Adrian Brown, 34, was killed in a shooting outside the American Cannabis dispensary at 6600 S. Western Avenue in Oklahoma City on August 17, 2021, just before 11 p.m. Officers found him in the business parking lot with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and later died. The Oklahoma City Police Department listed his death as the city’s 59th homicide of the year.

Investigators say Brown went to the parking lot to meet another man for an exchange of marijuana for money. An arrest warrant alleges that 29-year-old Ryan Boyd pulled a gun and attempted to rob Brown; police reported Brown drew his own gun and both men fired at each other, while another account said Boyd fired several times. Witnesses heard rapid gunfire and bullets struck both Brown and a nearby business. Boyd fled but was identified quickly from surveillance and witness statements and was arrested the evening of August 18, 2021, then booked on a murder charge and held without bond.

If anyone was in or near that parking lot that night or has information about the meeting or what led up to it, contact investigators.