4 People Shot, 1 Dead At T.I. Concert In Manhattan

UPDATE, Thursday, 6 p.m.: The man who died in the shooting has been identified by friends and family as Brooklyn anti-violence activist Ronald "Edgar" McPhatter, 33. All further updates available here.

MANHATTAN, NY — Four people were shot, at least one fatally, at a T.I. concert on Wednesday night at Irving Plaza in Manhattan, the NYPD said on Twitter early Thursday morning.

UPDATE: Of the 4 people shot earlier in 17 Irving Pl., 1 person is deceased. No arrests, investigation ongoing. More details when available
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 26, 2016

T.I. was scheduled to perform at Irving Plaza a venue on East 15th Street near Union Square. It can hold 1,025 people.

No suspect has been identified or apprehended, police said.

Twitter video from the venue showed a chaotic scene moments after the shots were fired.

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

T.I. was scheduled to perform but had not yet taken the stage when the gunfire rang out, according to multiple witness accounts posted by other local media.

The New York Times, speaking to concert-goers, painted a narrative that described a backstage fight which ended up on the stage:

Paul Cantor, 34, of Manhattan, was in the back of the club, which he said was filled with about 1,000 people. He said his attention was drawn to a backstage fight that spilled onto the stage.
He described seeing a man falling backward like a boxer who had been hit by a hard punch. “There was a body that came across the stage, sort of with flailing arms,” he said.
He said a second fight — perhaps related to the first — then broke out on the club’s floor. About five seconds later, he said, he heard the shots.

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