Kylie Jenner says she is “broken” after the 8 deaths at the Travis Scott festival

Kylie jenner spoke for the first time since the death of eight people in a crowd movement which occurred Friday evening in Houston (Texas), where his companion Travis Scott was performing on the stage of a festival he was organizing. “Travis and I are broken and upset. My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have lost their lives, have been injured or affected in any way by the events of yesterday, ”wrote the young woman, pregnant with her second child, who had a thought for his companion “whom I know he cares very deeply for his fans and the community of Houston”, where he grew up.

“I want to assure them that we had not been warned of the deaths until the end of the concert and that in no way would we have continued to film or sing,” continued Kylie Jenner, criticized for having published on Instagram a video where we see an ambulance trying to make its way through the public. Seeing the ambulance, the rapper briefly interrupted his performance before resuming it, believing the situation was not serious. In 2019, during a previous edition of Astroworld, three people were hospitalized with leg injuries caused by crowd movement.

Travis Scott is “absolutely upset”

Travis Scott, who had just greeted Drake on stage at the time of the deadly crowd movement, also spoke on Saturday in a post on social media: “I am absolutely overwhelmed by what happened last night,” said he wrote, assuring to cooperate “with the Houston community to support families in need”. “Thank you to the Police, Houston Fire Department and NRG Park for their immediate response and support. I love you all.”

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– TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisXX) November 6, 2021

Police are still investigating the cause of the mob movement that killed the eight people aged 14 to 27. The security conditions of the festival are singled out, in particular because a roadblock had already been forced a few hours before. “Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP entrance while bypassing the checkpoint. People have been walked on. Some have been arrested, ”ABC13 reporter Mycah Hatfield wrote on Friday afternoon, sharing a video of the incident.

As we were arriving to the Astroworld Festival at NRG Park right at 2:00, a stampede burst through the gates. Hundreds of people destroyed the VIP security entrance, bypassing the checkpoint. People were trampled. Some were detained.

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– Mycah Hatfield (@ MycahABC13) November 5, 2021

Doses of Narcan, a product used in opioid overdoses, had to be injected into several people, including a security officer who had just been stung by a festival-goer, authorities said. About 50,000 people were at Astroworld on Friday, out of 100,000 tickets sold in one hour last spring. The event, which was the third edition, was canceled after Friday’s drama.

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