A delay from the scheduled6 p.m. tipoff created tension in and around the event, allowing time for the unruly crowd to build outside. Tragedy broke out when the crowd outside managed to break through the exterior doors leading to the gym; the surge of people rushing down the stairs toward locked doors that only opened inward created a pile of humans with nowhere to go as the weight on top of them increased.
Ninepeople died — the same initial number as the Astroworld tragedy before 9-year-old Ezra Blount succumbed to his injuries after falling in a coma. The deceased ranged in age from 17 to 28; 29 others were injured.
Hon. Louis C. Benza of the Court of Claims decided that Diddy, Heavy D and the New York State were equally responsible for the tragedy.
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