WHAT HAPPENED
Knocked Loose donated $8,000 to a GoFundMe for Jamie Ulshoffer, a fan who was paralyzed during the band's Sept. 18 set at Louder Than Life in Louisville *, †.
THE DETAILS
- The band's $8,000 contribution is listed publicly on the campaign page, which had raised close to $30,000 of a $40,000 goal at the time of the report *.
- Ulshoffer, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was reportedly struck when an unidentified man fell out of a tree and landed on her during Knocked Loose's hometown set *.
- Doctors determined her spine had been severed; husband Conor Ulshoffer told WSMV, "As of right now, from what the doctor told me, she is permanently paralyzed from the waist down" *.
- Conor said she had been sitting cross-legged on the ground beside a friend while he stood a few feet ahead, and that he turned around to find her on her back *.
- The GoFundMe was launched by her niece, Cheyenne Will, for medical costs *.
- Louisville Metro Police told WHAS there is no active criminal investigation and the matter is being treated as a civil one *.
- Knocked Loose's Hive Mind tour starts Sept. 26 in Newport, Kentucky, with Denzel Curry, Superheaven and Boundaries, running through Nov. 8 in Mexico City *.
THE BOTTOM LINE
A fan got hurt at their show in their own hometown, and Knocked Loose put their name and their money on the page instead of a statement.
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