The victims of Astroworld Music Festival included two children, aged 14 and 16.
A 14-year-old and a 16-year-old were among the eight people who died at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston on Friday night, the city’s mayor said. The other victims ranged in age from 21 to 27, said Mayor Sylvester Turner. Travis Scott was performing at 9:15 p.m. at NRG Park, when the crowd began to push toward the stage. “This is an artist that we know has a following among young people in particular, young people with bright futures,” said Lina Hidalgo, the Harris County judge, who said that the ages of the victims “just breaks your heart.” The first reports that people were falling down and had been injured came around 9:30 p.m. The festival stopped at 10:10 p.m. Some people were trampled in the crush of fans in front of the stage. Some 50,000 people were in attendance, and Turner said there were 528 Houston police officers and 755 private security guards from Live Nation on hand. “This incident is being thoroughly investigated and reviewed,” Turner said. “It is important for us to ascertain, last night, what took place, what happened, where missteps may have occurred.
