Malek Martez Higginbotham, a 21-year-old Black man, was shot and killed after interrupting a vehicle burglary at his home on Southeast 48th Street in Oklahoma City on the evening of December 29, 2017. He had gone outside to move his truck and apparently surprised at least one person who was inside the vehicle. As he turned to run back into his home he was shot and later died at OU Medical Center.

Oklahoma City police opened a homicide investigation but, as of this account, no arrests have been made and the suspects have not been publicly identified. Malek’s death was counted as the city’s 92nd homicide of 2017. His mother has offered a reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone remembers activity near Southeast 48th Street on December 29, 2017, or has information about the vehicle burglary that preceded the shooting, please come forward.