UPDATED: Police Arrest 18 yo for Rape at Keith Urban Concert

Police released the following statement Tuesday:

On July 26th, 2014 during the Keith Urban concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. A concert patron approached an officer, stationed on the lawn of the venue, to report he just witnessed what he believed to be a rape that just occurred on the lawn in front of a large crowd of other concert goers. Officers were brought to the area of the assault and officers began to investigate the report. Witnesses came forward to provide a detailed description of the suspect male. During that time that the assault was reported exit gates were limited and police and venue security monitored the exiting patrons for the suspect.

A short time later, officers were able to locate the suspect as well as the victim of the assault. The subject placed under arrest and charged with one count of rape is 18-year-old Sean Murphy of West Roxbury, Massachusetts. The investigation revealed that a female patron that witnessed the assault pushed Murphy off of the victim and moments later he fled into the crowd. Thanks to concerned patrons, the female victim was removed from the area and they assisted her in getting her help and reuniting her with her friends.

Officers conducting the investigation were assisted by patrons that had been concerned and took photos and video of the assault on their cellular phones. Those phones are being processed to recover the digital evidence of the assault.

Mansfield Police is interested in speaking with anyone that may have witnessed the incident or have images on their cell phone of the assault. They are encouraged to contact the Mansfield Police Detective Division at (508) 261-7300. The Investigation is being conducted by Detective Sergeant Larry Crosman and Detective Robert Pierce.

At the concert there were also 50 arrests and an additional 46 people were treated for alcohol-related illnesses.

The suspect, 18-year-old Sean Murphy of Boston pleaded innocent in Attleboro District Court to raping the 17-year-old girl on the lawn at the concert, saying it was a consensual encounter, the Sun Chronicle reports.

Murphy is due back in court Sept. 25.

Australian country singer Keith Urban tweeted that he “had a blast” at the 18,000 person concert.

Photo: Sean Murphy, courtesy of the Mansfield, MA Police Department Facebook page