Houston Police Chief Troy Finner confirmed an Astroworld security officer was pricked by a needle and treated with Narcan
Travis Scott performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 5, 2021, in Houston, Texas.
During a news conference Saturday about the tragedy that claimed eight lives during Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival on Friday night, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner confirmed a report about an officer receiving a needle prick from an unknown person. "We do have a report of a security officer, according to the medical staff that treated him last night, that he was reaching over to restrain or grab a citizen and he felt a prick in his neck,” Finner said during the news conference. The security officer went unconscious, was treated with Narcan and was successfully revived. Medical staff treating the security officer later noticed evidence of a prick mark in the man's neck consistent with that of an injection.
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