Woman, 33, dies and two more are fighting for life after getting crushed during a stampede at a concert when panicked crowd mistakenly thought they heard gunshots and rushed for the exits as witness says ‘it was deathly packed’
A 33-year-old woman has died and two people are fighting for their lives after they were crushed during a stampede a concert in Rochester.
The female victim and eight others were crushed in the stampede during a show by GloRilla and Finesse2Tymes at the Main Street Armory theatre in Rochester on Sunday night at around 11.05pm.
They were injured when the crowd mistakenly thought they heard the sound of gunshots amidst the loud music and rushed for the exits.
Rochester police said there was no shooting at the venue but some in the panicked crowd were injured during the stampede.
‘All I know, it was a lot of running. A lot of people got hurt. I see people on the ground, like hurt badly,’ one witness told News10NBC.
A 33-year-old woman has died and two people are fighting for their lives after they were crushed during a stampede a concert in Rochester. Pictured: Police rush to the scene
They were injured when the crowd mistakenly thought they heard the sound of gunshots amidst the loud music and rushed for the exits. Pictured: Police officers and medics rush to the scene
‘It was deathly packed. So I knew I had to get up out of there,’ he added.
Police officers arrived at the scene following a report of shots fired inside the music venue and found several injured victims on the floor.
Emergency crews rushed a 33-year-old woman and two other victims to Strong Memorial Hospital in an ambulance. The woman died as a result of her injuries, while the two concertgoers are in a critical, life-threatening condition.
Six more victims were rushed to hospital in private vehicles – their injuries are not considered life threatening.
Rochester police said that whilst they had attended the scene following a report of a shooting, detectives have determined that none of the injuries that the victims’ sustained were consistent with a person being shot.
‘At this time, there is no evidence to support a shooting having occurred inside the event,’ Lt Nicholas Adams of the Rochester police department said.
‘The injuries appear to be as a result of a large crowd pushing towards the exits following accounts of individuals hearing what they believed to be gunshots.’
The female victim and eight others were crushed in the stampede during a show by GloRilla (left) and Finesse2Tymes (right) at the Main Street Armory theatre in Rochester on Sunday night at around 11.05pm
Rochester police said there was no shooting at the venue (file image of the Main Street Armory) but some in the panicked crowd were injured during the stampede
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