Nickolas Anthony Ross, 23, was shot and killed on September 17, 2020, in the parking lot of the MacArthur Apartments on the 5700 block of Northwest 19th Street in Oklahoma City. Emergency responders took him to a local hospital in critical condition; he later died of his injuries. Investigators say the shooting followed an altercation between Ross and two other men that escalated into gunfire. Detectives interviewed witnesses and collected scene evidence as they reconstructed the events.

Police located and detained two men at a Midwest City residence shortly after the shooting and took them in for questioning. A close family member, whose statements could not be independently verified, says there were four or five people involved, that Ross may have been lured to the location by a White woman as part of a setup, and that the driver was never identified. The family member also says they first learned of the death via a message from Ross’s Facebook account, were restricted from identifying him until a brief viewing at the funeral home, never received his personal belongings, and felt their concerns were not fully heard by investigators. The family member says two individuals were later convicted and received sentences of about 10 and 11 years; those details were not independently verified.

Are there readers who knew Nickolas or who have information about the events that night?