A multiple shooting took place at a New York concert, leaving one dead, and three others injured.
On May 25, just before 10:15 p.m., shots rang out in Irving Plaza’s second-floor green room. Chaos ensued.
Three-time Grammy award-winning hip hop artist T.I., who was headlining the concert, had yet to perform. Police noted that rappers Maino and Uncle Murda were on stage when the shooting happened.
In 2006, after another T.I. concert, the artist’s close friend and personal assistant, Philant Johnson, was fatally shot. In 2009, T.I. plead guilty to three federal weapons charges, spending a year and a day in prison.
Irving Plaza does have metal detectors on the premises. Police confirmed that the venue’s security protocol was followed.
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said investigators should be able to close the case quickly, according to a WOR Radio interview on Thursday morning, May 26.
Radio host Len Berman said he heard the shooter was possibly support personnel for the concert.
“The concertgoers were checked for arms, and now you have these other clowns who apparently can walk in with their firearms,” Berman said.
Bratton said: “When you talk about clowns, knuckleheads, it’s unfortunate that it’s still in that gangster rap world. That’s what you’re dealing with: That gangster lifestyle.”
The venue posted the below statement on its Facebook page.
