On October 26, 2017, 33-year-old Joshua Tucker was found in a neighbor’s driveway in Gore, Oklahoma, with a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was airlifted to a Tulsa hospital and later died of the injury. Investigators initially could not determine whether the wound was self-inflicted or the result of foul play.

The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at Tucker’s home and at first did not locate a weapon. Interviews with friends and family painted Tucker as wary of opening his door to strangers, particularly when his girlfriend, Elizabeth Nicole Stewart, was not home, and the wound was described as point-blank, suggesting he likely knew his assailant. By May 2018 authorities arrested 25-year-old Elizabeth Nicole Stewart and charged her with first-degree murder. The arrest affidavit says the couple had argued about money spent on drugs, Stewart admitted to slapping and hitting Tucker, gunshot residue was found on her, a shell casing was located inside the trailer door, and she later said a semi-automatic pistol had been found under the trailer.

Several investigative details remain contested in the narrative. If anyone knew Joshua, Elizabeth Nicole Stewart, or has information about that night, please share what is known.