一位高级执法人士告诉美国广播公司新闻,周六晚上,洛杉矶的一个音乐节突然结束,警方被召来平息一场后台斗殴,说唱歌手“统治者德拉科”被致命刺伤。
官员们说,这场混乱是在当地时间晚上8点30分左右的“洛杉矶往事”节上爆发的,该节将在加州银行体育场附近的展览公园举行,史努比·道格和50美分将参加。
统治者德拉科是一位28岁的西海岸嘻哈艺术家,他的真名是达雷尔·考德威尔。
该节日的推广者Live Nation发表声明称洛杉矶时报,说,“后台的巷道里发生了口角。出于对相关人员的尊重,并与地方当局协调,艺术家和组织者决定不推进剩余的布景,因此电影节提前一小时结束。”
加州公路巡逻队正在调查这一事件,因为展览公园是洛杉矶一个州的土地,由卫生防护中心巡逻。
暴力事件发生仅仅43天后,就有10人死亡,其中包括一个9岁的男孩在休斯顿的天体世界节上,说唱歌手特拉维斯·斯科特表演时被踩死。那场音乐会引发了300多起声称自己受伤的诉讼。
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警方调查了在Exp举行的“从前在洛杉矶”节上发生的刺杀事件现场
洛杉矶警察局告诉美国广播公司电视台,在该男子被刺伤并被送往医院后,洛杉矶消防队长下令关闭周六的音乐会洛杉矶的KABC。
这一事件引起了LAPD和加州公路巡逻队的强烈反响。
没有宣布与刺杀有关的逮捕。
几十位备受瞩目的艺术家被安排在音乐会的三个舞台上表演,包括史努比·道格、50美分、YG、艾斯·库伯、游戏、赛普拉斯·希尔和著名的R&B歌手阿尔·格林。
Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at Los Angeles concert
A Los Angeles music festival abruptly ended Saturday night when police were called to quell a backstage brawl in which rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed, a high-ranking law enforcement source told ABC News.
The mayhem erupted around 8:30 p.m. local time at the "Once Upon a Time in L.A." festival, which was set to feature Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, at Exposition Park near the Banc of California Stadium, officials said.
Drakeo the Ruler was a 28-year-old West Coast hip-hop artist whose real name was Darrell Caldwell.
Live Nation, the promoters of the festival, issued a statement tothe Los Angeles Times, saying, “There was an altercation in the roadway backstage. Out of respect for those involved and in coordination with local authorities, artists and organizers decided not to move forward with remaining sets so the festival was ended an hour early."
The incident is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol because Exposition Park is a state land in a part of Los Angeles patrolled by the CHP.
The violence came just 43 days after 10 people, includinga 9-year-old boy, were trampled to death at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, during a performance by rapper Travis Scott. That concert has prompted more than 300 lawsuits from people who say they were injured.
The Los Angeles fire marshal ordered Saturday's concert shut down after the man was stabbed and taken to a hospital, the Los Angeles Police Department told ABC stationKABC in Los Angeles.
The episode drew a massive response from the LAPD and California Highway Patrol.
No arrests in connection with the stabbing were announced.
Dozens of high-profile artists were scheduled to perform on the concert's three stages, including Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, YG, Ice Cube, The Game, Cypress Hill and famed R&B singer Al Green.