That’s when I was pushed down the stairs and my sister had to pick me up from the ground,” Holley said. “I didn’t know where to go, so I went through an emergency exit on the side of the venue. People started running toward the main and emergency exits, Holley said. “Then when everyone tried to exit again, it got crazy.” “It sounded like they were shooting outside, so everyone started running back in,” Holley said. She heard what sounded like muffled gunshots outside the venue. “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.”Ītiya Holley was leaving the concert with her sister when she got caught in the deadly stampede, she said. “Upon further investigation … none of the injuries sustained to any of the victims were consistent with a person being shot,” Rochester police Lt. Safety standards exist, but they're not required nationwide
Courtesy of Twitter /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. The safety of concert attendees has been a matter that has to be embraced more seriously, particularly since Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival, where 10 people were killed and dozens were injured from the crowd crush in Houston in November 2021.An ambulance is seen in the crowd during the Astroworld music festiwal in Houston, Texas, U.S., Novemin this still image obtained from a social media video on November 6, 2021. The stage was broken, the venue did not fix it and it was not safe to continue the show.” On Twitter, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian posted: “Rochester we didn’t want to cancel, we had to. But Hatebreed ended its set early over what were described as “unforeseen production issues,” and Black Label Society and Anthrax never took the stage. It means that the venue is banned from hosting “any public entertainment, which includes concerts, amplified music, and athletic events or games, including volleyball or cheerleading.”Īccording to a report by Democrat & Chronicle, metal band Anthrax brought its 40th anniversary tour, with opening acts Black Label Society and Hatebreed, to the venue last summer.
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Smith explained their decision to deny the license in a news conference. “One step we can immediately take to ensure that the events of Sunday night are not repeated,” Chief David M. The venue was shut down indefinitely and the renewal of its entertainment license was also denied by Rochester Police. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans promised a thorough investigation into whether the venue’s operators had the necessary safety measures in place for a large crowd. The Main Street Armory is said to have a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. Another matter that has remained unclear yet is how many tickets were sold to the concert.
The deadly concert has brought to mind the question of how many exit doors were open when the show concluded. Rhondesia Belton, 33, of Buffalo Brandy Miller, 35, of Rochester, and Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse died as a result of the stampede. Ikea Hayes, a concertgoer who survived the stampede, told local station WHEC she remembered “watching the life flash before my eyes” as she fell to the ground, saying she was holding onto another woman on the ground. Police said there were “many reports of potential causes” of the crush that occurred at the end of the concert, “including crowd size, shots fired, pepper spray and more”, but that “we do not have any evidence of gunshots being fired or anyone being shot or stabbed”. Police has been investigating the incident, but found no evidence of shooting, yet. As the show ended just after 11p.m, the concert-goers were reported to rush for the exits all of a sudden after hearing what they believed to be gunshots. According to a report by the Associated Press, police said the stampede may have been triggered by unfounded fears of gunfire. early this month closed with a fatal crowd surge leaving three fans dead and several others injured. GloRilla concert at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, N.Y.
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