On Valentine’s Day 2024, 31-year-old Tevis Malik Desan Chess was shot and killed at the Moore, Oklahoma, home of his girlfriend near Southeast 14th Street and Morgan Drive. The estranged husband of the girlfriend, identified as Bobby Oliver Jr., allegedly forced entry by breaking a window, went to a back bedroom and shot Chess multiple times. Witnesses say Oliver then stood over Chess, kicking and stomping his body, spoke briefly to the children in a nearby bedroom, and fled.

Law enforcement located and arrested Bobby Oliver Jr. at his family’s home in Norman after he reportedly confessed to his father that he had shot someone. He was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary and held on $3.5 million bond with a no-contact condition for state witnesses. Tevis Chess is remembered as a devoted father to two young daughters, a son’s and daughter’s family member, and a friend; a GoFundMe was started to assist with funeral expenses.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Tevis, please share tips with investigators.