Travis Scott performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival.Photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage
On Wednesday, theHouse Oversight Committee announcedthat it will launch a bipartisan probe into what led to the deaths of 10 people at Astroworld last month after sending Michael Rapino, CEO of LiveNation, a letter informing him of the investigation. Live Nation has since said it will cooperate with said investigation.
“Concert attendees have provided firsthand accounts of being crushed within the crowd as it surged towards the stage,” the letter read. “Live Nation Entertainment (Live Nation) was the concert promoter reportedly responsible for ‘planning, staffing, putting up money, securing permits, finding vendors, communicating with local agencies,’ for Astroworld Festival.”
The letter referred to reports that “raise serious concerns” about whether the company “took adequate steps” to keep the crowd safe.
The letter also referred to reports that despite the fact that law enforcement began responding to a “mass casualty event” at 9:38 p.m., the concert didn’t end until 10:10 p.m.
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Travis Scott.Erika Goldring/WireImage
In a statement to PEOPLE, the company said, “We are assisting local authorities in their investigation and will of course share information with the Committee as well.”
Live Nation did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The new letter comes about a week after the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed that all 10 victims of the Festival had died of “compression asphyxia.”
The victims of the tragedy wereDanish Baig, 27,Rodolfo “Rudy” Peña, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23,Franco Patiño, 21,Jacob Jurinek, 20,John Hilgert, 14,Axel Acosta, 21,Brianna Rodriguez, 16,Bharti Shahan, 22, andEzra Blount, 9.
source: people.com
