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LONDON -- Concert-goers were left confused when Kanye West abruptly ended a performance in New York City 20 minutes early, mid-song.

Citing a "family emergency," it later became known that his wife Kim Kardashian West reportedly had been robbed at gunpoint while attending Fashion Week in Paris.

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Fans captured the moment that West had to dash from the scene via social media:

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While some people grumbled about the show's unexpected end, many fans swiftly came to the rap artist's defense:

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According to a quote from one of the celebrity's spokespeople in a CNN article, Kim is "badly shaken but physically unharmed".