Luke Edward Strickland, a 15-year-old freshman at Kingfisher High School, was shot and killed on the evening of Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Police found him unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest near a truck in the 1000 block of 9th Street; bystanders and EMS attempted resuscitation but he died at the scene.

Investigators initially considered the wound possibly self-inflicted, but the probe shifted after authorities charged 18-year-old Patrick Roedel with first-degree manslaughter. Roedel was at the scene and at first said the shooting was an accident. A video recovered from Luke’s phone reportedly shows Roedel pointing an empty gun at Luke and pulling the trigger multiple times. Roedel later told police he had been pretending to shoot, then reloaded, thought the safety was on, pointed the gun and pulled the trigger one more time; that shot struck Luke in the chest.

Luke’s family stated they did not believe he would have taken his own life. Does anyone who knew Luke or was in Kingfisher that night have information that could shed light on what happened?