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Multiple People Dead, Hundreds Injured At Rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival Over 50,000 people were at the sold-out outdoor music festival Friday night, at NRG Park — the stadium complex in Houston, Texas, where the Astrodome and the NRG Stadium stand. According to Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña, just after 9 p.m. local time, “the crowd for whatever reason began to push and surge towards the front of the stage, which caused the people in the front to be compressed — they were unable to escape that situation.” That sparked panic, and the situation worsened and overwhelmed security personnel there, he said. “People began to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic,” Peña said during a press conference. “We had scores of individuals that were injured,” Peña said, at a press conference early Saturday morning. According to Houston Police Department's Chief, Troy Finner, a security guard at the event felt a prick in his neck by an unknown assailant while he was trying to restrain a citizen -- and he quickly fell unconscious. Finner said the guard was subsequently revived, and that medical personnel saw something on his neck that indicated he'd been stabbed with a syringe. In addition to at least 8 deaths, hundreds of people were treated for injuries and other medical issues, and a 10 year-old is in critical condition. In video he posted on Instagram Scott says he's devastated and was unaware of the severity of the situation. Some attendees blamed Scott and his team for not heeding calls to stop and attend to injured people who were screaming. The 30-year-old rapper says he always tries to look out for his fans, and last night things clearly went very wrong. He urges anyone with any information regarding what happened at the festival, to contact the police. https://www.keneci.com/read-more-hotfeed-on-keneci-channel#h.hpengkb35re4