Stampede At GloRilla Concert In New York Leaves 2 Dead, Several Injured
07.03.2023 - 16:41
/ etcanada.com
Two women are dead and several others are injured after being trampled Sunday night following GloRilla’s concert at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York.
According to multiple reports, police Monday afternoon identified one woman killed by the stampede of concert-goers as Rhondesia Belton, 33, of Buffalo. The second woman who died was said to have been 35.
Just after 11:00 p.m. Sunday, concert-goers were leaving the venue following the show, which featured musicians GloRilla and Finesse2Tymes, when, per Rochester Police Chief David Smith, the crowd started to surge and rush toward the exit. There were reports of individuals hearing what they believed to be gunshots inside the venue, “causing the crowd to panic,” he said.
Smith said there was no evidence that anyone fired a gun inside the venue, or that anyone at the venue was shot or stabbed. The injuries, Smith said, “were caused from being trampled.”
The stampede is currently under investigation, with Police looking into numerous contributing factors including crowd size, shots fired, and pepper spray.
ET has reached out to both GloRilla and Finesse2Tymes’ reps for comment
GloRilla took to Twitter after finding out about the incident Sunday, tweeting, “I’m just now hearing about what happened wtf