Cellphone video showed pop-punk band Green Day literally running offstage Wednesday in Detroit after a drone was spotted inside Comerica Park.
"There was an individual that flew a drone into Comerica Park, so Green Day was taken off stage," Detroit police Cpl. Dan Donakowski said, according to the Detroit News. "Shortly after that, they went back on stage to perform. DPD located this individual outside of Comerica Park. He is being detained pending further investigation."
'How you guys doing? Everybody OK?' lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong asked crowd of around 35,000 fans after the drone incident.
The paper said the band members were rushed from the stage at 8:50 p.m. — about 20 minutes into the concert and during the second chorus of the hit single "Longview." The News said after a few minutes, a message showed up on the concert video screens saying, "Show Pause. Please standby for details."
The delay lasted about 10 minutes, then Green Day returned to the stage, the paper said.
"How you guys doing? Everybody OK?" lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong asked crowd of around 35,000 fans after the drone incident, the News said, adding that the band kicked into "Longview" at the spot when the drone interrupted them. The paper said that after the next song, "Welcome to Paradise," Armstrong told the crowd, "There ain't no motherf***er that's gonna stop us, I'll tell you that."
The News said in a follow-up story that federal authorities are investigating the suspect.
Detroit Police Sgt. Daren Zhou said the drone pilot was questioned but not arrested, the paper reported. "We've forwarded the case to the [U.S. Federal Aviation Administration]," Zhou said, according to the News.
The paper said the FAA bans flying drones in and around a radius of three nautical miles from stadiums or venues starting one hour before and ending one hour after the scheduled time of major event.
FAA spokesperson Eva Ngai told the News that although the agency lacks the authority to pursue criminal charges, it can fine "drone operators who endanger other aircraft or people on the ground" to fines "that exceed $30,000. In addition, the FAA can suspend or revoke drone operators’ pilot certificates."
The paper, citing the FAA's website, added that drone operators who conduct unsafe or unauthorized operations face fines up to $75,000 per violation.
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A 19-year-old terror suspect who pledged allegiance to ISIS was arrested Wednesday morning in Austria over an alleged attack plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows this week in Vienna.
A second suspect in the alleged plot, who also reportedly radicalized himself online, was arrested later in the day, ABC News reported.
The 19-year-old has 'North Macedonian roots' and 'lived with his family in Ternitz' and was arrested 'under strong suspicion of terrorism,' according to the Los Angeles Times, which cited Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung.
The 19-year-old — an Austrian citizen — allegedly pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State in the beginning of July and was particularly focused on Swift's concerts, ABC News said, citing Franz Ruf, director-general for public safety in the Ministry of the Interior.
Swift's shows scheduled for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna were canceled Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Each show was expected to draw 65,000, ABC News noted. Event organizer Barracuda Music said in an Instagram post that “we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety," the AP added.
Amid the 19-year-old's arrest, a bomb squad allegedly found chemical substances, NBC News said, adding that investigators are working to determine whether the substances could have been used to build a bomb.
The 19-year-old has "North Macedonian roots” and “lived with his family in Ternitz" and was arrested “under strong suspicion of terrorism,” according to the Los Angeles Times, which cited Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung. Ternitz is around 43 miles south of Vienna, the Times added.
It's far from clear whether there's any connection to Wednesday's arrests, but none of the aforementioned news outlets mentioned the deadly July 29 mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed children's dance class in Southport, England, during which a 17-year-old male killed three and injured numerous other victims.
Officials initially said there was no evidence that terrorism was a motive for the attack, which angered many who accused the government of covering up evidence. Police identified suspect Axel Rudakubana and charged him with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder. Officials identified him as being from Cardiff but also noted that his parents are Rwandan.
Unrest and violence erupted the day after the stabbings and has spread across the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced the violence and blamed "far-right thuggery."
Radio host Glenn Beck, co-founder of Blaze Media, on Tuesday opined that "two-tier justice" — in which police more or less ignore Muslim immigrant crime but come down hard on non-Muslims — has been laid bare in the U.K. in the wake of the deadly knife attack.
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Louis Tomlinson fans were hammered Wednesday by golf ball-sized hail at the former One Direction singer's Red Rocks concert in Colorado.
According to West Metro Fire Rescue, which worked to aid the injured with the help of Stadium Medical well into the night, seven people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, including broken bones and lacerations. Over 80 people were treated for injuries on the scene.
Earlier in the evening, the National Weather Service warned there might be sizable hail, 60 mph winds, and tornadoes. Sure enough, tornadoes touched down and tore through various parts of the state. Then, around 9:30 p.m., all hail broke loose over Red Rocks Park.
"It started like an instant. They gave us a warning and then it just started immediately," concertgoer Olivia Santangelo told CBS Colorado.
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Another concertgoer named Nicole, who captured the punishing natural phenomenon on video, tweeted that the evening amounted to the "scariest night of [her] life."
"It started pelting people with hail at Red Rocks and my sister and I luckily found shelter under a sign," said Nicole, adding, "I am bleeding and have huge bumps on my head from the hail. Hoping everyone made it out safely."
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Responding to the well-wishes of Andrew Cushin, one of the musicians who had taken the stage Wednesday evening, Nicole noted that she had "made it out safe thanks to some great strangers who let us in their car."
The Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre initially told concertgoers to seek shelter in their vehicles pending notification that the weather delay had been lifted. Shortly thereafter, the venue indicated the Louis Tomlinson show would resume after all. The planned resumption was short-lived, however; the park soon warned of "severe weather," then half an hour later announced the show had "officially been postponed."
Hail shattered the windows of numerous vehicles and pummeled those caught out in the open with little more than cardboard taken from the merchandise stands to cover themselves, reported the Guardian.
Photographer Nikolai Puc indicated that theater staff were among those helping the injured and fans "be as safe as they could."
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West Metro Fire Rescue similarly shared images of the hail that piled up as a result of the storm.
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Tomlinson, who did not ultimately get to play, later wrote, "Devastated about the show tonight, hope everyone’s ok, I’ll be back! Even though we didn’t play the show I felt all of your passion! Sending you all love!"
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