The death toll following a concert by the rapper GloRilla has risen to three. Police in Rochester, NY, reported that another critically injured woman died Wednesday night, three days after Sunday night’s deadly crowd stampede.
The third fatality was Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse, the Rochester Police Department’s Lt. Greg Bello told reporters.
Her death followed that of two other women who were caught up in the crush, both of whom died Monday. Those victims were Rhondesia Belton, 33 of Buffalo, and Brandy Miller, 35, of Rochester.
Seven other people had been hospitalized following the melee following GloRilla’s performance at Rochester’s Main Street Armory, but none of those injuries was said at the time to be life-threatening. Authorities have not provided an update on whether any of those concertgoers is still hospitalized.
No definitive causes for the crowd surge have been arrived at by police, although initial reporting from the scene indicated that some exiting patrons believed they heard gunfire and began to panic. Anecdotal reports from some concertgoers indicated that they did not hear any unusual sounds before the surge began.
Finesse2tymes preceded GloRilla on the bill. Neither performer has been blamed for an incident that began to unfold after the concert ended at around 11 p.m.
GloRilla has not posted on social media since the day after the concert. She was last heard from on Monday, after the second victim died, posting a crying emoji and writing: “I am devastated & heartbroken over the tragic deaths that happened after Sunday’s show. My fans mean the world to me. Praying for their families & for a speedy recovery of everyone affected.”
I am devastated & heartbroken over the tragic deaths that happened after Sunday’s show. My fans mean the world to me
