Officials believe this incident was the result of a large crowd pushing towards the exits after concertgoers thought they heard gunshots.
False fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, sent a crowd surging toward the exits, killing one person and injuring nine others, police said.
Multiple additional people were dropped off by private vehicle at hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the DemocratRochester Mayor Malik Evans described the deadly concert Sunday night as a "tragedy of epic proportions," vowing to investigate and bring accountability for the incident.
Smith and Evans called on the public to provide videos of the incident or describe what they witnessed.
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