$10,000 reward for information in fatal Langston shooting
May 15, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the fatal 2018 shooting of a 19-year-old man in Langston.
The reward, announced Friday, is the second time a reward has been offered in the shooting death of Brandon Dupree.
Dupress died at a hospital where he was taken after being shot during a party at the Langston Center, a community and recreational site near the Langston University campus, according to the OSBI.
Dupree, of Tulsa, was not a Langston student, the OSBI said, but was attending the party with friends when he was shot after a fight broke out during the event prior to the university s homecoming festivities.
The Umoja Arts & Culture Drum Festival will bring driving beats and members of the community together June 12 from 5 to 10 p.m. in the Pavillion at Founders Park in Johnson City.
Several different drumming performances will be featured, including African drumming by Peter Gbaa and a drum circle where members of the Johnson City Drum Circle will engage with each other to create a group rhythm and cooperate in rhythm games.
Youth from Carver Recreation Center will participate in a workshop where they will be taught drumming using the African drums. The instructor is Obayana Ajanaku, who is an African drum instructor who has taught for 14 years at Austin East High School in Knoxville. His drums have taken him professionally to Russia, Brazil and throughout the U.S. New Vision Youth group from Kingsport will also participate in this workshop.
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