OKLAHOMA CITY – A suspect is now in custody for a shooting that left one person dead in a southwest Oklahoma City apartment complex earlier this month.
21-year-old Santana Orlando Mathis was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder for the shooting death of 42-year-old Brently Joseph Mueller on the night of Friday, February 6th.
That night, at approximately 11:17 p.m., officers were called to a shooting at an apartment complex in the 3700 block of S. Pennsylvania Avenue where they found Mueller suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died.
Mueller’s death is considered the city’s ninth homicide for 2026, part of a rash of four homicides across OKC that same weekend, as Free Press reported previously:
Mathis was located by Oklahoma City Police and arrested on Tuesday, February 10th on charges of first-degree murder and unlawfully carrying weapons.
His bail was set at $5 million.
Note: At the time of publication, the details released by the police have not been tested in court. By law, individuals are presumed innocent until found guilty by a jury of their peers or through a guilty plea.
Brett Fieldcamp is the owner and Editor in Chief of Oklahoma City Free Press. He has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for nearly two decades and served as Arts & Entertainment Editor before purchasing the company from founder Brett Dickerson in 2026.
He is also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.
