MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – Myrtle Beach City Councilman Gregg Smith spoke to News13 about public safety concerns Tuesday, after the first council meeting since an officer-involved shooting on Ocean Boulevard .

Myrtle Beach Police say, the night of April 26, 18-year-old Jerrius Davis of Bennettsville fired shots into a crowd of people between 9th Avenue North and Ocean Blvd.

An officer shot and killed Davis, and 11 people were injured during the incident. Authorities concluded the officer — whose name has still not been released — was justified in using deadly force.

“I can understand that people would be concerned after what happened on Ocean Boulevard a few weeks ago,” Smith said. “But what I would say is that our officers… did what they had to do to make sure that people stayed safe.”

“The officers were right there,” he added. “You can’t have any better police response than that. Most of council is not public safety professionals. We will leave it up to the professionals to address the issues and do what needs to be done to keep the community safe.”

The shooting was not on Tuesday’s meeting agenda.

Council members did not talk about the incident and no one from the public commented on it.

After the meeting, News13 asked Smith if council is considering any future public safety items in response to the shooting.

“At this moment, we don’t have anything that we’ve been discussing,” he said. “We’re waiting for the final reports from SLED and from our police department as to what could be done better and what they may change in the future.”

At the time of the shooting, SLED said its investigation report would not be ready for about three weeks.