Vince Neil’s Set at Oklahoma State Fair Cut Short Due to Shooting

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Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil’s performance at the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday (September 23rd) was cut short due a shooting at the fairgrounds.

Neil and his band were evacuated to a nearby dressing room, and one fair attendee was taken to an area hospital in critical condition as the result of what police described as an isolated shooting incident between two groups of people. The dispute happened just a few hundred feet from the stage.

Neil recounted the turn of events in a post on X (formerly Twitter): “At a concert in Oklahoma City Crazy night last night. 3/4 of the way thru the set people started running. We we’re told to get in dressing room. There were shooters shooting people. Thank you fans for your understanding.”

He added, “Thankfully we are all okay. Thanks to everyone who came out. Please stay safe!”

Neil’s set began at 8 p.m., and police said the shooting happened just before 9 p.m. when two groups got into an altercation. A person involved in the argument produced a gun and discharged the weapon, leaving one individual in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest. According to the Associated Press, a suspect was arrested on one charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

“It was an isolated incident between two groups of juveniles,” said Scott Munz, a spokesman for the fair.

Two people were initially taken into custody, per Oklahoma City Police Lieutenant Jeff Cooper, though police later released one of the suspects.

“There was another incident with another person that had fired off some rounds into the air,” Oklahoma City Police Captain Valerie Littlejohn said [via KOCO News 5]. “We did get two people in custody. We’re trying to determine their involvement. It is believed one of those is the shooter and is the suspect in this incident.”

According to News 9, the Oklahoma State Fair has an anti-gun policy, and the entrances have detectors, so it remains unknown how the guns were brought into the fairgrounds.

Below you can see Neil’s posts on X, as well as local news reports of the isolated shooting at the Oklahoma State Fair.

Vince Neil’s Set at Oklahoma State Fair Cut Short Due to Shooting
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