A tenth victim has reportedly succumbed to injuries sustained during the Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston, Texas on November 5.
According to ABC13 Houston, 9-year-old Ezra Blount — who attended the show with his father — passed away at Texas Children’s Hospital over the weekend. Blount had been in medically induced coma with damage to his internal organs including his lungs, kidney and heart. He was also suffering from brain swelling due to cardiac arrest. Reporter Stefania Okolie tweeted the heartbreaking news on Sunday (November 14) night.
“My heart,” Okolie wrote alongside a photo of the young boy. “9 YO Ezra Blount who was trampled after falling from his fathers shoulders at AstroWorld has passed away at Texas Children’s Hospital after one week on life support. He fought hard but ultimately there was a different plan. Please raise his family in prayer.”
She added, “His family is grateful for all of your prayers. Surely, Ezra held on this long due to the surrounding spirit of his loved ones, and your powerful prayer. Please continue to lift his family in prayer.”
Harris County released the names of the initial eight victims on Monday (November 8): Mirza Baig, 27, Rodolfo Peña, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23, Franco Patiño, 21, Jacob Jurinke, 20, John Hilgert, 14, Axel Acosta Avila, 21, and Brianna Rodriguez, 16.
Meanwhile, the ninth victim, 22-year-old Texas A&M senior Bhari Shahani, was declared brain dead last week. Shanhani was rushed to Houston Methodist Hospital by ambulance in critical condition as paramedics performed CPR. She was then placed on life support for several days but her family was forced to let her go on Thursday (November 11).
Astroworld Tragedy Leaves 9-Year-Old Boy In Coma: 'Why Didn’t Travis Scott Stop?'
Numerous lawsuits have already been filed against Scott, Drake (who was a special guest during Scott’s set) and Live Nation. On Friday (November 12), attorney Ben Crump announced he’s representing over 200 alleged victims who say they suffered both physically and mentally as a result of the Astroworld tragedy. They’ve filed 110 lawsuits and are planning on filing 90 more.
“We will make sure that they get justice because this should have never happened,” Crump said. “It is also about making sure Live Nation and anybody else who had anything to do with the failure here that caused people to lose their children. Nobody should ever die from going to a concert. In the future, safety must be paramount.”
Scott has offered to pay for the funerals of the deceased and provide mental health counseling for anyone impacted by the incident.
why was a 9 year old at a travis scott concert???
He was a Travis Scott fan from seeing him in the game Fortnite, and it was advertised as an all ages event.
We know this. U missing the point. WHY WAS A 9YR OLD THERE?
So you would take your child there with Travis Scott’s notorious past concerts? Might as well just give him your fetanyl and watch clips on Youtube.
Are they still trying to hunt down the criminals who were responsible for this? Or are folks focusing on Travis Scott still? Jesus Crhist
Oh my bad, so now the security officer who initially claimed to be injected with a drug was actually hit in the head. But damn, I still think this is a very unfortunate event, but this wasn’t something that would be stopped even if the music stopped. This was an uncontrollable event. Very unfortunate. There needs to be education about large audiences and how actual large groups of people can create an avalanche
Travis Scott deserves a lot of focus. Shameful conducting of his own show. He could have saved many lives by caring and being able to read the situation
The parents should be in prison
Right, but was there a age limit at the festival tho?????
Does there need to be one for people to exercise common sense? For parents to act like parents and not their children’s besties?
I bet none of you have kids. Stfu, trying to defend the actions of other kids who also have parents, that didn’t teach them to not give a sh!t about someone’s music so much, they have to stampede a concert and not care who they’re walking over. Sorry kids, but that’s just carelessness taught by the parents. So balking parents goes both ways
I’m a parent of a 15 year old and an 8 year old and neither of them have been to festivals, concerts, or any other event headlined by so-called ragers who rap primarily about sipping lean. It’s called common sense. It’s called being an adult. You really think the parents are more at fault for not teaching their kids about how to evacuate a concert venue in the event of a disaster than bringing them to an age-inappropriate event? You’re out of your mind.
But was there a age limit or not???? I don’t think so right common sense or not. He know he got kids that like his ass from fortnite and shit. But yet told his rager fans to bust thru the shit
Who allowed a 9 yr old to be there? This is not a place for him, not the time for him, and not the music for him.
he wants to be like travis scott when he grows up. if he were still alive, that is.
And the father of the year award goes to this dipshit for bringing a 9 year old to a hip hop concert.
it was a festival. its very different. take your old a5s home. kid lost his life and thats what you think? ya ur food stamps must of kicked in this month already cause you full of bs
Nah. 9 year olds don’t belong at festivals
Age limits on festivals. ASAPPPPP
if a nine year old shouldn’t have been there then no one under 18 should have been there
Yet another case of they give us the gun and we pull the trigger.