Kylie Jenner Says That She And Travis Scott Were “Unaware Of Any Fatalities” Until After His Astroworld Show Ended

The first night of Travis Scott’s Astroworld 2021 music festival in Houston, TX turned into a horrific nightmare where eight young people lost their lives. Four of the victims have been identified as 14-year-old John Hilgert,  21-year-old Franco Patino, 23-year-old Rudy Peña, and 16-year-old Brianna Rodriguez. Around 300 people were treated at the festival, and two dozen were taken to the hospital including a 10-year-old boy. In his first statement, Travis said he was “devastated,” but after more and more videos and stories came out about how he continued to perform as audience members passed out in the stampede and other audience members screamed at him for help, he put out a series of damage control Instagram Stories.

Travis’ girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, who was there, also did a little damage control after she was called out for leaving up Instagram Stories of an ambulance driving through the massive crowd. Kylie says that she and Travis had no idea that people were dying or else the show would’ve ended. But The Houston Chronicle went through videos and social media posts to put together a timeline of events, and they report that Live Nation, the organizer of Astroworld, agreed to stop the show at 9:38 pm after multiple audience members passed out from getting crushed in the crowd, but the show went on and Travis finished his set at 10:15 pm.

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