FILE- In this Jan. 20, 2016, file photo, T.I. arrives at the grand opening of "Jennifer Lopez: All I Have" show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. According to authorities several people... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE- In this Jan. 20, 2016, file photo, T.I. arrives at the grand opening of "Jennifer Lopez: All I Have" show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. According to authorities several people were shot at a T.I concert in New York, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP,... (Associated Press) 
 
 NEW YORK (AP) — Police investigating a deadly shooting at a packed hip-hop concert arrested a rap artist Thursday, saying surveillance footage showed him stalking through the venue firing a gun. 
 
 Roland Collins, who's from Brooklyn and goes by the stage name Troy Ave, will face attempted murder and weapons charges, a police spokesman said. 
 
 Four people were shot, one fatally, when a fight started Wednesday night in a performers' lounge at a Manhattan concert hall where the star rapper T.I. was scheduled to perform. 
 
 The man who died, Ronald McPhatter, was a member of Collins' entourage and had been there to provide security, according to his family. Collins, 33, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. 
 
 An 8-second video clip released by police shows the gunman bursting through the door of a VIP room in apparent pursuit of another man, who flees off-screen. 
 
 As concertgoers huddle under a counter and clutch each other, the gunman, who appears to be limping, stops and scans the room for a moment with his eyes. Then, he spots something, raises his gun and fires. 
 
 There were nearly 1,000 people in the concert hall, Irving Plaza, when the shooting began. One of the victims, Christopher Vinson, was shot in the chest on the venue's ground level after a bullet traveled through the floor, Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said. Another bystander, Maggie Heckstall, was shot in the leg, authorities said. 
 
 The circumstances of what prompted the fight were still under investigation. 
 
 Police Commissioner William Bratton, in an interview with WCBS radio, blamed the shootings on "the crazy world of the so-called rap artists who are basically thugs that basically celebrate the violence that they live all their lives." 
 
 "The music, unfortunately, oftentimes celebrates violence, celebrates degradation of women, celebrates the drug culture, and it's unfortunate that as they get fame and fortune that some of them are just not able to get out of the life, if you will," he said. 
 
 That prompted an angry response from McPhatter's relatives and a city lawmaker, who derided the comments as insensitive and divisive. 
 
 "When white people are doing this violence, I don't hear the same language being used," said City Councilman Jumaane Williams, a Brooklyn Democrat who said he had worked on anti-violence initiatives with McPhatter and his older brother, Shanduke McPhatter, a former gang member. 
 
 The city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, also a Democrat, said afterward that he believed Bratton was "talking out of frustration." 
 
 "I think it's not really right to see a whole genre through one eye," he said. "There are some rap artists and folks in the hip-hop culture doing amazing, good things for the world." 
 
 Collins was in custody and couldn't be reached for comment Thursday. It was unclear if he had an attorney who could comment on the charges against him. A message left at a phone number listed for him wasn't immediately returned. 
 
 Shanduke McPhatter said his brother "got too much into" the glamour of the hip-hop scene and it landed him Wednesday night in an environment where alcohol flowed freely and trouble broke out. 
 
 In a post on his Instagram account, rapper T.I., born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., sent his condolences to the victims, adding that "our music is intended to save lives, like it has mine and many others." 
 
 Police said there was no evidence connecting T.I. to the violence, but the incident marks the third time in a decade that shootings have occurred during or after concerts where the Grammy Award-winning musician was to perform. 
 
 A member of the rapper's entourage was killed and three others were injured during a gunbattle following a party after a concert where T.I. performed near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2006. Last March, two people were shot and injured in a Charlotte, North Carolina, nightclub where he was to perform. 
 
 In 2010, the Atlanta rapper was sentenced to 11 months in prison on federal gun charges. 
 
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 Associated Press writers Kiley Armstrong, Tom McElroy, Mesfin Fekadu, Jennifer Peltz and Michael Balsamo contributed to this report. ||||| NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect has been charged in connection with a shooting that took place in the Irving Plaza concert venue on Wednesday. 
 
 One person was killed and three others were injured in the shooting, and as CBS2’s Alice Gainer reported one of the injured has now been charged. 
 
 Roland Collins, a Brooklyn-based rapper known by the name Troy Ave, has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment, and menacing. 
 
 Collins was hit in the leg during the shooting, sources said. Police sources told CBS2 he was one of two shooters involved in the incident. Authorities alleged that Collins is the one who can be seen firing a gun on surveillance video released late Thursday. 
 
 Police released the video in hopes that the public could identify others seen in it. 
 
 Meanwhile, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton called rap artists “basically thugs” Thursday in the wake of the shooting that left one person dead and three others wounded. 
 
 Speaking on WCBS 880, Bratton said the shooting Wednesday inside Irving Plaza was the result of “the crazy world of the so-called rap artists.” 
 
 “Basically thugs that basically celebrate the violence that they live all their lives and unfortunately that violence often manifests itself during the performances and that’s exactly what happened last evening,” he said. “The music, unfortunately, oftentimes celebrates gun violence, celebrates the degradation of women, celebrates the drug culture and it’s unfortunate that as they get fame and fortune, that some of them are just not able to get out of the life, if you will.” 
 
 NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said it began as a quarrel between two groups that traveled from a top floor down to an area outside a green room on the second level. 
 
 “It looked like from what we can determine right now from witnesses and video, a fisticuffs broke out and then gun play directly thereafter,” Boyce said. “It went on for about five minutes — the fight — and then someone pulled a gun and people were shot.” 
 
 Five casings from a 9 mm gun were recovered, police said. 
 
 Fans were waiting for hip-hop artist T.I. to perform when the gunfire erupted as opening acts Maino and Uncle Murda were on stage. 
 
 “When he was about to go on, we saw two people up on the VIP arguing and then everybody just started running cause they heard the shots,” said concertgoer Sagine Morenci. 
 
 The shooting could be heard over the music and sent panicked concertgoers running for the exits, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported. Cellphone video captured the hundreds of people trying to get out. 
 
 “It was a stampede,” one man said. “Everyone was trying to save themselves.” 
 
 “Just chaos,” said another concertgoer. “We ran outside, thought it was OK, then we heard more shots so we just kept running.” 
 
 Ronald McPhatter, 33, a bodyguard for suspect Collins, was fatally shot in the abdomen, police said. Two others in addition to Collins were wounded. 
 
 Concertgoer Maggie Heckstall, 26, was shot in the leg, and Christopher Vinson, 34, was shot in the chest. They are listed in stable condition. 
 
 Manhattan Chief of Detectives William Aubry said Wednesday that detectives were talking with witnesses and looking for video. 
 
 “We have recovered ballistic evidence and the crime scene search is continuing at this time,” he said. 
 
 Investigators said there was a security check and a metal detector at the venue, but some at the concert said security was lax, CBS2’s Janelle Burrell reported. 
 
 “We’re looking into that and that’s going to be part of the investigation,” Aubry said. 
 
 One concert-goer offered his own thoughts. 
 
 “It was easy. Anyone could have gone in there with a piece,” he said. 
 
 Police sources said it doesn’t appear that the VIP group was checked. Police said they are monitoring social media to see if there was an ongoing beef that sparked the shooting. 
 
 On Twitter, Irving Plaza said the “safety of our guests is of the utmost importance” and said until further details are known, all inquiries are being referred to the NYPD. 
 
 [1/2] The safety of our guests is of the utmost importance. — Irving Plaza (@IrvingPlaza) May 26, 2016 
 
 [2/2] Until we have further details about what transpired, we are referring all inquiries to the NYPD. — Irving Plaza (@IrvingPlaza) May 26, 2016 
 
 Wednesday’s incident was the third shooting either during or after a T.I. concert over the last decade. 
 
 In 2006, shots were fired at a show he performed at in Cincinnati. That shooting left his friend and personal assistant Philant Johnson dead and three others hurt. 
 
 Two people were hurt in another shooting last March at a nightclub in Charlotte, North Carolina, where T.I. was set to perform. 
 
 The Atlanta-based rapper was also sentenced to 11 months in prison back in 2010 on federal gun charges. 
 
 T.I. released a tweet Thursday mourning the loss of life. 
 
 In response to Bratton’s comments Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio was asked whether he personally believes the rap world fosters violence, WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported. 
 
 “I would say it differently. I think rap, like any other genre, is very, very diverse,” he said. “But I could say that about a lot of genres. I could say that about popular culture in general, I could say that about popular movies. 
 
 “This is not a state secret — a huge amount of money is made in this country glorifying violence,” de Blasio added. “I think it’s a much bigger problem than just rap, and I don’t think you generalize about rap. I think our culture glorifies violence, I think it’s an American problem.” 
 
 He said he is “relatively current” because of the musical choices of his children. 
 
 “So I hear a lot and some is thoughtful and socially conscious and some I find distasteful,” he said. 
 
 CBS2 reached out to the musicians who performed Wednesday, but so far none have returned a request for comment.
– Police investigating a deadly shooting at a packed hip-hop concert arrested a rap artist Thursday, saying surveillance footage showed him stalking through the venue firing a gun. Roland Collins, who's from Brooklyn and goes by the stage name Troy Ave, will face attempted murder and weapons charges, a police spokesman says. Four people were shot, one fatally, when a fight started Wednesday night in a performers' lounge at a Manhattan concert hall where the star rapper TI was scheduled to perform, the AP reports. The man who died, Ronald McPhatter, was a member of Collins' entourage and had been there to provide security, according to his family. Collins, 33, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, police say. One of the victims, Christopher Vinson, was shot in the chest on the venue's ground level after a bullet traveled through the floor. Another bystander, Maggie Heckstall, was shot in the leg, authorities say. The circumstances of what prompted the fight are still under investigation. Police Commissioner William Bratton, in an interview with WCBS radio, blamed the shootings on "the crazy world of the so-called rap artists who are basically thugs that basically celebrate the violence that they live all their lives." Mayor Bill de Blasio said afterward that he believed Bratton was "talking out of frustration." "I think it's not really right to see a whole genre through one eye," he said. "There are some rap artists and folks in the hip-hop culture doing amazing, good things for the world."