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Michael Lyke, 33, was killed during a confrontation at a fourplex on North Wheeling Avenue in Tulsa on the afternoon of January 19, 2014. He had gone to the apartment intending to collect money he was owed. An argument inside the unit escalated, and at some point Lyke reportedly drew a handgun. A struggle followed with 22-year-old occupant Deandre Simon, who then used a shotgun and fatally shot Lyke at the scene.

Officers who responded found a chaotic scene that investigators described as consistent with a possible act of self-defense. Simon was taken into custody on a complaint of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and the matter was forwarded to the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office. After reviewing the evidence and circumstances, prosecutors declined to file charges against Simon in connection with Lyke’s death.

Are there witnesses or anyone with additional details about what happened inside that apartment who can help clarify the sequence of events?