Some victims identified, cause sought in deadly Travis Scott Astroworld concert.
Two survivors of Friday night’s catastrophe, former Marine Lucas Naccarati and 19-year-old Kaia Redus, discuss what they witnessed.As names of some of the victims emerged in the deadly stage-surge horror at thein Houston, the medical examiner asked for the public's help in identifying one young man died in the chaos that erupted during rapper Travis Scott's performance.
"Our hearts go out to the student's family and to his friends and our staff at Memorial," principal Lisa Weir wrote in the letter."This is a terrible loss, and the entire MHS family is grieving today." In a letter addressed to members of the university's campus community, the school's president, Eric Spina, said Patino was from Naperville, Illinois, and was majoring in mechanical engineering technology with a minor in human movement biomechanics.
What triggered the surge is under investigation by the Houston Police Department. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to make state resources available to support the investigation.
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