One person is dead and three injured following a shooting at Irving Plaza in New York City prior to rapper T.I.’s scheduled performance. NYPD says the shots rang out around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday. T.I. was inside while two other performers (Maino and Uncle Murda) were on stage.
New York City Chief of Manhattan Detectives William Aubry said in a press conference that the shooting took place in the third-floor green room.
Clubgoers took to Twitter posting videos of the shooting aftermath.
Gunshots just went off at the T.I concert, never been so scared in my life pic.twitter.com/rn0CjpAuaU
— Marco (@markygeezy) May 26, 2016
Evacuated after shots fired while crowd waited for @Tip tonight at @IrvingPlaza pic.twitter.com/2hDT9qgO9t
— Diana Zuluaga (@dmz75) May 26, 2016
Aubry confirmed there were metal detectors at the venue. So far, no one is in police custody and there is not a suspect(s) description. Police were able to recover ballistics from the scene.
