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FILE- In
this
Jan. 20,
2016,
file
photo,
T.I.
arrives
at the
grand
opening
of
"Jennifer
Lopez:
All I
Have"
show at
Planet
Hollywood
Resort &
Casino
in Las
Vegas.
According
to
authorities
several
people
were
shot at
a T.I
concert
in New
York,
Wednesday,
May 25,
2016.
(Photo
by Omar
Vega/Invision/AP,
File) |
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Shots
ring out
at T.I.
concert
in NYC,
1 dead,
3
wounded
By
STEPHANIE
SIEK
Associated
Press
NEW YORK
- Shots
rang out
inside a
concert
venue in
New York
City
where
hip-hop
artist
T.I. was
getting
ready to
perform,
leaving
one
person
dead,
three
others
wounded
and
concertgoers
scrambling
for the
nearest
exits,
police
said.
The
shooting
happened
around
10:15
p.m.
Wednesday
in a
third-floor
green
room
area at
Irving
Plaza,
near
Manhattan's
Union
Square.
It was
not
immediately
known
who had
access
to that
area.
Witnesses
described
a
frantic,
frightening
scene.
Live
Hoffman,
19, was
in the
balcony
VIP area
to the
left of
the
stage
when the
shooting
happened.
She said
there
had been
some
kind of
argument
between
two
groups
of
people
before
the
shooting.
A girl
she had
been
talking
to was
one of
the
victims.
"The
girl
next to
me was
shot
point
blank,
and men
picked
her up
and
carried
her
out,"
Hoffman
told The
Associated
Press,
still
shaken
by the
events
that
unfolded
right in
front of
her.
"For two
to three
minutes
we still
heard
firing,
still
heard
shots,
we were
clutching
each
other
making
sure no
one was
getting
hit."
Video
shot
inside
the
venue
showed
concertgoers
rushing
to the
sides
trying
to leave
the area
as a
group of
people
tended
to a
person
on the
floor.
"I ran
out,
just
trying
to look
for my
friends,
just
trying
to see
if
everyone
was OK.
Everyone
was
hysterical,"
Hoffman
said.
Manhattan
Chief of
Detectives
William
Aubry
said a
33-year-old
man was
shot in
the
stomach.
He was
taken to
a
hospital,
where he
died a
short
time
later. A
34-year-old
man was
shot in
the
chest.
He was
listed
in
critical
condition.
A
26-year-old
woman
and a
30-year-old
man were
both
shot in
the leg.
They
were
expected
to
survive.
Elijah
Rodriguez
was in
the VIP
area by
the
stage
and said
that T.I.
was
supposed
to go on
at 9 or
9:30
p.m.,
but "he
never
showed
up."
Aubry
said T.I.
was in
the
building,
but
performers
Maino
and
Uncle
Murda
were on
stage at
the time
of the
shooting.
"It was
scary to
deal
with.
When I
got
outside,
like
literally
across
the
street,
there
were a
few
girls
having,
like,
panic
attacks.
One girl
thought
she saw
someone
get shot
in front
of her,"
Rodriguez
said.
Police
said
metal
detectors
were set
up at
Irving
Plaza, a
1,025-person
ballroom-style
music
venue,
but
witnesses
said
security
getting
into the
concert
was lax.
Representatives
for T.I.,
whose
real
name is
Clifford
Joseph
Harris
Jr.,
said
they
were
referring
all
questions
about
the
shooting
to
police.
No
arrests
have
been
made.
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