Alex Daniel Chuculate was 27 when he was found with at least one gunshot wound to the head in the courtyard of Silver Creek Apartments near East 41st Street and South Garnett Road in Tulsa. First responders rendered aid and he was taken to St. John’s Medical Center, but he died on July 8, 2021.

Tulsa police identified a suspect, Juan Ochoa. The circumstances that led to the shooting in the apartment complex courtyard were not made immediately clear. Authorities prosecuted the case and brought Ochoa to trial on a first-degree murder charge in January 2023; the jury convicted him of the lesser offense of first-degree manslaughter, and he received a 15-year sentence.

Anyone who knew Alex, saw activity at the Silver Creek Apartments that July, or has information about the events that led to his death is asked to come forward.