INDIANAPOLIS -- Saying teenagers and young adults who gather downtown during events and on weekends have become "unmanageable," a city-county councilwoman on Wednesday announced she had arranged a public meeting to address the issue.

Councilwoman Sherron Franklin, who also is an Indianapolis police officer, pointed to the Indiana Black Expo's annual Summer Celebration and the Circle City Classic, saying parents drop teenagers off for the events, leave them unsupervised and allow them to stay past the city's teen curfew.

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Franklin said thousands of teens and young adults strolled downtown streets at night during July's Summer Celebration and argued that the crowds were a disaster waiting to happen.

She highlighted an incident that occurred when she was on patrol as a police officer during the July event. She said one young man fired a gun at another because the latter pushed the former.

"We must address the unmanageable crowd that makes it difficult for the downtown area to be enjoyed without making anyone feel they are not welcome to visit and participate in the festivities," Franklin said in a news release.

Franklin said community leaders, police and representatives of IBE will meet Aug. 30 in the City-County Building's public assembly room to discuss solutions. The meeting will be open to the public and will start at 6 p.m.

"Part of the solution that I will be suggesting will be to make the parents more accountable for their underage children, enforcing the city's curfew law, increasing traffic restrictions, and increasing enforcement of other city violations," Franklin said.

IBE President Joyce Rogers said the city's problems transcend her organization's events. She noted that 13 people were slain in Indianapolis in a seven-day period this month, none of which, she said, appeared to be connected to any downtown event.

"If we stay stuck on events, we are never going to solve the problem. Our problem is much bigger than events," Rogers told 6News' Derrik Thomas.