Officials confirm eight people, including two teens, are among the dead after Houston music festival stampede

Officers confirmed that eight folks, together with a fourteen and sixteen yr previous, died and 25 others had been hospitalized on the Astroworld music pageant on Friday in Houston.

Seven of the victims ranged from 14 to 27 years previous, Mayor Sylvester Turner mentioned throughout a Saturday afternoon press convention. One sufferer’s age couldn’t be decided.

Of the 25 those who had been transported to the hospital, 5 had been beneath the age of 18. 13 persons are nonetheless hospitalized, the mayor added. Nobody is reported lacking.

Crowds started to assemble round 9 p.m. native time for a efficiency by rapper and pageant founder Travis Scott. Concertgoers pushed towards the entrance of the stage previous to the beginning of the live performance, resulting in panic and a few accidents. The mayhem escalated till 9:38 p.m. when a “mass casualty incident” was triggered, Houston Fireplace Chief Samuel Peña mentioned early Saturday. The reason for dying was not but identified for the eight victims.

Scott, who launched the pageant in his hometown in 2018, mentioned he was “completely devastated.”

“Houston PD has my whole assist as they proceed to look into the tragic lack of life,” he mentioned in a tweet. “I’m dedicated to working along with the Houston neighborhood to heal and assist the households in want.”

Round 50,000 folks had been alleged to attend the pageant, NBC Information reported. The occasion was alleged to final by way of Saturday, however officers canceled the second day following the stampede.

Rumors additionally swirled on social media that unknown folks had been injecting different patrons with medication, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner mentioned.

He added the company has a report of 1 safety officer who was reaching to seize a citizen and handed out after feeling a prick in his neck. Finner mentioned the officer was revived with Narcan, a standard drug used to deal with narcotic overdoses in emergencies, and was later discovered to have a prick constant as “if somebody was attempting to inject.”

The investigation into what occurred on the occasion and led to the casualties continues to be ongoing.

“This incident is being totally investigated and reviewed totally. It is crucial for us to establish from final night time what occurred, what occurred, the place missteps could have occurred,” Mayor Turner mentioned.

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