Apparently false fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, sent a crowd surging toward the exits, police said. 9News
, sent a crowd surging toward the exits in a stampede that killed one person and injured nine others, two of them critically, police said.
As the concert at Rochester's Main Street Armory ended just after 11PM, people exiting the venue began to surge dangerously, Smith said. Police made their way inside and found three women with critical injuries, he said. While there is no evidence of shots being fired, Smith said, police are investigating several possible causes of the fatal surge, including "possibly crowd size, shots fired, pepper spray and other contributing factors".Rochester mayor Mailk Evans talks about holding people accountable after an incident where concertgoers were trampled at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York.
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