Astroworld Festival Crowd Crush Update: Contract Worker Saw Crush Before Travis Scott's Performance 2 Years Ago

Nearly two years after 10 people died while attending the 2021 Astroworld Festival, the public is still left in the dark as charges are yet to be filed against responsible people.

Victims of the deadly Astroworld Festival and their families have not received justice yet nearly two years after the event, which featured Travis Scott, claimed the lives of 10 young individuals and left hundreds of people injured. Countless lawsuits were filed against the rapper and the companies behind the event, but no charges have been filed since the probe started.

Astroworld Festival's Contractor Worker Knew "Tragedy" Would Kill People

The Houston Police released a 1,300-page report Friday detailing the events that happened before, during, and after Scott went onstage.

A part of the document was a statement from a contract worker named Reece Wheeler, who reportedly saw the crowd crush and informed an event organizer about the possible tragedy. He added that the crowd started to get out of control shortly before Scott's performance.

Wheeler texted one of the private security directors, Shawna Boardman, at 9 p.m. to inform them of the people panicking at the venue.

"I know they'll try to fight through it, but I would want it on the record that I didn't advise this to continue," Wheeler wrote in the text message, per NBC News. "Someone's going to end up dead."

Scott's performance started at 9:02 p.m., and the authorities heard people saying, "Stop the show." at the 9:13 p.m. frame of the concert's livestream video. The same request was heard three minutes later.

The same police report got statements from the medics who said they were overwhelmed as attendees started to go to the medical tent to seek attention for different injuries and other health-related issues.

What's Next in Astroworld Festival Investigation?

Prior to the release of the document, the Harris County grand jury determined that Scott was not criminally responsible for the crowd crush; thus, he cannot be indicted.

District Attorney Kim Ogg said during the afternoon news conference in June that the grand jury's "determination has no impact on the many civil lawsuits pending."

An attorney for one of the victims, lawyer Robert Hilliard, expressed the disappointment Ezra Blount's family felt following the ruling.

"A Harris County jury, once given an opportunity to see the damning evidence leading up to causing this tragedy, may very well return a record Texas verdict against these defendants," the attorney said.

Astroworld Festival ended up killing 10 attendees ages 9 to 27, whose cause of death was listed as compression asphyxia.

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