Investigation into slaying of real estate agent comes to a close

The case surrounding the death of a prominent Oklahoma City real estate agent has closed after the man accused of killing him died earlier this month.

Kenton “Kent” Potter, 63, was struck by a vehicle about

3:45 p.m. on Aug. 9 in the driveway of his northwest Oklahoma City home.

He was later pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene, police said.

A neighbor of Potter, Philip Farris, 55, told The Oklahoman on the day of Potter’s death that he saw the man outside of his house slumped in a patio lawn chair with his face and head on his knees that

afternoon and thought the man had fallen asleep. Farris left his home and returned later, adding that he recalled seeing Potter in a different position, sitting upright in the chair with his arms at his side. Police arrived a few minutes later.

Master Sgt. Gary Knight, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City

Police Department, said the man who struck Potter, Floy Berton Grubb, 71, later became ill, was taken to a hospital and died earlier this month.

“Effectively that closes the case,” Knight said.

Grubb was not charged in connection to Potter’s death, the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday.

Records show that Grubb previously had lived at the home and

Potter referred to Grubb as his roommate in a police report.

Police were called to the home at least twice in the past four years.

Potter reported Grubb missing on Jan. 9, 2016, telling officers that Grubb had left without packing and that he “has done this before, but not for a week,” according to a police report.

On March 3, 2014, Potter reported that Grubb had left after getting into an argument

about Grubb “seeing a doctor.” Potter said Grubb walked away from the home.

An investigating officer was contacted by a Nichols Hills police officer who said he was familiar with the two men, adding that they used to live in Nichols Hills and police would receive “numerous domestic” calls and that it was common for Grubb, after an argument, to leave and go to a hotel.