Thomas Anthony Poolaw, a 20-year-old man of Kiowa and Wichita heritage, was shot and killed on the evening of Tuesday, January 21, 2020, in Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City. Local law enforcement responded and opened an investigation into the fatal shooting.

Authorities arrested three people in connection with Poolaw’s death, and the case later moved through the legal system to convictions for those involved. Thomas, known as Tommy to family, was a Del City High School graduate and a devoted father whose family remembered him as kind and wanting to help others.

If anyone knew Tommy, saw him in Moore that evening, or has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.