David Willis was 33 and living with his mother and stepfather in north Tulsa when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of June 21, 2017. He had a habit of sitting in his car outside the house to listen to music and nap; that night he had hugged his mother and promised he would be fine before leaving the house again. Neighbors reported hearing a rapid series of shots around 3 a.m., then found Willis slumped in his vehicle in front of the home.

Investigators say the shooting occurred during a nearby attempted break-in by 36-year-old neighbor John David Schmidt, who fired multiple times outside a house, kicked in a door, and then fled through the neighborhood while still armed. Patrol officers encountered Schmidt; detectives later identified him as the person who fired into the street and into Willis’s car. Schmidt was taken into custody and booked on complaints including first-degree murder and related firearms and burglary counts. Willis’s family remembered him as a generous, hardworking man who loved barbecues, game nights, and his nieces and nephews, and they sought help to cover funeral expenses.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see Schmidt moving through the street that night or hear anything that might clarify how the shots reached Marion Avenue?