On January 16, 2017, Kenneth Sellers, a 58-year-old Black man, was found shot to death in a home near 29th Street North and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The discovery, made around 1:45 a.m., was one of three fatalities at that address that night; 52-year-old Cara Brown and her 28-year-old son Thomas Lee Brown were also killed. Investigators believe Thomas Brown was the intended target and that Sellers and Cara Brown were killed because they witnessed the attack.

The slayings occurred during an eight-hour span that included a total of four homicides in Tulsa. Detectives described the investigation as difficult at first because of the crime scene’s condition and trouble locating witnesses, but subsequent work led to identifying two men as suspects. Cell phone data was cited at trial as evidence that contradicted the defendants’ statements. A jury later found the two men guilty on counts related to the triple homicide and armed robbery, and recommended life terms without parole.

If anyone knew Kenneth Sellers or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.