Two Women Dead Following Stampede at GloRilla Concert
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False reports of gunfire at the Memphis rapper GloRilla’s Rochester, New York, concert at Main Street Armory theater resulted in a stampede that left one attendee dead and nine others injured on Sunday evening, according to Associated Press.
While “no evidence to support a shooting having occurred” was found, Rochester police lieutenant Nicholas Adams told ABC News, “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.”
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Rhondesia Belton, 33, is one of the women who died following the crowd rush. A 35-year-old woman also died in the melee, police announced late Monday. Her name was not released.
Police Chief David M. Smith reiterated the same findings during a news briefing Monday: “We do not have any evidence of gunshots being fired or of anyone being shot or stabbed at the scene.”
While there is no evidence of shots being fired, police are investigating several possible causes of the fatal surge, including “possibly crowd size, shots fired, pepper spray and other contributing factors,” Smith added.
“I’m just now hearing about what happened wtf,” GloRilla wrote on Twitter late Sunday night, approximately an hour after police responded to initial reports of gunshots. “Praying everybody is ok.”
In response to her tweet, a 25-year-old attendee recounted the hectic end to the concert, writing: “I don’t get what happened, I was in the middle of that crowd, but i didn’t hear any gunshots.” She added that the crowd was exiting following GloRilla’s set “then everyone started running outta no where it made no sense.”
Rapper Finesse2Tymes shared the performance bill with GloRilla. Late last month, GloRilla performed in New York City, bringing surprise guest Cardi B out to perform their hit collaboration “Tomorrow 2” to a frenzied crowd at Irving Plaza. Her next show is scheduled for March 18 in Texas.
March 7, 4:19 a.m. ET: This post has been updated to reflect the updated death toll.
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