Randy Byers-Cole, 33, was found dead from a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a car that had crashed into a tree on the evening of December 16, 2020, near East 48th Street North and North Peoria Avenue in Tulsa. The crash occurred around 6:30 p.m.; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Initial Tulsa Police Department reports indicate the shooting likely happened at a nearby apartment complex and that Byers-Cole then attempted to drive away before crashing.

Investigators treated the death as a homicide and worked the case in those critical initial hours, asking the community for information. The investigation later led to the arrest of two suspects; details about motive and the suspects’ specific charges have not been widely publicized. If anyone has information about Randy Byers-Cole, the shooting, or activity around that apartment complex that evening, please share what is known with investigators.