Astroworld Festival Update: Houston Police Investigating Strange Reports Of Drug Spiking

The aftermath of the Astroworld Festival tragedy continues to grow and deepen as more legal briefs and challenges are filed surrounding the concert’s responsible parties.

Another victim of the Astroworld Festival crowd surge tragedy has succumbed to their injuries — and in this case, the boy who died is the youngest of the fatalities.

HOUSTON -- Brianna Rodriguez, who at 16 was among the youngest of the nine people killed as the crowd surged at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, has been remembered by friends and family for her friendliness and love of dance.Over 250 people gathered Saturday in Houston for Rodriguez's funeral, the Houston Chronicle reported.

More than 100 lawsuits are being filed on behalf of victims of Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival tragedy that killed nine people, attorneys said Friday.Ben Crump and Alex Hilliard announced the filings of the suits again Scott and promoter Live Nation at a news conference in Houston.The lawsuits follow a crowd surge during Scott’s headlining performance at Houston’s NRG Park that caused a panic and left some people trampled or with cardiac arrest.

First responders to the Astroworld Festival tragedy a week ago did all they could to try to get help to people caught in the crowd surge and left injured or worse.

Questions have emerged about how much communication first responders with the Houston Fire Department were given on the day of the deadly Astroworld Festival tragedy.  Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena previously stated on "America’s Newsroom" Tuesday that, although the department was not part of the comprehensive safety plan which included police and medical responders inside the venue, he made the decision to pre-deploy department resources outside the event to be on standby.  While they did not

Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena appeared on the "Today" show Tuesday where he updated the public on the investigation into the deaths at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival. During the interview, Pena seemingly blamed the rapper for not doing more to control the crowd from the stage.  "Look we all have a responsibility, everybody at that event has a responsibility, starting with the artist on down," he told Savannah Guthrie.

Megan Thee Stallion is speaking out after the fatal tragedy that took place at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert in Houston over the weekend. ET spoke to the 26-year-old rapper at 's Women of the Year Awards, where she discussed the devastating events that took place in her hometown of Houston after a crowd rushing incident at the concert left eight dead and many more injured.«Houston is my hometown.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe eight victims who died during Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival included a dancer, an aspiring border agent, a student athlete, a computer programming student, a district manager at AT&T, a marketer and a pair of best friends.Ranging in age from 14 to 27, the names of those who died at the Houston festival were released on Monday after all of their families had been notified.

Houston Chronicle found records showing that at least 750 people have been injured and 200 people have died at Live Nation events. According to the report, Live Nation and its subsidiary, Live Nation Worldwide have paid out millions since 2006 as the result of similar disasters.Like the events of Friday – in which the Houston crowd began to surge toward the stage, causing mass panic – many of these incidents involved overwhelming numbers of attendees getting out of hand at concerts.

A.D. Amorosi Travis Scott today announced that he will support the families of victims who died at Astroworld, the festival held at Houston’s NRG Park on Nov.

As loved ones and the public mourn the loss of eight people who died in the devastating events at Friday night’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, questions loom as to whether the concert’s founder and headliner, Travis Scott, could be held criminal responsible.  Houston officials on Monday announced the identities of the eight people who died Friday night after fans at the Astroworld music festival surged toward the stage during a performance by Scott, a Grammy-nominated rapper who founded the

Houston’s chief of police was evidently so concerned with the crowd early on at the Astroworld Festival on Friday night, that he personally went to rapper Travis Scott‘s trailer to share his worries.

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Travis Scott has been hit with three lawsuits – one naming Drake as a co-defendant – relating to the crowd crush at his festival Astroworld over the weekend, which resulted in eight deaths and hundreds of injuries.The crush occurred during Scott’s headline performance on Friday night (November 5) at Houston’s NRG Park, when the audience began to compress towards the front of the stage, causing injuries, shortness of breath and, for some, cardiac arrest.The eight people who died at Astroworld

UPDATE: The father of an Astroworld Festival victim whom authorities could not identify has now stepped forward and claimed his son.

A large man believed to be in his 20s who died at the scene of the Astroworld Festival tragedy on Friday can’t be identified by authorities.

Roddy Ricch is planning to donate his earnings for performing at the Astroworld Festival to the families of the victims who died at the Houston music fest on Friday night.Ricch performed at Astroworld earlier in the day on Friday, ahead of Travis Scott's set, which turned into a tragic and chaotic scene, leaving eight confirmed dead and many more injured. «Please have the families of those who we lost yesterday reach out to @shawnholiday,» the rapper shared on his Instagram Stories, tagging a

Travis Scott, the organizer who attached his name to the Astroworld Festival in Houston, has spoken out again about the tragic incident that claimed eight people’s lives and injured hundreds.

Three victims of the Astroworld Festival tragedy were identified on Saturday, just one day after the deadly event took place., The family of Brianna Rodriguez, 16, confirmed to PEOPLE that she was one of the eight concertgoers who passed away on the first day of Travis Scott‘s massive two-day outdoor festival at Houston NRG Park. A tribute to her, which revealed she was a high school junior, was posted on Facebook.