Shocking video shows man brutally knocking out woman at Rose Bowl show
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A disturbing video making the rounds on social media shows a woman getting knocked unconscious during a recent concert at the Rose Bowl.
Fans at a Rufus Du Sol show were horrified when a man began pummelling a woman and her friends at the stadium in Pasadena, Calif. — all of which was captured on camera.
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Shelby Elston, from Phoenix, Ariz., said she blacked out and woke up in the venue’s medical tent, according to a Facebook post.
The mother of three said it all started when her fiance accidentally spilled his drink on another concertgoer. That guy stormed off but returned shortly after, screaming death threats.
Elston said she got between the two men in attempt to stop it from escalating, but soon became the victim when the man knocked her into the bleachers and hit her repeatedly — even after she had been knocked out cold.
He punched two other men as the crowd pulled him off her.
“This man PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE! I was completely knocked out and there was blood pouring from my face,” Elston wrote on Facebook.
He then “continued to attack” her fiance and another friend, she detailed, before he “ran off into the crowd never to be seen again.”
Elston added that she spent the rest of the concert in the venue’s medical tent before making it safely back to her hotel.
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A police report was filed with the same details, a spokesperson for the Pasadena Police Department confirmed, but a suspect has not been arrested.
Rufus Du Sol issued a statement about the attack.
“Delivering moments for our fans to gather and celebrate safely is what we live for,” the group said in a statement to Rolling Stone.
“We have been heartbroken to hear of the act of violence that took place during the opening act on Saturday.”
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The attack happened before the sold-out concert began and an entire entry tunnel was briefly closed for paramedics to get through, according to Lisa Derderian, public information officer for the City of Pasadena.
“There were 60,000 people there. When you get that many people at any event, you definitely have incidents,” she said in a statement, per the New York Post. “I think this was more of a one-off.”
However, other concertgoers said the “crowd control was nonexistent” at the stadium and many feared for their safety, Rolling Stone reported.
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