Donza Settles, a 30-year-old Black man, was shot in the parking lot of Towne Square Apartments near Apache and North Peoria on the evening of January 6, 2021. He was found with a gunshot wound, taken to a nearby hospital, and died of his injuries. This was recorded as Tulsa’s first homicide of 2021.

Tulsa Police processed the scene, interviewed witnesses and obtained surveillance video from the apartment complex. Investigators used that footage to identify a person of interest and focused the case on 36-year-old Kent Payne. A warrant charging Payne with first-degree murder was issued with bond set at one million dollars. Payne was located, arrested and formally charged in connection with Settles’s killing.

If anyone saw activity in the Towne Square Apartments parking lot on January 6, 2021, or has information about what happened that evening, please share what is known.