On the evening of July 3, 2022, 17-year-old Jaylen Colbert, a Black male, was shot during an altercation at a residence at 4212 N. Lottie in Oklahoma City. The dispute involved two other individuals; the precise nature of the confrontation has not been reported. A gunshot struck Jaylen, and he was taken by private vehicle to a nearby fire station before emergency medical services transported him to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Oklahoma City police were called to the scene at about 6:51 p.m. and began an investigation. The two people who had been involved in the altercation were not identified in the initial stages, and no immediate arrests were announced. The case was recorded as the city’s 38th homicide of the year.

If anyone saw what happened at 4212 N. Lottie that evening or has information about the altercation, please share what is known with investigators.