Apparently false fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, sent a crowd surging toward the exits, killing one person and injuring nine others, police said.
The injuries at Sunday night含羞草研究社檚 concert featuring rappers GloRilla and Finesse2tymes were caused by people being trampled, Police Chief David M. Smith said at a news briefing Monday. 含羞草研究社淲e do not have any evidence of gunshots being fired or of anyone being shot or stabbed at the scene,含羞草研究社� Smith said.
As the concert at Rochester含羞草研究社檚 Main Street Armory ended just after 11 p.m., people exiting the venue began to surge dangerously, Smith said. Police made their way inside and found three women with critical injuries, he said.
A 33-year-old woman died died at a hospital, and the other women two were in critical condition Monday, police said said. Seven additional people were taken to hospitals and treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, Smith said.
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While there is no evidence of shots being fired, Smith said, police are investigating several possible causes of the fatal surge, including 含羞草研究社減ossibly crowd size, shots fired, pepper spray and other contributing factors.含羞草研究社�
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GloRilla, a Memphis native whose 2022 song 含羞草研究社淔.N.F. (Let含羞草研究社檚 Go)含羞草研究社� with Hitkidd was nominated for a Grammy for best rap performance, tweeted that she was 含羞草研究社減raying everybody is ok.含羞草研究社�
Fatal crowd surges have been a recurring disaster at concerts and other large events in the U.S. and around the world, including a 2021 concert by rapper Travis Scott in which 10 people died.
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