Deshaun Lamar Mitchell, 28, was shot and killed in Oklahoma City in the late evening of September 14, 2019. Police responding to reports of a shooting found him about 10:45 p.m. lying outside near an apartment complex at NW 23rd Street and Villa Avenue; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Born November 4, 1990, to Sherri Mitchell and Roger Harris, Mitchell attended Douglass High School and later earned a GED. He enjoyed basketball, music and playing Call of Duty, and was a father to two sons, Deshaun Lamar Mitchell, Jr. and Braxten Deshaun Meadows-Mitchell. Family and friends remember him as fun-loving and quick to make people laugh.

The Oklahoma City Police Department investigated but the case has gone cold; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear. Anyone with information about that night is asked to contact the homicide tip line.