Kolton Josshua Edwards, 29, was fatally shot inside a shared residence in the 700 block of SE Sooner Park Drive in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on May 17, 2019. Police were called about 10:16 p.m.; Edwards was taken by private vehicle to Jane Phillips Medical Center and later transferred to a Tulsa hospital, where he died.

The roommate, 45-year-old Shawn Saejin Lynch, was identified as a suspect. Investigators say the shooting arose from a money dispute; Lynch told police Edwards had loaned him money for groceries but that Lynch went to a casino instead. According to Lynch’s statement in an affidavit, Edwards was holding a metal baseball bat during an angry confrontation, Lynch retrieved a gun from his mother, and after Edwards went to his room and returned Lynch fired two shots, believing the second struck Edwards in the chest. Lynch fled but later arranged to turn himself in and was arrested on a complaint of first-degree murder. Two others, 22-year-old Kyle Sanders and 35-year-old Jennifer Wilson, were arrested on charges of obstructing an officer for allegedly withholding information. Lynch’s bond was set at $950,000 and a competency review was ordered in September 2020 at the defense’s request.

Did anyone in Bartlesville know Edwards or witness the events at that residence on May 17, 2019?