Elliott Zachary was 44 when he was shot and killed in north Tulsa on the evening of April 7, 2022. He was found with a fatal chest wound inside a vehicle near East 47th Street North and North Harvard Avenue after gunfire in the neighborhood.

Public reports say an argument occurred between Zachary and another man, and that the confrontation escalated to gunfire. The investigation identified Jerome V. Bluford as a suspect; Bluford surrendered to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and was arrested on a complaint of first-degree murder. The nature of the men’s relationship and the specific circumstances leading to the shooting have not been widely released.

If anyone in north Tulsa that evening saw activity near East 47th Street North and North Harvard Avenue or has information about Zachary’s last movements, please share what is known.