Investigators worked to determine how eight people died in a crush of fans at a Houston music festival, as friends and loved ones mourned the victims and a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles took shape at the site.
HOUSTON -- Investigators Sunday worked to determine how eight people died in a crush of fans at a Houston music festival, as friends and loved ones mourned the victims and a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles took shape at the site.
Bouquets, votive candles, condolence notes and T-shirts, including a Scott shirt, were left outside at NRG Park."It's very devastating. No one wants to see or hear people dying at a festival," Suarez said. "We were here to have a good time -- a great time -- and it's devastating to hear someone lost their lives."
City officials said they were in the early stages of investigating what caused the pandemonium at the sold-out Astroworld festival, an event founded by Scott. About 50,000 people were there. Authorities said that among other things, they will look at how the area around the stage was designed. One concertgoer said that as a timer ticked down to the start of Scott's show, held in a fenced-off parking lot, the crowd pushed forward. Screaming and panic ensued, and people began passing out.
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