Rolling Loud festival false shooter report causes panic, multiple injuries
Miami’s Rolling Loud festival went into quite a panic following a false active shooter report.
The commotion led to injuries for some festival attendees as they rushed to leave the Hard Rock Stadium following the false report.
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“Shortly after 11pm on Friday night, there was a disturbance that led a large group of fans to believe there was an active shooter within the festival grounds,” Rolling Loud organizers said in a statement. “The commotion resulted in these fans running out of the venue, some of whom were injured and/or scared in the process.”
“Security and public authorities immediately sprung into action, established it was a false alarm and there was not an active shooter in the festival.”
— Rolling Loud (@RollingLoud) May 11, 2019
Shortly after the commotion, the hip-hop festival allowed patrons who left to re-enter and continued the event with slight delays.
It’s unclear at the moment what caused the panic, but the event is continuing forward with their second day.
Gates are open! Day 2, let’s run it up! pic.twitter.com/fGdAwvqhfA
— Rolling Loud (@RollingLoud) May 11, 2019
The festival’s Friday lineup included performances from Migos, Cardi B, YG, Lil Yachty, Rick Ross, Rae Sremmurd and more.
Luckily the report was false and the festival can hopefully move forward without any other mishaps. Take a look below at how some people reacted on Twitter.
Security in bullet proof vests yelled for me to run. Anyone in their right mind near where the situation occurred got the hell out of there. Re-entrance doesn’t make up for the pure terror of potentially being involved in a shooting.
— tori adams (@toriadams3) May 11, 2019
which shows just how deep this paranoia is baked into our psyche. Tens of thousands of people just had the same irrational fear, and ran for their lives off of absolutely nothing. That is so scary
— Tyler Blint- Welsh (@tylergabriel_) May 11, 2019
Scariest thing I had to witness. #Rollingloud pic.twitter.com/IkYjVn3DKU
— Anjaleca (@Anjaleca_) May 11, 2019