SHORT TAKES : Grateful Dead Forum Shows On
The death of a fan who clashed with police at the Forum in Inglewood during a Grateful Dead concert last December won’t change the group’s plans to play there again in February, a band spokesman said.
The Grateful Dead will perform at the Forum Feb. 9, 10 and 11, spokesman Dennis McNally said Wednesday. He spoke in a phone interview from his office in San Francisco.
A three-night series of shows by the band ended Dec. 10 with the death of a fan who stopped breathing while handcuffed in the back of a police car.
Patrick Shanahan, 19, died after being arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs.
An autopsy later determined Shanahan died from compression of the neck caused by a carotid neck hold and the death was ruled a homicide. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the incident.
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