A deadly confrontation in Oktaha, Oklahoma, in April 2022 left father and son Benjamin Benjy Hill Jr. and 25-year-old Stephen Hill dead after a caller reported two men in a vehicle trying to run her off the road and following her to her property. During the 911 call the dispatcher heard gunfire and the line went dead; when the dispatcher called back a man identified as Kyle Owens answered and said they were dead in the road and that his weapon was secured inside his house. Responding investigators found about 28 shell casings at the scene.

Eyewitness accounts describe Stephen Hill standing at the rear of his vehicle with his hands raised. The case was brought under federal jurisdiction as a murder in Indian Country, and Kyle Owens was arrested on two counts of Murder in Indian Country. Stephen’s family remembered him as a funny, vibrant young man and a talented welder.

If anyone has information about events that night or knew Stephen and his father, please come forward with what you know.