Last night during Lil Wayne‘s Lil Weezyana Fest, social media blew up with videos and photos of two separate stampedes during the event. Both broke out following rapper Meek Mill‘s performance. Police on-site were unsure of the exact cause of the stampede, but attendees on social media explained that they thought it was gunfire or a fight. It was neither.
During the chaos, attendees crashed into food trucks and concession stands, causing staffers to ditch their posts. Some attendees walked away with liquor bottles from the stands, according to other news reports.
don’t let news reports tell y’all the lil weezyana fest shooting situation was a small stampede and all. It was MAJOR. The whole venue was stampeding and breaking down fences. One of the scariest moments of my life.
— kalli 😉 (@kallimarie2) September 8, 2019
I think we just had a gunshot false alarm at Lil WeezyAna Fest. A small crowd near the Ferris wheel food trucks freaked out & ran
— Keith Spera (@KeithSpera) September 8, 2019
During stampede at Lil WeezyAna Fest, crowd crashed through concessions area, destroying barricade, knocking over liquor & cash register pic.twitter.com/IMoQjxHydp
— Keith Spera (@KeithSpera) September 8, 2019
Lilweezyana concert major fail. Fighting. Everybody pushing in the crowds. People started running and pushing people and then people were shooting. Never again man.
— Jae⚜️ (@jaelynn_rene_) September 8, 2019
The show still went on, however, and Travis Scott and Lil Wayne closed out the evening. DJ Khaled, Future, Choppa, and Cheeky Blakk all joined on-stage as special guests.
This year was the first year for the festival’s new location at UNO Lakefront Arena. Previous years saw the event at Champion’s Square.
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