Deaneglo Patton

Death by Force

Deaneglo Patton, a 17-year-old Black / African American male, spent his last day in Oklahoma City on August 26, 2007, a date that is now remembered only in the stark language of homicide records. Public case listings describe how his life ended in a violent shooting that claimed him on the same day his body was found, fixing both his date of death and discovery as August 26, 2007, within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. What survives in the record is brief but devastating: his name, h ...Read More