COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A man was fatally shot after a Colorado Springs rap concert and a suspect is in custody, police said.
Authorities said the victim was sitting in his car outside a Mr. Biggs Family Fun Center after a concert by rapper E-40. The man was shot shortly after midnight Thursday. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
His name hasn’t been released. Police say he was in his late 20s.
Police and state troopers pursued a vehicle that left the parking lot at high speed, stopping it on Interstate 25 by puncturing the tires with spikes. They arrested the driver on suspicion of first-degree murder.
He was identified as 22-year-old Terry Gaines Jr. of Colorado Springs. Police say he was alone in the car.
Colorado Springs police spokesman Sgt. Darrin Abbink told The Gazette newspaper that police had 14 officers at the show but were overwhelmed by the crowd’s size.
The shooting prompted Mr. Biggs owner Steve Bigari to pledge not to allow any more rap concerts at his venue.
“Any that were booked we are canceling,” he said.
E-40, whose name is Earl Stevens, is a popular musician from San Francisco. He is scheduled to perform Saturday night at Fort Collins’ Aggie Theatre.
In December, five people were wounded after gunfire erupted outside an E-40 performance at a Denver nightclub.
