Past Wonderland Competition has been cancelled after a taking pictures at a close-by campground resulted within the deaths of two individuals.
The digital music pageant was being held on the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington this weekend however final evening (June 17) police had been alerted to an “lively shooter” within the close by campground, the place many pageant attendees had been attributable to keep, whereas artists had been performing on the pageant.
A police convention later within the night reported that officers had “pursued (and) closed-in on the suspect” however they continued to “fireplace randomly into the gang” earlier than being apprehended (by way of Selection).
Past Wonderland later tweeted “there is no such thing as a present hazard to pageant goers or the campgrounds” however requested pageant goers to keep away from the campsite in query attributable to an “incident”.
Please keep away from the Gorge Gate H campgrounds space as it’s closed attributable to an incident that has been dealt with by native authorities. There is no such thing as a present hazard to pageant goers or the campgrounds.
— Past Wonderland at The Gorge (@BeyondWlandPNW) June 18, 2023
It was then confirmed by Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace that two individuals had been killed and an extra three had been injured, together with the shooter.
Shortly after the incident, producer Whipped Cream cancelled their look at Past Wonderland. “I’m deeply sorry however I can’t carry out figuring out individuals simply died right here, we have to have some respect,” they stated in a since-deleted tweet (by way of Mixmag). “I’m in utter shock and I’m going to pay my respects to the households who simply misplaced a beloved one.”
A brand new replace by way of the pageant organiser’s app has seemingly confirmed that the second day of Past Wonderland will now be cancelled fully.
Everybody on the Gorge, Past is cancelled tomorrow. Please get some relaxation and handle yourselves 💕 pic.twitter.com/30tWmCcK7g
— mehlika 💫 (@smthng_comfrtng) June 18, 2023
“Earlier this night, there was an remoted emergency incident that occurred in a distant space of the pageant campgrounds. In consequence, day 2 of Past Wonderland has sadly been cancelled,” learn the replace, though the campground will stay open till tomorrow (June 19) so individuals have someplace to remain.
Afrojack, Andy C and Marshmello had been among the many artists attributable to carry out in the present day (June 18).
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