Johnny Lee Dean was 22 when he was shot multiple times in the early hours of January 11, 2021, outside an apartment complex near East 66th Street and South Peoria Avenue in south Tulsa, Oklahoma. Officers responded shortly after 1:30 a.m. to reports of gunfire and found Dean in the parking lot with numerous gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead around 10:15 a.m.

Investigators say Dean went to the complex with another 22-year-old, Corban Uriel Ashton Payne, and that the two targeted a resident, assaulting and attempting to rob that person. During the struggle the resident produced a firearm and fired, striking Dean. Payne was arrested on January 13, 2021, and charged with murder and related counts tied to the beating and attempted robbery.

Dean is remembered in online memorials by family and friends who posted photos and messages calling him respectful, loving, and helpful. If anyone knew Johnny Dean or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.