Overview

• Allen’s family confirmed his death and asked for privacy and prayers, declining to share a cause, according to TMZ.
• TMZ reports a family member said he was struck by a train and died at a nearby Texas hospital on Tuesday.
• The Fort Worth Police Department said a person was hit by a train on Tuesday but has not publicly confirmed the identity or cause of death, and the investigation is ongoing.
• Friends and colleagues in the dance community, including choreographer Emmanuel Hurd, posted tributes remembering Allen’s talent and character.
• Allen won Season 4 of the Fox series in 2008 at age 18 and later appeared in Step Up 3D, the Footloose remake, Community and American Horror Story; he also had a 2017 sentence related to a 2016 domestic-violence case.