One person is dead and two others are in critical condition Monday following an apparent crowd stampede at the Rochester Main Street Armory concert venue in upstate New York,police say.
The incident happened late Sunday night during a show by the rappers GloRilla and Finesse2Tymes at the 5,000-capacity venue.
"I’m just now hearing about what happened wtf praying everybody is ok," Gloria Hallelujah Woods, known as the Grammy-nominated rapper GloRilla, posted on Twitter.
Once inside, officers found several injured people, including a 33-year-old female who "has been pronounced deceased."
Responding officers assisted medical personnel with providing care, and two individuals who were taken to a local hospital are "currently listed as critical, life-threatening," according to a statement from police to the media.
The statement added that six additional individuals were dropped off by private vehicles at local hospitals with "non-life-threatening injuries related to this same event."
