Overview
- Paul Kueker, 51, was found unconscious after falling from an elevated 300-level area at Madison Square Garden during a Goose show and was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, with the incident occurring Saturday.
- The New York Police Department has opened an investigation and the city medical examiner is conducting toxicology tests; the cause of death remains undetermined pending those results and the formal police report.
- Multiple eyewitnesses told media Kueker appeared intoxicated before the fall but law enforcement and the medical examiner have not confirmed those accounts.
- Kueker’s family say he was at the concert with his wife to mark their 25th anniversary and did not witness the fall; their daughter launched a GoFundMe that had raised about $58,800 to help cover funeral costs.
- Goose and Madison Square Garden issued condolences, the band is working with the Western Sun Foundation on a fan support fund and has provided resources to attendees, and attention now turns to official findings that could clarify whether safety measures or other factors were involved.