New Jersey State Police are currently on the hunt for a suspect involved in Monday night's shooting that left one person in critical condition and another wounded outside a J. Cole and Big Sean concert. According to the Associated Press, the shooting took place at approximately 11:15 p.m. outside the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. The victims were reportedly transported by Medvac to Jersey Shore Hospital and are in critical but stable condition.
Cole and Sean were not injured in the shooting. The shooting took place during the concert. The Grammy-nominated rappers will perform at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.
Eyewitness Omayma Bougdour told the New York Daily News that the shooting happened after an argument broke out in the parking lot of the venue, saying, "Everyone started sprinting and stampeding." She added that one of the victims injured in the shooting was unresponsive while being attended to by paramedics and the other victim was breathing heavily and asking for water.
Another witness, Mike Lefanto, said that the suspect approached the victims, who were talking to a woman, and fired about seven shots.
"He took those two dudes out right away," said Lefanto. "It looked like he knew what he was doing."
Both J. Cole and Big Sean have not commented on the shooting.
#jcole concert. Body count @ #PNC pic.twitter.com/cMzQbtUzFU
— Mike Lefanto (@LastProjection) August 4, 2015
@JColeNC Great show. Sorry it ended poorly for some. pic.twitter.com/4oK5yA9QXY — Mike Lefanto (@LastProjection) August 4, 2015
1st Picture: Shooting at #JCole concert PNC Arts Center @NJSP confirm searching for gunman Credit Mike Lefanto pic.twitter.com/EUoenWw4Ut
— Brian Thompson (@brian4NY) August 4, 2015
