Lil Baby Rap Concert Shut Down In Birmingham After Shots Fired

One person was shot at a rap concert inside a west Birmingham arena Saturday night. The Lil Baby concert was shut down after shots were fired.

The gunfire erupted inside the Bill Harris Arena and the victim was taken to UAB Hospital for treatment, said Sgt. Rod Mauldin.

At approximately 10:20 p.m. Saturday during Lil Baby’s stage performance a physical altercation ensued among promoters and entourage members in the backstage area of the Bill Harris arena, according to a Sunday afternoon statement from Mauldin. The fight escalated and resulted in one person being shot.

The victim was transported to UAB Hospital with life threatening injuries. The victim’s condition has since been updated to stable, Mauldin stated.

More officers responded to the scene and order was restored without further incident, Mauldin stated. No injuries occurred to any concert patrons or citizens in the general vicinity of the Bill Harris arena.

The Atlanta-based rapper – whose real name is Dominique Armani Jones – was performing at the arena. According to concertgoers, some kind of altercation broke out and then at least one shot was fired inside. Multiple people screamed and dropped to the floor. Others ran out of the building.

A video posted to YouTube showed a physical altercation to the side of the stage and then one shot could be heard fired.

The concert was stopped, and police quickly cleared the arena and surrounding area.

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