Police have identified a third victim who died following a stampede at GloRilla’s Rochester, New York concert, according to new reports.
False fears of a shooting at the rapper’s upstate New York concert sent a crowd surging towards the exits in a stampede that killed two people and left at least eight others injured, police said.
Investigators are trying to determine whether a deadly crush of concertgoers in Rochester, New York, could have been prevented.
Two people were killed and at least eight others injured as a result of the chaos Sunday night, Rochester police said. Those killed were Brandy Miller, 35, and Rhondesia Belton, 33, police said.
The death toll rose to two on Monday following a stampede at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, that authorities said may have been triggered by unfounded fears of gunfire.
Fans who attended the Rochester, New York show had heard rumors about the venue’s safety practices, but they didn’t think a night out would leave two dead and eight others injured
The city of Rochester has revoked the Main Street Armory’s entertainment license after two women died as the result of a crowd surge that followed Sunday’s performance by rapper GloRilla.
Two people died and eight were injured in a crush after a concert by rapper GloRilla in Rochester, New York.
Police said the crowd began to surge and rush toward the exit, possibly when they thought they heard gunshots.
A third person has died after a crowd surge at a concert by US rapper GloRilla.
Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse, had been hospitalised after the incident at the concert on Sunday evening in Rochester, New York. Two other women, Rhondesia Belton, 33, and Brandy Miller, 35, died in hospital after being injured.
A third person has died in connection to the wild stampede during a GloRilla show in Rochester over the weekend, police confirmed Thursday.
The latest victim, identified as Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse, died Wednesday night.
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