Hoffman added: 'I ran out, just trying to look for my friends, just trying to see if everyone was OK.

'For two-to-three minutes we still heard firing, still heard shots, we were clutching each other making sure no one was getting hit.' 'The girl next to me was shot point blank, and men picked her up and carried her out,' Hoffman said, still shaken by the events that unfolded right in front of her. She said there had been some kind of argument between two groups of people before the shooting.įamily of shot dead victim: Shanduke McPhatter, left, brother of Ronald McPhatter, and his mother Rose McPhatter, right, are surrounded by supporters during a news conference outside of Irving Plaza on ThursdayĪ girl she had been talking to was one of the victims. Live Hoffman, 19, was in the balcony VIP area to the left of the stage when the shooting happened. In addition, police say 26-year-old Maggie Heckstall was shot in the leg and 34-year-old Christopher Vinson was shot in the chest.Ĭollins, Heckstall and Vinson are in stable condition. His brother, Shanduke McPhatter, runs an anti-violence nonprofit called Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes. 'It's an ongoing rap group rivalry, him and Maino.'Īuthorities said Thursday that 33-year-old Ronald McPhatter was fatally shot in the stomach during Wednesday night's shooting. He walks right out, women all around, and starts shooting his gun,' a source said. The source told the newspaper: 'There is clear video, very graphic video. He had just left the stage when at least five shots rang out, sources said. Troy, who was set to perform at the show, had a beef with Maino, the New York Daily News reported. The event was part of Heckstall's week-long birthday celebration Revelers are seen running and ducking for cover while a woman is heard screaming 'my leg, my leg' in the video. On cell phone video, gunshots can be heard in the small area backstage. Surveillance video of the incident shows a gunman entering the backstage VIP area with two other men before firing one shot and then fleeing. He added: 'The background of a lot of these young people, they are significant artists in that world … but unfortunately the lifestyles that they lived … often time follows them into the entertainment world and the success they have in it.'īrooklyn-based rapper Troy Ave, whose real name is Roland Collins, was arrested for his role in the shooting on Friday. He accidentally shot himself in the leg during the melee. 'Unfortunately, that violence often times manifests itself during their performances.' 'The crazy world of these so-called rap artists who are basically thugs that basically celebrate violence they did all their lives.' Bratton said. The city's top cop slammed rappers' actions in a WCBS radio interview as footage emerged of the chaos that unfolded as the shots were fired inside Irving Plaza. Revelers are seen running and ducking for cover while a woman is heard screaming 'my leg, my leg' The arrest came a few hours before New York City's police commissioner Bill Bratton called rap artists 'basically thugs'. Respectfully, Tip.'Īn aspiring rapper has been arrested for his role in the shooting, charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of two weapons. Our music is intended to save lives, like it has mine and many others. My heartfelt condolences to the family that suffered the loss & my prayers are with all those injured. The Atlanta-born 35-year-old said: 'My heart is heavy today.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., made his first public comments about the incident on Instagram on Thursday. has released a statement lamenting the shooting that left one dead and three wounded at his gig in New York City on Wednesday night.Ī 33-year-old man died after being shot in the stomach at Irving Plaza concert hall at 10.15pm.Īnother man survived after being shot in the chest, and another was shot in the leg.Ī woman, a 26-year-old model from the Bronx, also survived being shot in the leg, and later posted on Facebook: 'I'm SO VERY grateful for life'.

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