A 21-year-old Oklahoma City man is heading to trial after a late-night argument turned into gunfire that left a 19-year-old dead and a woman wounded on the city's west side. Kevon Thomas was bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing, with his formal arraignment now set for September 23, 2026.
According to KOKH, Thomas and victim Anthony Carney were in an argument, per detectives, before Thomas allegedly shot Carney and a female victim. Oklahoma City police officers responded to a reported shooting in the 6600 block of NW 10th Street, arriving to find both victims. Per the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office, the case is formally designated CF-2025-5461, and a judge determined at the preliminary hearing that probable cause existed to send Thomas to trial — the standard legal threshold under Oklahoma criminal procedure for moving a case from a preliminary hearing into district court.
City records reviewed by the Oklahoma City Free Press show officers were dispatched to the scene at 6652 NW 10th St. at 12:19 a.m. on November 10, 2025, following reports of gunfire. Carney, 19, was found dead after the shooting, per investigators, while the female victim was wounded, according to the same account. Thomas fled the scene but was located and taken into custody the following day, November 11, 2025, at a residence in far northeast Oklahoma City.
Formal Charges and a $10 Million Bond
Thomas was formally charged on November 20, 2025, and has remained held in custody at the Oklahoma County Detention Center on a $10 million bond ever since. He faces charges of first-degree murder, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, and unlawfully carrying a firearm. The identity and current recovery status of the wounded woman have not been detailed in available records.
Carney Remembered as Recent Graduate, Amazon Worker
Carney, who was 19 when he was killed, was a former student at Emerson High School and worked as an associate at an Amazon Fulfillment center, according to the National Gun Violence Memorial, whose records were updated by friends and family in the wake of his death. The shooting was officially logged by the City of Oklahoma City as Homicide #59 of 2025.
Case Fits Into a Broader Statewide Pattern
Oklahoma City recorded 74 total homicides in 2025, a 5 percent decrease from 2024 and part of a four-year stretch in which the city's homicide rate has stayed below 11 per 100,000 residents, according to city figures. Even so, Oklahoma's statewide firearm mortality rate sits at roughly 20.7 deaths per 100,000 residents — about 40 percent higher than the national average of 14.4, per data from Omnilert.
If convicted of first-degree murder, Thomas faces statutory penalties under Oklahoma law of life imprisonment, life without parole, or the death penalty. A standard life sentence in Oklahoma requires serving at least 85 percent of the term — more than 38 years — before parole eligibility, according to FindLaw. It remains unclear from available records whether prosecutors intend to pursue the death penalty or life without parole in Thomas's case.
Thomas's formal arraignment is scheduled for September 23, 2026, in Oklahoma County District Court, where the case will move forward under case number CF-2025-5461.
