Rochester police have confirmed the death of a third victim who was critically injured in the crowd stampede at the Main Street Armory Sunday night. Aisha Stephens, 35, was from Syracuse. She died Wednesday night in the hospital.
Police continue the crowd surge that fatally injured three and left seven others with lesser injuries. They were released from the hospital on Thursday.
Anthony Rouse, who worked as a security guard at the Armory, told both the “Brother Wease Show” on Radio 95.1 and WHAM TV that the event was over capacity by 1,200 or so. The auditorium has a limit of 5,000 people. Rouse said there should have been more security at the event, and he said the stampede apparently started when confetti guns that should have gone off at the end of the performance went off afterwards, when people were starting to leave.