On the night of January 21, 2019, in a cul-de-sac on Lauren Lane in Midwest City, Oklahoma, 31-year-old DeMario Brown was shot in the front yard of his home and pronounced dead at the scene. Officers were dispatched just after 9:30 p.m. after reports of shots fired; witnesses described an unknown vehicle in the cul-de-sac immediately before gunfire and then speeding away. Investigators documented the incident as a drive-by shooting and classified it as a homicide, with national incident records noting possible gang and drug connections.

Brown lived in the Oklahoma City area and worked as a mental health tech. Family and friends remembered him as full of life, loving, caring, protective, and devoted to his children; online memorials show candles and messages from those who mourn him. In the days after the killing, Midwest City’s police chief described the investigation as extremely active and asked the public for help; detectives pursued leads to identify those responsible.

Does anyone have information about the vehicle or the people seen in the cul-de-sac that night?