A Tulsa road-rage confrontation that ended in gunfire outside a fast-food restaurant on Tuesday, leaving a 46-year-old man dead and a woman injured. Police arrested 20-year-old Dezmin Day within minutes of the shooting near Admiral Boulevard and Sheridan Road, and investigators say surveillance video showed Day pulling into the parking lot and blocking Williams.
Tulsa police said one man was taken into custody following the deadly shooting, according to newson6.com. Officers responded to a report of a shooting outside an Arby's near Admiral and Sheridan on Tuesday afternoon, and what unfolded left one person dead and another injured. The victim, identified by KOKH as 46-year-old Michael Williams, suffered gunshot wounds and later died from his injuries, per investigators.
According to newson6.com, two vehicles pulled into the fast-food parking lot before Williams got out of his car and approached Day's vehicle. Williams was unarmed when he confronted Day, per officials cited by KOKH. Accounts differ on where Williams was struck: newson6.com reported he was shot in the chest, while kjrh.com reported the other driver was shot in the shoulder. Day shot Williams multiple times, KOKH reports, and also shot Williams' passenger once.
A Woman Grazed by Gunfire and a Chase That Started at Church
A woman riding with Williams was grazed in the head by a bullet and taken to a local hospital, according to the same newson6.com account. KOKH identified her as a 31-year-old woman suffering from gunshot wounds, and investigators said she was expected to recover. The article notes she is separate from any other passengers mentioned in early reports.
Per kjrh.com, a separate December 2023 incident involved a confrontation at Guts Church after a driver alleged that someone had tried to run him and his mother off the road. The current shooting occurred at the Arby's parking lot. Day later told detectives that the shooting stemmed from a road-rage incident between him and one of the victims, KOKH reports.
Surveillance Video and a Quick Arrest Downtown
Homicide investigators obtained surveillance video of the shooting, and per KOKH, that footage showed Day pull into the Arby's parking lot and block in Williams before the gunfire began. Witnesses who saw the suspect's vehicle leave the scene provided a license plate number to police, the newson6.com report states, and that tip proved decisive.
Officers located and pulled over the suspect in downtown Tulsa about 10 minutes after the shooting, according to the same account. Police reportedly found a pistol under the driver's seat of Day's vehicle, KOKH reports. Day was arrested on a complaint of second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
A Separate 2020 Arby's Shooting
A separate 2020 case involved the shooting death of a customer at an Arby's, according to ktul.com. In that case, an Arby's manager named Deionna Young was accused of driving after a customer, Desean Tallent, who had spat at her and threatened her after a dispute over his order, then shooting him before returning to work. Young later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
The Tulsa Police Department maintains public transparency resources, including a homicide tracker and monthly dispatch data, though those broader statistics were not cited in connection with this specific case. The investigation into Williams' death remains active as Day faces the complaint filed against him.
