pic.twitter.com/IfDFQHvLZbJust after 11:00 p.m. Sunday, concertgoers were leaving the venue following the show, which featured musicians GloRilla and Finesse2Tymes, when, per 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.Following the aftermath of the deadly stampede, ET spoke with Cynquest Anderson, who was in the crowd, about what led to the chaotic event and how the energy was in the venue before, during and after the crowd's surge. «After a night of partying, your senses are everywhere,» Anderson described the post-show momentum. «You're in this state of excitement, wondering what's next.
And then, all of a sudden, everyone is panicking. I don't know what's going on, nobody knows which way to run, honestly, like nobody knew which way to go.
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