After several people on social media claimed there were gunshots fired at Future’s Nobody Safe Tour stop Friday (May 19) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the NYPD has denied a shooting occurred at the show.
Shooting at Future's #NobodySafeTour at the #barclayscenterpic.twitter.com/53skKDTaqt
— Bianca Torres (@bianca_inc) May 20, 2017
Authorities say they have an explanation for the loud sound that concertgoers might have mistaken for a gun being fired. NYPD Lieutenant Tarik Sheppard gave the following statement to VIBE explaining the concert ended at 11 p.m. EST and people left the venue soon after.
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“As people were exiting the Barclays Center, there was music playing over the PA system,” he said. “The song that was playing had the sound of gunshots at the end. In addition, the stage was lowered and it came down faster than normal causing a loud metal on metal crashing sound. These sounds coupled together startled some people and they began to exit quicker than normal.”
Some of the social media posts showed people rushing out the doors after hearing the sounds, but Sheppard downplayed the extent of the exodus.
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“There was no stampede and no injuries due to anyone getting trampled,” he continued. “There were a couple of reported minor injuries where people sprained or twisted their ankles while they were trying to quickly exit.”
Barclays Center also denied the reports of gunshots. In a post on Twitter, the venue corroborated the NYPD’s statement.
There were no gunshots tonight inside the arena. A loud noise during load out caused concern while fans exited the venue. Get home safely.
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) May 20, 2017
Future seemed to not be concerned over the happenings. He thanked the crowd before going to the club.
New York came wit heat. I'm thankful,much respect & more love
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) May 20, 2017
Club space already pack..I'm n route early #NYC
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) May 20, 2017
After Party at Space #FREEBANDZ@Reterik KEEP the city on Lit
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) May 20, 2017
u gotta live in the moment,No Regrets. Enjoy
— FUTURE/FREEBANDZ (@1future) May 20, 2017
But many of the fans were not in as good of a mood, clearly rattled by the experience.
Guys I've had a crazy 24 hours, I was just at the Migos+Future concert @ the Barclays center and there was a shooting at the end of the show
— Matt (@Sixringofsteel) May 20, 2017
Should've gone to Greek, shooting after the migos and future concert in NYC was not the way to end my night.
— Lia Soares? (@Lia_soares2) May 20, 2017
Gunshots heard around 10:30 at #BarclayCenter after #Future concert. Didn't take any pics. Totally booked it. #FutureShooting
— A_Izen (@IzenEars) May 20, 2017
Future, migos, and tory lanez was lit. I wasn't a fan of the gunshots and having to run for cover though.
— ARSH (@afarrouq18) May 20, 2017
Almost got trampled to death in a stampede at the Barclays center Future show after people thought they heard gunshots ?
— THOT TOPIC™ (@babysarahrulz) May 20, 2017
Future’s Nobody Safe Tour is scheduled to stop Saturday (May 20) in Hartford, Connecticut.
