On the evening of November 6, 2019, 18-year-old Ryan Yearby was shot while sitting in the passenger seat of a car on Vicki Drive in Del City, Oklahoma. He suffered a single gunshot wound to the head; the driver rushed him to a nearby hospital but Ryan did not survive. He had been preparing to start a new job the following day.

Days earlier the residence where a friend of Ryan’s lived had been shot at, though no one was injured. On the night he was killed a verbal exchange occurred when Ryan and a friend arrived at that house and, shortly after, multiple shots—investigators estimated about five—were fired toward their vehicle. Authorities described the shooting as seemingly random and believed the shooter likely didn’t know who was in the car.

Del City police identified 34-year-old Bruce Baker, also known as Bruce Pharaoh, as a person of interest and later obtained an arrest warrant. Baker fled and was sought by law enforcement, including the U.S. Marshals, who offered a reward for information; tips placed him in the Oklahoma City area and the Dallas metroplex. Following his apprehension, the case moved forward while Ryan’s family continued to grieve a young man they remembered as one of a kind.

If anyone knew Ryan, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.