While a countdown clock to Travis Scott’s performance ticked away, it got harder to breathe Friday as people packed into the Astroworld Festival in Houston, some in the crowd told CNN.
And no one would pick them up,” concertgoer Billy Nasser told CNN on Monday.
At least 18 lawsuits have been filed through Tuesday after the crowd surge that left eight people dead and dozens more injured.
One of those severely hurt Friday was a 9-year-old boy who’s in a medically induced coma, his grandfather said.
Investigators are working to determine all possible causes of death and injuries to concertgoers, including whether a batch of counterfeit pills possibly laced with fentanyl played a role, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the investigation.
Among those injured was a security officer who “was reaching out to restrain or grab a citizen and he felt a prick in his neck,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said Saturday.
Event organizer Live Nation Entertainment was named as a defendant in all but one of the suits, while Scott was named in most.
“The injuries have had a serious effect on the Plaintiff’s health and well-being.
Scott pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Arkansas in 2018, according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, after police say he encouraged people to rush the stage at a 2017 show.