Two fans die in crush after GloRilla concert in Rochester, New York

Two radical died and 8 were injured successful a crush aft a performance by rapper GloRilla successful Rochester, New York.

Police said the assemblage began to surge and unreserved toward the exit, perchance erstwhile they thought they heard gunshots.

However, determination was "no grounds to enactment a shooting having occurred", Rochester constabulary lieutenant Nicholas Adams told ABC News.

GloRilla, who had finished performing earlier the incident, said she was "devastated and heartbroken".

The Memphis musician, whose opus F.N.F. (Let's Go) was nominated for champion rap show astatine past month's Grammy Awards, said she did not perceive astir the crush until she near the venue.

"My fans mean the satellite to me," she wrote connected societal media. "Praying for their families and for a speedy betterment of everyone affected."

Police said the incidental began soon aft the performance ended astatine the Armory venue connected Sunday night.

"There are immoderate reports that shots were heard, causing the assemblage to panic, but that has not been confirmed," said constabulary main David M Smith.

The constabulary section added successful a statement: "We are proceeding galore reports of imaginable causes, including assemblage size, shots fired, capsicum spray and more.

"Preliminary reports from radical astatine the country bespeak that these injuries were caused from being trampled. We bash not person immoderate grounds of gunshots being fired oregon anyone being changeable oregon stabbed."

Police recovered 3 severely injured women wrong the auditorium. One, Rhondesia Belton, 33, from adjacent Buffalo, died successful hospital.

"Her family, friends, and colleagues are devastated and near to mourn this tragic loss," Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said.

Rochester Police announced the decease of a 2nd woman, aged 35, precocious connected Monday. She was named arsenic Brandy Miller by US media outlets.

Another pistillate remains successful captious information with important injuries. Seven different radical are being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.

On Monday, Rochester quality presumption WHEC-TV interviewed fans arsenic they returned to retrieve idiosyncratic belongings they had mislaid successful the chaos.

"Me and the miss adjacent to maine were climbing connected each different trying to get each different up," said Ikea Hayes.

"I was watching the beingness flash earlier my eyes and I inactive didn't cognize what was going on."

She said she remembered praying and telling herself, "You got to get up. You got to move. If you enactment present they're going to support moving you over."

Security defender Anthony Rouse told WHEC-TV helium had signed up to enactment astatine the performance erstwhile helium learned his girl was going.

She was wounded successful the unreserved to the exits and spent portion of Monday successful hospital, helium said. "The full crushed I signed connected was to support her," helium said. "And I failed."

Rochester Mayor Malik D Evans said successful a quality league that the stampede was a "tragedy of epic proportions".

An probe has begun into whether the venue's owners had followed the required information measures.

"When you spell to a concert, you bash not expect to beryllium trampled," helium said. "Your loved ones expect you to beryllium capable to travel home."

The calamity comes 3 months aft a deadly crush extracurricular a performance by Afrobeats prima Asake astatine Brixton Academy successful London.

Two radical died and respective much were injured aft a ample fig of radical tried to participate the venue.

In November 2021, 10 concertgoers were killed aft panic broke retired astatine the Astroworld euphony festival successful Houston, Texas.