The music festival, called Astronomy World, was started by Scott and others in 2018 and has attracted a younger audience in recent years. On the day of the stampede, tens of thousands of people gathered at NRG Park.
According to audience members, minutes before Scott's performance began, the crowd was building; As the show began, people were crushed unconscious and others screamed in horror. "I was squashed by the crowd and felt like I couldn't breathe. I started yelling for help... I was so scared I felt like I was going to die."
Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena said on Monday morning that spectators "for unknown reasons started moving toward the front of the stage, causing people in front of them to get crushed."
The cause of the accident was unclear, and worse, emergency measures were inadequate.
An audience member later posted that two paramedics arrived after a girl fell to the ground in a stampede. "They acted very amateurish, as if they didn't know anything. One of them just left the scene, and the other one screamed in panic, asking if anyone could do CPR..."
The audience member, who happened to have a medical background, shouted: "Get an AED, or give me a mouth-to-mouth mask." But the medical staff just stood there because they didn't have balloons, they didn't have AED, they didn't even have gloves...
In the end, the girl could not be revived. "I watched a girl die in front of my eyes because these medical staff were totally unprepared."
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 13 people were still hospitalized as of Sunday night, including five under the age of 18. Local judge Lina Hidalgo strongly condemned it as "unacceptable to attend a concert and not be able to return home safely."
Scott made light of the situation on Twitter, saying he was "heartbroken about what happened last night."
This is of little comfort to the injured and their families.
One of the victims' relatives accused Scott of allowing the bloodrapery to take place when the event's organizers were held responsible for failing to stop the performance when the audience shouted for it to be stopped.
Another injured audience attorney also issued a statement on July 7, accusing Scott and others after the accident, clearly saw the ambulance entrance, but still continued to perform.
This is not the first time the AstroWorld music festival has been held, and Scott is no stranger to stage control, which is why their behavior in the aftermath of the accident has angered the American public all the more. One person even described Scott as a "murderer", suggesting that he did not care about the lives of his audience. After all, this isn't the first time he's advocated violence at a concert...