Post by AbsolutMetal on Jun 27, 2005 12:44:37 GMT -5
Nola Bradley of Extreme Metal Magazine has issued the following eyewitness account of last night`s events:
"Wow... don`t really know where to start. Just really kinda freaked out right now. I just got home from the Masquerade in Tampa, went to see C.O.C. and Crowbar. The show was going great. I went up to the bathrooms. While I was in there, I heard all kinds of commotion. I came out of the bathroom to see what was going on and saw these two chicks fighting. Before I knew it, these two guys were trying to break up the fight. They were having to use serious restraint to get these girls off each other. At this time, one of the girls` boyfriend came running up, under the impression that these dudes were beating up these chicks, and the one guy grabbed his knife and gutted the two guys. In a matter of a second both guys were laying in their own blood. The stabber bolted for the door and ran away. Immediately Pepper [Keenan, C.O.C. frontman] came on the mic and asked everyone to clear a path and exit out the side doors. The venue was immediately swarmed with police, ambulance, and flying helicopters because the man in on the loose. Obviously, C.O.C. didnt get to finish their set. It was an extremely greusome scene and I can`t get it out of my head. I was forced to give a statement to police since I was a direct witness. This is such a terrible thing. One of the men was rumored to be dead on the scene but nothing is official."
The Tampa Tribune has issued the following report:
Four people were stabbed — one of them fatally — during a brawl Thursday night (June 23) inside The Masquerade, a night club on Seventh Avenue [where Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar were performing], police said.
Tampa Police spokesman Joe Durkin said a "shoving match" started between two women on the club`s dance floor just before 11:30 p.m. The tussle escalated when others tried to break the women apart. That`s when a bald man with a knife began stabbing patrons, Durkin said.
Then people fled the club, Durkin said, the suspect included.
Of the surviving victims, one was in critical condition at the hospital this morning, one was in fair condition and one was treated for minor injuries and released, according to police.
Durkin would not release the name of the deceased until next of kin is notified.
"Wow... don`t really know where to start. Just really kinda freaked out right now. I just got home from the Masquerade in Tampa, went to see C.O.C. and Crowbar. The show was going great. I went up to the bathrooms. While I was in there, I heard all kinds of commotion. I came out of the bathroom to see what was going on and saw these two chicks fighting. Before I knew it, these two guys were trying to break up the fight. They were having to use serious restraint to get these girls off each other. At this time, one of the girls` boyfriend came running up, under the impression that these dudes were beating up these chicks, and the one guy grabbed his knife and gutted the two guys. In a matter of a second both guys were laying in their own blood. The stabber bolted for the door and ran away. Immediately Pepper [Keenan, C.O.C. frontman] came on the mic and asked everyone to clear a path and exit out the side doors. The venue was immediately swarmed with police, ambulance, and flying helicopters because the man in on the loose. Obviously, C.O.C. didnt get to finish their set. It was an extremely greusome scene and I can`t get it out of my head. I was forced to give a statement to police since I was a direct witness. This is such a terrible thing. One of the men was rumored to be dead on the scene but nothing is official."
The Tampa Tribune has issued the following report:
Four people were stabbed — one of them fatally — during a brawl Thursday night (June 23) inside The Masquerade, a night club on Seventh Avenue [where Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar were performing], police said.
Tampa Police spokesman Joe Durkin said a "shoving match" started between two women on the club`s dance floor just before 11:30 p.m. The tussle escalated when others tried to break the women apart. That`s when a bald man with a knife began stabbing patrons, Durkin said.
Then people fled the club, Durkin said, the suspect included.
Of the surviving victims, one was in critical condition at the hospital this morning, one was in fair condition and one was treated for minor injuries and released, according to police.
Durkin would not release the name of the deceased until next of kin is notified.