Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite was near the front of the crowd and said it seemed the surge “happened all at once.” In a video posted to social media, Scott could be seen stopping the concert at one point and asking for aid for someone in the audience: “Security, somebody help real quick.” He has a 3-year-old daughter, Stormi, with Kylie Jenner, who announced in September that she’s pregnant with their second child.ĭrake joined Scott on-stage at the concert - which was livestreamed by Apple Music - and posted photos to Instagram after the performance.Įvent promoters had arranged for medical units to be on scene at the festival, however once the crowd surge began, those units were “quickly overwhelmed,” Peña said. The 29-year-old Houston native has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. Scott, one of music’s biggest young stars, released two new songs earlier Friday, “Mafia” and “Escape Plan.” Saturday’s performances have been cancelled.The deaths called to mind a 1979 concert for The Who where 11 people died and about two dozen were injured as thousands of fans tried to get into Cincinnati’s riverfront coliseum. The event was sold out, according to the Astroworld website. About 300 people were examined at that site throughout the day, he said.Īstroworld is a two-day music festival that was scheduled to take place Friday and Saturday in Houston. Many people were also treated at the scene at NRG Park, where a field hospital had been set up. It wasn’t clear whether all eight who died were among the 17 that had been transported to hospitals. Officials transported 17 people to hospitals, including 11 who were in cardiac arrest, Peña said. The fire chief said “scores of individuals” were injured. The show was called off shortly thereafter. “People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic.” “The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries,” the fire chief said. Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” just after 9 pm Friday during the festival where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference. At least eight people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the Astroworld music festival in Houston while rapper Travis Scott was performing.

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