Travis Scott should have stopped his Astroworld show where eight people died, Houston fire chief says. Travis Scott: Astroworld festival emergency plans did not include any detail on crowd surges. According to Houston Fire Department chief Samuel Pena: "The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries.
The show went ahead, but Scott stopped a number of times after spotting people in distress near the stage. Houston Police Chief Lieutenant Larry Satterwhite said the incident lasted just a few minutes, adding: "Suddenly we had several people down on the ground experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or medical episode.
Families and friends have identified at least eight people who died at the concert, with more than treated at a temporary medical facility on site, 25 taken to hospital and 13 still there on Sunday.
A criminal investigation has been launched, with police revealing over the weekend that a security officer was left unconscious after seemingly being injected in the neck. Scott, 29, says he is fully cooperating with the authorities and his partner Kylie Jenner released a statement saying: "I want to make it clear we weren't aware of any fatalities until the news came out after the show and in no world would have continued filming or performing. Organisers of large events should have crowd management systems in place to ensure attendees have enough room to move around, enter and exit the venue safely.
If something unexpected happens and people move suddenly in one direction - for example towards the stage, exit barriers, or seeking cover from bad weather - there should be crowd calming procedures ready to stop a crush happening when they hit a barrier. Professor Keith Still, an expert in crowd science at the University of Suffolk, has been called as an expert witness in several crowd safety cases in the UK, US and Europe.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. Commenting on Friday's incident, he told Sky News: "Looking at the video footage, I think we have a high-density, high-energy crowd and no show-stopping procedure in place. Prof Still describes it as "all too typical in the events industry" and he said it is "beggars belief" that large-scale events are being organised "without the proper awareness" of crowd control.
The underlying cause of the event has not been established and an investigation is still ongoing. Although Scott briefly paused to tell security he could see fans in distress near the stage, his set still went ahead.
Drake, meanwhile, weighed in on the tragedy in an Instagram statement Monday in which he said his "heart is broken" for the victims' families. I hate resorting to this platform to express an emotion as delicate as grief but this is where I find myself," he wrote. I will continue to pray for all of them, and will be of service in any way I can. May God be with you all. At least 36 lawsuits have been filed against Scott over the incident, the Houston Chronicle reported. Among those was the family of Ezra Blount, a 9-year-old boy who was "nearly crushed to death" while attending the show with his father, according to the suit.
Ezra is currently in a medically induced coma as doctors attempt to alleviate trauma to his brain, liver and kidney. The suit "alleges negligence in a great number of aspects, including crowd control, failure to provide proper medical attention, hiring, training, supervision and retention," according to a press release issued by personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsels Alex and Bob Hilliard, who filed the suit on behalf of the family.
FB Tweet More. Willmott showed the jury a t-shirt she says he made Arias wear, with lettering that says "Travis Alexander's. They say Arias was literally trying to wash away the evidence. Found on the camera's memory card were pictures of their final sexual encounter, shots of Alexander in the shower seconds before he was killed and pictures that appeared to be taken accidently when the camera was dropped. One of the images shows Alexander's bloody body, and another shows Arias actually dragging his body across the ground.
She entered a not guilty plea at her arraignment on Sept. In a series of jailhouse interviews since her arrest, Arias repeatedly changed her story. First she denied being at Alexander's house the night of the murder, but two weeks later, she told the TV show "Inside Edition" she was there. I don't know.
Now she admits to killing Alexander, but says she had to after he attacked her when she dropped his new camera. Hall met Alexander through their Mormon church ward. Though they went on one date, there was no spark.
They remained friends. Alexander invited Hall on one of his work retreats to Cancun, Mexico, and she agreed to go as friends.
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