a stampede of fans surging toward the stage during rap star travis scotts astroworld music festival in houston killed at least eight people and injured dozens more as panic rippled through the crowd of largely young concertgoers officials said on saturday city police chief troy finner said his department has opened a criminal investigation by homicide and narcotics detectives following unconfirmed reports that someone in the audience was injecting other people with drugsthe disaster unfolded at nrg park at around 930 pmread alsotravis scott concert tragedy rapper says he is absolutely devastated as 8 die including two children at astroworld festivaltwo children aged 14 and 16 were among the eight people who died at american rapper travis scotts astroworld music festival in houston on friday night us central time the citys mayor saidtravis scott issues statement on astroworld tragedyrapper travis scott has issued a statement after the tragedy at his astroworld festival in houston which left eight people dead and many injured on friday night scott took to his twitter handle to offer his condolences to the families of the people who lost their liveskanye west and kim kardashian to call off divorce rapper says kids want their parents to stay togetherrapper kanye west has said that he and his children dont want him to get divorced from reality tv personality kim kardashian despite her filing to end their marriage earlier this yearon friday during the headline performance by scott a grammynominated singer and producer following what police and members of the crowd described as an escalation of unruly behavior throughout the day as fans in the soldout audience of about 50000 pressed toward the stage people began to fall unconscious some apparently suffering cardiac arrest or other medical issues officials told reporters outside the venue minutes later the chaos was declared a mass casualty incident it happened all at once it seemed like it just happened over the course of just a few minutes said houston police executive assistant chief larry satterwhite who was at the front of the event when the situation began satterwhite said he immediately met with promoters and they agreed to halt the show officials said the concert was brought to an end by 1010 pm finner said that among the narratives under review by police were reports suggesting some individual was injecting other people with drugs one report involved a security officer who felt a prick in his neck as he was trying to restrain or grab someone and then fell unconscious only to be revived with a dose of the opioid antidote naloxone finner said citing an account from medical personnel who treated the officer finner said the medical staff also noticed what appeared to be a needle mark on the officers neck it was not clear whether authorities suspected such an episode played a role in the crowd surge but finner said were going to get down to the bottom of it police were awaiting autopsies to determine the causes