The nature of the tragedy that unfolded at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival on November 5 took on an even darker tone when the Houston Police Department said a security guard had been injected with drugs.
During a briefing the day after the deadly festival crowd surge, which killed eight people and injured hundreds more, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner told reporters a member of the festival’s security team was pricked in the neck while attempting to restrain a concert-goer. He later fell unconscious.
“[Medical staff] administered Narcan,” Finner said, referencing the prescription medicine used to treat an opioid overdose. “He was revived and the medical staff did notice a prick that was similar to a prick that you would get if someone was trying to inject.”
However, Houston police have now changed that story. During a news conference on Wednesday (November 10), Chief Finner clarified the security guard was not pricked in the neck, but was actually hit in the head.
According to CBS News, Finner said that authorities have since spoken with the security guard, who confirmed that he was hit in the head and woke up in the medical tent. No one injected him with drugs, Finner said.
Meanwhile, Travis Scott‘s attorney, Edwin F. McPherson, issued a statement addressing the ongoing investigation into the Astroworld deaths on Wednesday.
McPherson called for an end to “finger-pointing” while criticizing city officials for putting out “inconsistent messages” and “backtracking from original statements.”
He cited Troy Finner’s quotes from a recent New York Times interview, in which he said the police decided against shutting down the festival over fears of inciting fan riots.
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“Yet, just a short time later, Chief Finner states the responsibility to stop the show falls on Travis,” McPherson wrote.
He further defended Travis Scott by pointing out that only the festival director and executive producer had the power to pull the plug on the show, as outlined in the festival’s Operations Plan.
McPherson concluded his statement by urging officials to end the blame game and focus on the investigation so “we can identify exactly what transpired and how we can prevent anything like this from ever happening again.”
Travis Scott has come under heavy scrutiny for his actions as the horrific events unfolded during his headlining Astroworld set.
The Cactus Jack rapper has been criticized for performing for 37 minutes after emergency personnel declared a “mass-casualty incident.” Various clips circulating online show him noticing an ambulance in the crowd but choosing to continue his set.
However, other videos from the festival show Travis stopping his set and asking for security to “jump in” and help fans.
In a video addressing the Astroworld tragedy, Travis Scott claimed he “could never imagine the severity of the situation” while describing his devastation. Additionally, he’s covering the funeral costs for the families of the eight fans who died while refunding all attendees.
That hasn’t stopped the lawsuits from piling up, though. So far, more than 68 lawsuits have been filed against Travis Scott, Drake (who was a special guest during Scott’s set), Live Nation and festival producers ScoreMore, with legal experts predicting the damages could run into the billions.
The whole situation is messed up. However, I don’t know why the article includes a link to the video/article showing him continue to perform but not a link to the one where he tells security to jump in. Clearly he should have stopped the show, but you mention the other vids and dont provide links to them, that’s sketchy.
It’s funny how people blame Travis because he encourages the “rage.” Respecting people around you is implied, and should not need to be spelled out by the performer. He’s never encouraged anyone to literally step on another human being while they’re on the ground. Are these people really going to act like they don’t know better? Of course he is accountable, but the crowd is responsible as well. Performers shouldn’t have to teach us how to respect each other.
bruh travis is known to cuases and start ruots at his shows. hes even made fans beat up other fans lool fuck u talkin about. travis is the most overratted loser in the game. get of his dick
Lol, but where’s the footage of him doing that at this particular show? The thing with the guy stealing his shoe was overboard, but idk don’t steal other peoples shit maybe? Like I said, he’s accountable, but what’s with all these people acting like they don’t know better. If so many people wanted him to stop the show, then why did they stay? The solution to crowd density is to make the crowd less dense, not to stay there and yell to have the show stopped…
these strange arguments are all in your mind, kid. none of this lame talk would be accepted by any adult or any court whether it’s criminal or civil. the responsibility for the safety the crowd at a concert falls on the promoters of the show and the performers onstage. If the performers onstage did nothing to incite the crowd and stopped playing once a disturbance was clear, then responsibility would shift to the promoters. your pie-in-the-sky buyer beware “personal responsibility” argument is laughable
A giant piece of shit. Anyone who hasn’t seen the 40 minutes of people screaming at him to shut his music off and stop shouldn’t even comment. He literally was upset security and an ambulance showed up and kept singing over them.
Then what the fuck is with all the Satanism. Dude hopefully gets a mass class action against him.
Either way his pockets are going to hurt paying for 9 dead people plus all the other people injured who will sue too.
Any good person or artist with a literal birds eye view would of stopped the show. There’s a difference between raging and inciting violence dipshit.
Obviously this guy is protected by their scum machine -time to retire the “I can’t be mad at any black man getting money bs” STARTING TODAY
at least no black people were dumb enough to actually be at the concert from what I see