The report came from the medical staff that treated the officer. Finner added that they received a report that the officer had been reaching to restrain or grab a civilian when he felt a prick in his neck. In a press conference on Saturday, Chief of Police Troy Finner suggested a theory that one of the security officers at the event might have been injected with an unknown drug by an unknown person at the time of the incident. After making the call, McCarty bumped into two men in red medical shirts, and with help from two other girls, explained the situation to them.Ī post shared by ✦ Seanna ☾ are currently still investigating the incident and trying to figure out what caused the surge. After being dismissed by the cameraman, she went under the platform and dialed 911. McCarty had tried to stop the show by climbing up a platform to ask a cameraman to intervene, but was brushed off. Seanna McCarty, one of the concert-goers, shared her own experience with the incident in detail in an Instagram post. With ample security and a crew that had communication devices like walkie talkies and headsets, it’s possible that the incident could have been avoided if either the security or crew had noticed what was happening and brought it to the attention of officials who could do something to fix the situation.Īs it turns out, some of the concert-goers were aware of what was happening during the incident and had tried to bring it to the attention of the crew, but were either ignored or brushed aside. With such chaos happening at a big event, officials are wondering why the show wasn’t stopped sooner. Once the show started, the crowd started squeezing in even more to the point that some concert-goers had begun to pass out or scream in terror as the crowd compressed and people started being crushed against each other. Shortly before Scott’s performance began, the crowd was already starting to compress and some already felt squeezed in. Since the crowd was packed, the move had crushed people against one another, and at least 8 people died and around 300 were injured in the resulting chaos. According to officials, a little after 9PM, the crowd surged toward the stage as rapper Travis Scott appeared on stage to begin his performance. The crowd at the festival on Friday night was densely packed, with about 50,000 people attending the event. The event was originally supposed to go on until Saturday, November 6, but had to be cancelled due to an incident that occurred Friday night. The Astroworld Festival was held at NRG Park in Houston, Texas on Friday, November 5.
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