“The insane world of the so-called rap artists who are basically thugs that basically celebrate the violence they live all their lives and unfortunately that violence often manifests itself during the performances and that’s exactly what happened last evening”, he said.
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Police Commissioner Bill Bratton sited a “gangster lifestyle” on Thursday as contributing to the Irving Plaza shooting that killed a 33-year-old man and injured three others before a T.I. concert Wednesday night.
The shooting could be heard over the music and sent panicked concertgoers running for the exits, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported.
“The background of a lot of these young people, they are significant artists in that world…but unfortunately the lifestyles that they lived…often time follows them into the entertainment world and the success they have in it”, Bratton said.
“A preliminary investigation revealed that the shooting took place at the third floor green room area”, Chief of Manhattan South Detectives William Aubry told reporters Wednesday night.
Police say Irving Plaza has metal detectors, and it’s not clear yet how the shooter got a gun inside.
Shots rang out around 10 p.m.as hip hop star T.I.
A-26-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 34-year-old man shot in the chest were taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Asked to compare the current climate to his stint as commissioner in the Nineties, Bratton said “this world has not reformed”, adding, “It’s unfortunate”.
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Bratton said that investigators were still trying to sort out who the participants in the shooting were, whether they were, and that he was confident that the would be able to close the case quickly. “We have a pretty good idea of what happened”.
