Evan Stout was 19 when he was found with a gunshot wound to the head in a car in north Tulsa on a Friday in March 2016. He was taken to a hospital and died there on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Known by some as Goofy, he enjoyed video games, music, and going to concerts.

Investigators quickly focused on Stout’s 19-year-old girlfriend, Tiffany Wesley, who was identified as the person who had shot him and then fled on foot. Wesley surrendered to police the next day and was initially arrested on a complaint of shooting with intent to kill. After Stout’s death the charge was upgraded to second-degree murder, and court records show she was later charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the killing with a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver. In October 2016 she waived a jury and pleaded guilty in a bench proceeding.