Tuesday, July 1st 2025, 8:50 pm
People in Greenwood met Tuesday night to look for answers after the Juneteenth Festival shooting that killed one person and injured seven others.
The Tulsa County Sheriff, a Tulsa Police officer and the Head of Security for Greenwood were there to answer questions.
People in Greenwood wanted to know what responsibilities fall on law enforcement and what falls to the event organizers, when it comes to safety.
The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, Greenwood Cultural Center, Tulsa Police Department and the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office discussed how special event permits work for events like Juneteenth, and what roles each group plays.
"I think a lot of people will be talking about a lot of fear that happened with that incident. A lot of the people that will be here will be people who were here that night. So we've gotten a lot of people who said they're coming because they want to kind of stress their concerns about the fear of coming back down here. So one thing we want to make sure is people know that they can come back down here. Greenwood is always safe any other time. It's during these events that I think we need to be a little bit more conscious and cautious about security," said Heather Nash with the Deep Greenwood Foundation.
People had questions about when police step in during events.
TPD says they handle barricades, but event organizers decide where the barricades go and manage security inside the event.
The Sheriff's Office talked about the need for more downtown patrols and using more security cameras on weekends.
Nash organized Tuesday's meeting. She says a lot of events like Juneteenth are organized by people outside of Greenwood, and she'd like to see people within Greenwood have more of a say.
"That's the main thing. We want to make sure that we're sitting at the table. We're not here to be confrontational, we're here to be helpful," she said.
Organizers say they will send their suggestions – like installing permanent block cameras and banning backpacks at those events – to the City Council for review.
Tulsa County prosecutors charged 19-year-old Timetrious Moore with second-degree murder for his role in the Juneteenth shooting. Police say he was caught on surveillance video firing the shots that killed Isaiah Knight.
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