Short, fatal neighbor dispute in north Tulsa ended with a gunshot to the chest. Just after midnight on Sunday, September 4, 2011, police were called to the Soul Brothers Car Wash in the 3200 block of North Peoria after a report of a stabbing, but found 43-year-old James Edward Knapper Jr. suffering from a gunshot wound. Knapper, a Black man, was taken to St. John Medical Center and later died. The shooting followed a fight outside the nearby Tanzi Sports Bar and is believed to have been the culmination of an ongoing neighborhood dispute; witnesses began leaving the scene amid initial confusion about a stabbing.

Tulsa Police described the suspect as a Black male about 25 years old, roughly 5 feet 8 inches and 180 pounds, and said Knapper likely knew his assailant. No one has been officially identified or arrested in connection with the killing, which was Tulsa’s 36th homicide of 2011. If anyone knew James, his movements that night, or the dispute with his neighbor, please come forward with information.