Sidney Leon Ray, 55, was shot while sitting on his front porch in the 5300 block of North Johnstown Avenue in Tulsa on the evening of May 1, 2019. Neighbors reported hearing an argument shortly before gunfire. Ray suffered a gunshot wound to the head, was taken to a local hospital, and later died of his injuries.

Police identified Reginald Sutton as a suspect; Sutton turned himself in on May 2, 2019, and was charged by the Tulsa County District Attorney’s office with first-degree murder and held without bond. Investigators said at least one other person may have been involved; another individual present was questioned and later released pending further inquiry.

Ray was born May 8, 1963, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, a McClain High School graduate who earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from East Central College and served in the U.S. Army. He was buried with military honors at Fort Gibson National Cemetery. Does anyone who remembers Sidney or who was in that neighborhood that night have information to share?