At least two investigations, one of them criminal, are underway into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival
Those dead at the Astroworld festival were young: two were aged 14 and 16, two were 21, another two were 23, with a seventh aged 27.
Officials in Houston said autopsies on Friday's victims were being performed as soon as possible so their bodies could be returned to family members, with the identities of some of the dead expected to be released on Sunday. "Perhaps the plans were inadequate. Perhaps the plans were good but they weren't followed," Hildago said. "The families of those who died, everybody affected, deserves answers."
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