Rodney Hennesy was a 26-year-old Black man from Oklahoma City who was killed on March 22, 2015, after an argument in North Highland Park near NW 82nd Street and Harvey Avenue. According to investigators, the dispute escalated into a physical fight; Rodney allegedly produced a knife and stabbed another person, and then a 21-year-old named Jontae Jenkins, who was not part of the original fight, reportedly intervened and opened fire. Medical findings noted two gunshot wounds to Rodney’s chest as the cause of death.

Police interviewed multiple witnesses at the scene and initially made no arrests. An arrest warrant naming Jenkins as the suspected shooter was issued by May 2015; he was later taken into custody and at one point held in the county jail under that murder warrant. Prosecutors ultimately did not file murder charges, citing insufficient evidence, and Jenkins was released from custody in early January 2017.

Did anyone in the community see or hear details that could help fill gaps about what happened that afternoon in the park?