TULSA — Tulsa police have now opened a homicide investigation after a fight outside of the Midnight Rodeo in east Tulsa on Saturday.

Police say 34-year-old Thomas Hurley was punched once by a former employee, then hit his head on the pavement.

Investigators believe the former employee thought a fight was about to break out and he wanted to stop it.

Hurley was taken to the hospital where he died days later.

Hurley, a veteran from Utah, was here for a work trip.

He leaves behind a wife and three children.

No one has been arrested.

Click HERE for the gofundme page for his family.