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Stabbing At Nelly Concert
Faitamai Taunuu, 30, died Saturday of multiple stab wounds he suffered in an attack during a rap concert Friday night, said Lt. Richard Coleson. Another fan, Sean Bowers, 27, also was stabbed. He was hospitalized in good condition Sunday.
Police charged Hank Carl Banegas, 26, and Steven Francis TeSam, 42, both of Alpine, with investigation of murder and attempted murder, Coleson said. An unidentified 16-year-old boy, who has been detained in a juvenile facility, was charged with conspiracy, he said.
Banegas, and his uncle, TeSam, an Indian tribe official, were being held without bail.
In August, at the Beat Summer Jam 2002 concert in Irvine, about 15,000 people fled after a fight broke out and spilled onto the main stage. One person was hospitalized. There were no arrests.
TeSam is chairman of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, which operates a casino in Alpine, about 30 miles east of San Diego. Telephone messages left with tribal vice chairman Bobby Barrett weren’t immediately returned Sunday.