Police in Houston, Texas have launched a full report into the lethal crowd surge at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld competition in 2021.
Throughout a efficiency on November 5 2021, 1000’s have been left injured when the over-capacity crowd surged in direction of the entrance of the stage throughout Scott’s headline efficiency.
10 individuals have been killed by compressive asphyxiation throughout the present — with victims aged between age 9 and 27.
Final month, it was revealed {that a} grand jury in Texas had determined that Scott wouldn’t face prices over the incident, and a full report has now been filed.
The 1,266-page report might be learn in full right here. It options eyewitness accounts from competition attendees, Astroworld organisers, cops and extra.
Scott’s lawyer Kent Schaffer stated that the choice to not indict Scott had come as “an amazing aid” to his consumer (by way of BBC).
Schaffer confirmed in a press release that the jury had met, however selected to not indict his consumer. He additionally denied any wrongdoing from the rapper. “He by no means inspired individuals to do something that resulted in different individuals being damage,” he stated. “Travis shouldn’t be accountable. Bringing prison prices in opposition to him is not going to ease [the victim’s] ache.”
On the time, Scott stated that the tragedy had left him “devastated” however didn’t realise fairly how extreme the occasions have been till he left the stage. Following the incident, 1000’s of plaintiffs got here ahead, asking for what tallied to be billions of {dollars} in potential damages.
Yesterday (July 28), Travis Scott launched his long-awaited new album ‘Utopia’, which options contributions from Beyoncé, SZA, Kanye West, Daft Punk‘s Man-Manuel, Bon Iver, The Weeknd, Sampha, Drake, James Blake, Younger Thug and plenty of extra.
