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Rapper Troy Ave arrested after deadly shootout at TI concert in Manhattan | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
Troy Ave, a rising Brooklyn rapper, has been charged after opening fire backstage during a rap concert in Manhattan, that left one person dead and two others wounded. | |
The New York Daily News reports that police are still deciding whether or not they will charge the Brownsville rapper with murder as they wait to confirm ballistic tests. The rapper accidentally shot himself in the leg and walked to New York University’s medical center on Wednesday night. So far, he’s been charged with reckless endangerment and possession of illegal weapons. | |
Rapper TI was scheduled to perform on Wednesday night but Maino and Uncle Murda were on stage during the shooting. Many people panicked and evacuated the venue when at least five shots rang throughout the venue. | |
“There is clear video, very graphic video. He walks right out, women all around, and starts shooting his gun,” an unnamed source told The Daily News. “It's an ongoing rap group rivalry, him and Maino.” | |
A 34-year-old man, who later died, was shot in the chest, a 33-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg. | |
“It was about to go on. We saw, like, two people up on the VIP arguing, and then everybody started running because they heard the shots,” one woman told CBS New York. “It was terrifying. We just kept running with everybody else because they were running for their lives, so we just started running, and I fell, and I got stomped on a little bit. My shoe came off.” | “It was about to go on. We saw, like, two people up on the VIP arguing, and then everybody started running because they heard the shots,” one woman told CBS New York. “It was terrifying. We just kept running with everybody else because they were running for their lives, so we just started running, and I fell, and I got stomped on a little bit. My shoe came off.” |
For security measures, Irving Plaza pats down their attendants and does use metal detectors. | |