Houston: Police in Houston, Texas have opened a criminal investigation into the deaths at the Astroworld festival on Friday.
A stampede of fans surging toward the stage during rap star Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston killed at least eight people and injured dozens more as panic rippled through the crowd of largely young concertgoers, officials said on Saturday.
The victims were between the ages of 14 and 27.
Police are also investigating claims a security officer was injected in the neck while trying to restrain a concert-goer.
Police are investigating claims a security officer was injected in the neck while trying to restrain a concert-goer.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner told reporters the security officer “felt a prick in his neck” before falling unconscious and having to be revived by medical staff.
