Korn concert brawl leaves 1 dead
its silly, the violence at shows/concerts, and that it leads to this disgusts me. im no saint, i havent always acted the best at shows, but thats been a while. and its shitty to think about all the fights ive seen take place and know this is a possibility, that this couldve happen.
sucks, this kid was out trying to have a good time like we all do and now hes dead.
Korn concert brawl leaves 1 dead
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0801korn-death01-ON.html
ATLANTA - People were drinking and having fun as the heavy-metal band Korn played. Then a ball cap was grabbed, a single punch thrown and Andy Richardson lay sprawled, with a head injury, just where the seats meet the lawn at the former Lakewood Amphitheater.
A senseless dispute over a little thing ended Richardson's life. At 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, doctors pronounced him dead even though his body was being kept alive so recipients for his organs could be found.
His mother, Gloria Richardson, was in the intensive care unit at Grady Memorial Hospital when doctors told her one of her two children was gone
"He was a sweet-spirited, strong, fiercely loyal young man," the mother said of her 30-year-old son. "He marched to the tune of his own drum. He really did love his friends and family. He didn't deserve this."
Richardson's friends, who had worked with him as a roofer and were with him at the Sunday night concert, waited at home for the news.
"We just went out there to have a good night," said one friend, Eddie Arellano. "It was starting off fun. And then this whole thing turned into a nightmare.
According to Arellano and others at the concert, there was a group of rowdy men at the show.
"These guys were just way too drunk. They had too many fights," Arellano said.
Earlier in the evening, some of the rowdies tumbled down a hill, crashing into Richardson and his friends. There was a brief scuffle, according to Bernice Averil, who was in Richardson's group. A little later, the rowdies returned and one of them snatched Richardson's cap.
"When they took his hat he stood up and said 'We've already had a fight. I don't want to have any problems,' " Arellano said, describing the moments just before the punch. "The guy threw the hat back at him. And when he (Richardson) caught it, the guy hit him in the face and he hit the ground and hit the concrete with the back of his head. He just collapsed.
"His face was bloody. It was bad. It was horrible," said Arellano, who was Richardson's roommate.
The person who threw the punch and that person's friend ran off, Arellano said.
Atlanta police spokesman Officer Steve Coleman said homicide detectives "have people of interest" but no arrests had been made. Police have a "vague description" of the person who threw the punch, according to Sgt. Kevin Iosty.
Jack Gannon, a spokesman for House of Blues, a California-based company that has a sponsorship deal with what's now called HiFi Buys Amphitheater, said the incident was "unfortunate and tragic" and that the company is "cooperating fully with the Atlanta Police Department investigation."
"This was a total shock," said Richardson's mother, who was widowed several years ago. "It's not right that someone could go to a concert for a good time and wind up dead. I want justice. Those two people need to be caught. There needs to be more security or they need to not have these concerts at all. I'm going to pursue this. My voice will be heard."
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Originally Posted by civic95
