Police radioed 'crushing-type injuries' as concert continued
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Houston police officers began seeing injured concertgoers just minutes into rapper Travis Scott's performance at the Astroworld music festival where eight people died
HOUSTON -- Travis Scott was only minutes into his headlining show at the Astroworld music festival when at least one Houston officer radioed over a police channel that the main stage had been compromised by a massive crowd surge. The resulting crush killed at least eight people.
The police radio traffic from the Friday night concert, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, reveals how quickly law enforcement became aware of the rising danger in the throng of concertgoers shortly after the star rapper began performing at the sold-out music festival, which drew about 50,000 people.
Hundreds of other fans were injured as a mass of bodies pressed toward the stage, and nearly a week later, at least two were still in critical condition. They include a 9-year-old boy whose family says was placed in a medically induced coma.
Authorities have opened a criminal investigation but have not yet assigned any fault.