Thousands of revelers race towards the exit and trample each other at Lovers & Friends festival - Daily Mail

Soon, reports erupted online of a 'stampede' at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, with people claiming they were trampled in the rush to leave as screens inside the venue urged festival-goers to remain in place, News 3 Las Vegas reports.

As the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told TMZ: 'Shortly after 10pm, gunfire was reportedly heard near the site of the Lovers and Friends festival, causing a large group of attendees to exit the venue.

Footage posted online showed thousands of hip-hop and R&B fans walking through the streets following reports of gunfire at the Lovers and Friends festival.

Some had claimed online they were trampled in the mad rush to leave - and the Metropolitan Police Department later confirmed that three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries

Lovers and Friends festival organizers tweeted in the aftermath that the show was allowed to continue after the Metropolitan Police Department determined 'there was a false alarm'

And Kia Felicia tweeted that she was one of the people who 'almost got trampled' at the music festival 'and I'm upset they continued the show and showed no concern for those who got hurt.'

Ja Rule performed at sunset at the Lovers and Friends Music Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds hours before people started running towards the exits

Shortly after the Metropolitan Police determined that reports of gunfire were 'unfounded,' Usher took the stage

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