outlets noted formal charges had not yet been filed at that time.

Grisby’s family arranged private funeral services and established a memorial fundraiser to help with arrangements and support surviving relatives. Does anyone have information about Samuel’s last known movements near the BestWay Inn or the people who were there that morning?