Fatal Stabbing Outside Phish Virginia Concert: One Dead, Two Injured

A sufferer misplaced their life, and two others sustained accidents, in a stabbing that occurred exterior Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va., throughout Phish‘s efficiency on the venue Friday evening (Sept. 19).

Officers responded to an altercation that had escalated into violence on Coliseum Drive simply after 9:30 p.m. ET, in line with a police report from the Hampton Police Division. The suspect fled, however detectives “recognized all events concerned” and decided it “seems to be an remoted incident,” says the report printed on Saturday.

“Members from the Hampton Division of Hearth and Rescue responded to the scene and rendered medical help,” Cpl. Shaun Stalnaker writes. “The primary sufferer was transported to an area hospital, the place he later succumbed to his accidents. The second sufferer was additionally transported and is at present receiving medical therapy. A 3rd grownup male sufferer later arrived at an area hospital as a walk-in, additionally affected by a laceration decided to be non-life-threatening.”

Phish addressed the tragedy on Saturday in an announcement the band posted on social media.

“Throughout final evening’s present, a tragic incident occurred within the car parking zone exterior Hampton Coliseum. There was an altercation behind one of many tents within the unofficial merchandising space through which somebody misplaced their life and two different folks have been injured. We don’t have extra info than what has been reported by the police, who referred to as it an remoted incident, however what we do know is upsetting sufficient. We’re deeply saddened by this and our hearts exit to all of these affected,” the band stated.

Phish’s Saturday and Sunday evening live shows in Hampton, which wrap their summer time tour, have been set to go on as scheduled. Lead singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio’s solo band has gigs slated for this fall earlier than Phish takes the stage collectively once more for his or her conventional run of New Yr’s Eve reveals at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard, the place they’ve booked a four-show collection spanning the dates of Dec. 28-31.

The Hampton Police Division’s Main Crimes Unit will be contacted with further info surrounding Friday evening’s incident by cellphone (757–727–6111 or 1–888-LOCK-U-UP), or by means of nameless tip by way of a safe kind at P3Tips.com.