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Travis Scott Releases Statement After Tragic Event: “I’m Absolutely Devastated” (Update)

<p>On Friday night&comma; eight people were killed and several injured during a crowd surge at Travis Scott&&num;8217&semi;s third-annual Astroworld Festival&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Travis took to Twitter and expressed devastation about what occurred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article&lowbar;&lowbar;section article&lowbar;&lowbar;section&lowbar;type&lowbar;text utility&lowbar;&lowbar;text">&NewLine;<p>He wrote&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I am absolutely devastated by what took place last night&period; My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival&period;&&num;8221&semi; Travis continued to say&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Houston PD has my total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life&period;&&num;8221&semi; Expressing his commitment to his home city&comma; Houston&comma; he added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I am committed to working together with the Houston community to heal and support the families in need&period; Thanks you to Houston PD&comma; Fire Department and NRG Park for their support&period;&&num;8221&semi; Travis ended his message with&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Love you all&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;eight-confirmed-dead-in-crowd-surge-at-astroworld-festival-video&sol;">As previously reported<&sol;a>&comma; at around 9&colon;15p&period;m&period;&comma; the crowd started moving towards the front of the stage&period; Once people moved closer&comma; multiple individuals started passing out because they couldn’t breathe&comma; according to authorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div dir&equals;"auto">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage&comma; and people began to panic&comma;” Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña&period; stated&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">At least two dozen people were taken to Houston hospitals&comma; and 11 were reported as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;CPR in progress&comma;” when they were transported&comma; &commat;<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;khou&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;local&sol;injuries-reported-near-nrg&sol;285-19d48d85-2564-4242-bdcc-084677f6d6d8"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">khou11<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> reports&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Among those who were injured&comma; a 10-year-old was also in that number&comma; according to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our hearts are broken&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Earlier that day&comma; a crowd rushed to the VIP gate&period; A fence was knocked over and people were trampled over as well&period; No serious injuries were reported after the incident&period; Officers have not stated if what happened earlier at the concert is related to the fatalities&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The Astroworld Festival has been canceled for the rest of the weekend and is currently under investigation&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Our thoughts and prayers to those impacted&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"80567" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;travis-scott-releases-statement-after-tragic-event-im-absolutely-devastated&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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