On the morning of Sunday, November 5, 2017, 27-year-old Byron Roland was shot and killed in a north Tulsa neighborhood while approaching a friend’s house. An unknown assailant had been lying in wait in bushes across the street and opened fire in what police described as an ambush-style attack. Investigators noted the seemingly random, motiveless nature of the shooting and suggested possible gang undertones, while also stating there was no evidence Roland was involved in gang activity.

Roland, born August 6, 1990, is mourned by his family, including his cousin Sheliece Williams. The Tulsa Police Department investigated but had no immediate leads; no arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced and the case remains unsolved. If anyone saw activity in that neighborhood the morning of November 5, 2017, or has information about who lay in the bushes across the street, please come forward.