On the evening of November 23, 2020, 15-year-old Stavian Rodriguez was shot and killed by Oklahoma City police during the response to an armed-robbery at a south-side convenience store. Video from the scene shows Rodriguez dropping a handgun as he climbed out of a drive-thru window, then reaching toward his waistband; an officer fired a less-lethal round and five other officers then fired their weapons. An autopsy found Rodriguez had been struck 13 times from head to feet and a cellphone was recovered in his pocket; no other weapons were found on his person at the scene.

Five officers — Bethany Sears, Jared Barton, Corey Adams, John Skuta, and Brad Pemberton — were charged with first-degree manslaughter in March 2021; those charges were dismissed in 2023 under a subsequent district attorney. Rodriguez’s accomplice, 16-year-old Wyatt Cheatham, was arrested and later charged with murder in connection with the robbery. The family filed a federal lawsuit in December 2020; in January 2025 the city agreed to an $875,000 settlement without admitting liability.

Are there witnesses or additional video from the store or nearby businesses that could clarify the moments before officers opened fire?