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Tulsa, Oklahoma – A Hispanic man is on the run after he and two alleged accomplices were charged in a mass shooting that killed a White and a Hispanic teenager and injured two others.
In the early hours of February 8, Tulsa police were called to an apartment complex where they found four teenagers that had been shot in an apparent ambush.
18-year-olds Jett Brummet—who is White—and Arturo Degollado—who is Hispanic—were pronounced dead at the scene. The two other victims were rushed to the hospital and are expected to survive.
On February 15, 18-year-old Christopher Atjun—who is Hispanic—turned himself into authorities for the alleged crime and remains in custody at Tulsa County Jail.
Around that time, investigators with Tulsa PD were able to identify 16-year-old Joseph Melendez and 19-year-old Angel Ibarra—who is also Hispanic—as additional suspects. Melendez is reportedly in police custody while Ibarra's whereabouts remain unknown to authorities.
All three suspects—including Ibarra—have been charged with two counts of first-degree murder while Ibarra and Ajtun are also being charged with shooting with the intent to kill.
Born in March of 2006 in Tulsa, Jett Brummett was a senior at Cleveland High School. He participated in youth football and enjoyed playing basketball and spending time with friends. Jett is survived by numerous family and friends. A funeral service was held on February 14, 2025, at First Baptist Church in Cleveland, Oklahoma.
Like Brummett, Arturo Degollado born in Tulsa in 2006. At the time of his death, Degollado was a high school student. He is survived by his numerous siblings and his parents, including his father who has the same name. A funeral service was held on February 17, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Multiple organizations have varied definitions of ‘mass shooting,’ but according to the Gun Violence Archive—a widely recognized database—this incident meets the criteria, as it involved four victims.
Tulsa, Oklahoma has an estimated population of approximately 412,000. White residents make up just over half of Tulsa's population, while Hispanic and Black residents are the largest minorities and make up around 19% and 14%. Mixed race individuals make up nearly 15% of Tulsa residents and are often reflected in multiple racial or ethnic categories.
Tulsa PD's crime statistics show two common patterns, an over representation of Black individuals among among homicide suspects and a total lack of tracking Hispanic identity within the same data.
Between 2020 and 2024, Tulsa PD recorded 200 total homicide suspects, with Black individuals making up 57.5% of suspects despite only making up 14% of the city's population. However, Tulsa PD did not record whether any of the suspects were Hispanic or Latino, instead recording 'not specified' for 100% of arrested homicide suspects.
A cursory search of 'homicide arrest' in Tulsa's 2021 Facebook posts quickly turned up Juan Odillio Guerra-Vasquez, who was arrested for homicide and is clearly Hispanic.
Though Hispanic offenders appear to make up a significant portion of offenders, a lack of data obscures their over representation among homicide suspects.
Despite the lack of data, Hispanic individuals appear to make up a disproportionate amount of homicide suspects in many American municipalities.
In January, a Hispanic gunman shot and killed two people inside a grocery store in Elhart, Indiana. He was fatally shot in a subsequent exchange of gunfire with police which left two White officers injured.
Ten days before, a Hispanic chef in Raleigh, North Carolina opened fire on his coworkers during a birthday celebration at a restaurant, killing his White manager and injuring another Hispanic employee before taking his own life.
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