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Woman Injured At Lil Durk Concert Is Calling Out Phoenix Venue For Lack Of Security Measures (Exclusive)

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR Exclusive&colon; A woman who suffered a bloody leg injury during an abrupt end to Lil Durk’s concert Saturday night in Phoenix is speaking out against the venue in hopes of protecting future concertgoers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Tahjee Gray&comma; 23&comma; said she traveled all the way to Arizona from Newark&comma; New Jersey&comma; with her best friend specifically to see Lil Durk perform at Phoenix’s Celebrity Theatre&period; She said they had a choice between Phoenix and Miami&comma; and chose Arizona because they ironically thought that it would be the safer choice&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My anger isn’t toward Durk&comma;” Tahjee said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My issue is with the establishment and putting thousands of people at risk&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">There are conflicting reports about what happened&period; While many attendees said they heard gunshots and that is what caused people to flee&comma; organizers of Durkchella told <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2021&sol;04&sol;18&sol;shooting-at-lil-durk-concert-phoenix&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a> the loud sound was a mic dropping on the stage&period; In any event&comma; Tahjee blames poor security and lack of organization for the mass hysteria that left her and several others injured with non-life threatening injuries&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Tahjee said when she first arrived&comma; the lines to get into the venue were chaotic and security wasn’t very tight&period; She alleges at one point that a crowd of people bum rushed the entrance and started grabbing chairs to sit in sections&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">She claims many of those who rushed the entrance did not have their bags checked&comma; nor were their tickets scanned&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That was my first red flag&comma;” Tahjee said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">She added that Lil Durk refused to come out until they cleared the stage as apparently people who shouldn’t have been backstage got past security&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">After Durk went on around 8&colon;30 p&period;m&period;&comma; she said the concert was great until the last song of the night&comma; which is when she said the chaos ensued&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">After the crowd heard those loud noises&comma; Tahjee and the 10&comma;000-plus people who attended reportedly dispersed&comma; running in different directions&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Tahjee said she fell a few times as she fled the theatre and when she was about a block away&comma; she noticed a large gash in her leg with blood gushing out&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Police radioed in her injury&comma; assuming it was a graze from a bullet&comma; though Tahjee said she still isn’t sure what the source of her injury was&comma; only that she got treated at a nearby hospital and that it required seven stitches to patch up&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was a lot going on&period; We didn’t stay around to see what was happening&comma;” Tahjee said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My injury is the least of my concerns&period; My concern is that there were no safety measures at all&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">She added that she’s considering taking legal action against the theater&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Security measures weren’t taken at all&&num;8230&semi;There was no order&comma;” she said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m happy it’s a graze or cut&period; It could have been much worse&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">No one arrested from the incident and Lil Durk denounced previous media headlines of violence&period; We’ll keep you posted on any updates&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or<span class&equals;"Apple-converted-space">  <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"74698" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;woman-injured-at-lil-durk-concert-is-calling-out-phoenix-venue-for-lack-of-security-measures-exclusive&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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