Jett Brummett

Jett Brummett was an 18-year-old senior at Cleveland High School who loved football, basketball, and spending time with his friends listening to music. Born on March 13, 2006, the White male was described by his family as a good kid who loved his family, his friends, and God. His life was on the cusp of adulthood when it was violently cut short in an ambush.

In the pre-dawn hours of February 8, 2025, Jett was with three other teenagers in a car at the Worthington Townhomes apartment complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Around 1:30 a.m., two people approached the vehicle and opened fire, unleashing more than 20 shots in what police described as an ambush attack. The car crashed into a brick retaining wall. Jett and another 18-year-old, Arturo Degollado, were killed at the scene. Two other teenagers in the car, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old, were wounded but survived.

The investigation led to a swift arrest when 18-year-old Christopher Atjun turned himself in to police on the same day as the shooting. Authorities said he confessed to the crimes. Soon after, investigators identified two more suspects: 16-year-old Joseph Melendez and 19-year-old Angel Ibarra. Melendez was arrested in February, but Ibarra fled the country, sparking a multi-agency manhunt. The search ended on April 15, 2025, when Homeland Security Investigations captured Ibarra in Mexico. He was extradited back to Tulsa to face charges.

All three suspects were charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Jett Brummett and Arturo Degollado. Atjun and Ibarra also faced two counts of shooting with intent to kill for injuring the two surviving victims. During a preliminary hearing, testimony indicated that the suspects had an ongoing dispute with Arturo Degollado, and Jett was considered an innocent bystander. Investigators stated that Melendez was not one of the shooters but had provided a gun to one of the others. In August 2025, a Tulsa judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to bind all three suspects over for trial.

As of February 2026, the case was awaiting trial. Court dates were scheduled for later that year, with Christopher Atjun and Angel Ibarra set for trial in November and Joseph Melendez in December.