Live Updates: Travis Scott "absolutely devastated" after at least 8 died at Astroworld Festival

Rapper Travis Scott said Saturday he is "absolutely devastated by what took place" on Friday night, when at least eight people died at the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Officials said "scores of individuals" were also injured after a crowd surge at the festival, which Scott founded three years ago.  

The "mass casualty incident" occurred after 9 p.m. when a crowd began to "compress" toward the front of the stage, "and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries," Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said early Saturday at a press conference.

"People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic," he said.