Richard Jerald Parker, a 57-year-old Black/African American man, was found shot to death behind the wheel of his SUV in the parking lot of the Tonight Inn and Suites in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The shooting occurred on July 12, 2014; a woman flagged down a patrol officer and Parker was discovered around 2:20 p.m. with a fatal gunshot wound. He was a father and a fiancé.

Investigators focused on a small, gold-colored Ford with tinted windows after witnesses placed that vehicle at the scene. A multi-agency task force involving Tulsa Police homicide, narcotics and organized gang units, crime analysts and officers from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections worked the case. Authorities identified Kordarius Scott, who was on interstate parole from Kansas and known to Parker, as the primary suspect.

On July 15, 2014, investigators located a gold Ford Fusion matching the description and arrested Kordarius Scott at a McDonald’s without incident. Reports say a chance meeting between Scott and Parker at the motel escalated into the deadly encounter, and Scott was charged with first-degree murder. Does anyone have information about Parker’s final movements that afternoon or about witnesses who saw the gold Ford near the motel?