Robert Damel Rob Sapp, 28, of Catoosa, Oklahoma, was fatally shot after a visit to a friend’s apartment in Owasso in mid-May 2015. Reports place the shooting at the Brookwood Apartments on North Birch Street in the early hours of May 18, when officers found Rob with a single gunshot wound to the head and another adult male, later identified as Sean Askey, at the scene. Rob was taken to St. John Hospital in Tulsa and died of his injuries the next morning, May 19, 2015.

Authorities say Askey told investigators he was handling a .22-caliber rifle when it discharged; some accounts described the men as playing a game when the weapon fired. Prosecutors later charged Askey with first-degree manslaughter, heat of passion, and reckless conduct with a firearm, alleging his handling of the rifle created the circumstances that led to Rob’s death. The case moved through court and resulted in a guilty plea to manslaughter in the first degree and a sentence recorded by the court.