Authorities sought to connect families with festivalgoers who were taken to the hospital, "some as young as 10" years old, said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county's top elected official. Officials set up a reunification center at a hotel for family members who had not been able to reach relatives at the event. He has a 3-year-old daughter with Kylie Jenner, who announced in September that she's pregnant with their second child.ĭrake joined Scott on-stage at the concert - which was livestreamed by Apple Music - and posted photos to Instagram after the performance.Ī representative for Scott did not immediately respond to an inquiry from The Associated Press. Scott, one of music's biggest young stars, released two new songs earlier Friday, "Mafia" and "Escape Plan." The 29-year-old Houston native has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. About 300 people were examined at that site throughout the day, the fire chief said.
Many people were also treated at the scene, where a field hospital had been set up. It was not clear whether all eight who died were among the 17 people who were taken to hospitals. "We're going to do an investigation and find out because it's not fair to the producers, to anybody else involved, until we determine what happened," he said. Nobody has all the answers tonight," Finner said.
"I think it's very important that none of us speculate. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner called for calm and urged people not to jump to conclusions about what caused the surge. Satterwhite said he quickly met with promoters, who agreed to end the event "in the interest of public safety." Officials are looking for the cause of the incident "And so we immediately started doing CPR and moving people right then." "Suddenly we had several people down on the ground, experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or some type of medical episode," Satterwhite said. Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite, who was near the front of the crowd, said the surge "happened all at once." A Houston police official describes the chaos