“He was revived and the medical staff did notice a prick that was similar to a prick you would get if somebody was trying to inject you,” Finner said. Officials said that at least one security guard fell unconscious and was treated with Narcan, which is used for opioid overdoses, after feeling a needle “prick” while responding to the crowd surge. Officials said some victims suffered from cardiac arrest but that autopsies were still pending for the dead.įour survivors were discharged as of Saturday. Twenty-five people were taken by ambulance to local hospitals, according to officials of those, five were younger than 18. You can have rioting,” he said.Īccording to Mayor Turner, there were 528 police officers at the scene as well as 755 security guards provided by concert company Live Nation. “You cannot just close when you have 50,000 individuals that young. This show ended at 10:10 p.m.,” Finner said. Our people stepped up and immediately went to the producer and told him people are going down.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said police shut down the event as fast as they could.Īt “9:30, right there, that’s when a few people started going down. Though officials said that the set “ended early in the interest of public safety,” Scott’s 25-song Astroworld performance continued for roughly 40 minutes more, concluding with the same two songs, “Sicko Mode” and “Goosebumps” that he finished with at New York’s Rolling Loud festival in October.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.”Īfter a minute’s pause, Scott announced, “Y’all know what you came to do,” the music started up again and the concert kept going. About 30 minutes into his set, which was livestreamed on Apple Music, Scott noticed blue and red flashing lights on the festival floor and said, “There’s an ambulance in the crowd.
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