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Cops reveal crazed man injected victim with opioids before stampede that killed eight at Travis Scott concert, slam organizers of Astroworld Festival for taking 40 minutes to stop it and say youngest victim was 14-years-old
Daily Mail UK ^ | 06 November 2021 | THALER,ANDERSON, KOENIG and STANTON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and WRIGHT FOR MAILONLINE

Posted on 11/06/2021 6:03:39 PM PDT by blueplum

Police investigating a deadly crush that killed eight at a Travis Scott-headlined festival in Houston say a crazed man injected at least one person with opioids during the chaos.

Houston Chief of Police Troy Finner made the shocking claim at a press conference Saturday after hours of rumors about the Astroworld Fest tragedy, and Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner revealed the victims were aged between 14 and 27.

'One of the narratives was that some individual was injecting other people with drugs. We do have a report of a security officer, according to the medical staff that was out and treated him last night,' Houston Chief of Police Troy Finner said at Saturday's conference.

'He was reaching over to restrain or grab a citizen and he felt a prick in his neck.

'He went unconscious, they administered Narcan. He was revived, and medical staff did notice a prick similar to a prick you would get if somebody was trying to inject,' he added.

It is unclear what drug was injected into the security guard, although Narcan is used to revive people who've overdosed on opioids, including fentanyl.

There have not been any reports of concertgoers being injected with drugs.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: astroworldstampede; concerts; music; texas; travisscott
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I've been reading about a rash of women in UK and now NY who are being pricked/injected in bars. Now at a concert? So far, only the cop, but let's see what the coroner says
1 posted on 11/06/2021 6:03:39 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Anyone hear the snackbar chant?

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2 posted on 11/06/2021 6:05:17 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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The potential drugging aside, I have been to around 1000 concerts in my life, including a blodstock, hellfest and 2 Wacken open airs, never has there been a stampede, massive stage rush. And the Wacken shows were a hell of alot bigger than this thing, and had some bands that were truly scary, but the crowd never did anything like this crap.
Different mindset from the fans I guess.


3 posted on 11/06/2021 6:10:38 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Lurker

The potential drugging aside, I have been to around 1000 concerts in my life, including a blodstock, hellfest and 2 Wacken open airs, never has there been a stampede, massive stage rush. And the Wacken shows were a hell of alot bigger than this thing, and had some bands that were truly scary, but the crowd never did anything like this crap.
Different mindset from the fans I guess.


4 posted on 11/06/2021 6:10:42 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: blueplum

It’s the first I have heard of it, but anyone who goes around injecting people with God knows what deserves whatever he gets when someone catches him doing it.


5 posted on 11/06/2021 6:12:40 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: blueplum

“they administered Narcan”

How in the world did they know to do that?


6 posted on 11/06/2021 6:18:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
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To: TexasM1A

I had a scary experience at a UFO concert way back in the day. General admission at the Aragon “Brawlroom” as it was know. My girlfriend at the time was nearly the victim of a human stampede when she was pinned into a chain link fence as the crowd pushed it down.

That was my last “general admission” concert.

L


7 posted on 11/06/2021 6:18:18 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: TexasM1A

“The potential drugging aside, I have been to around 1000 concerts in my life, including a blodstock, hellfest and 2 Wacken open airs, never has there been a stampede, massive stage rush. And the Wacken shows were a hell of alot bigger than this thing, and had some bands that were truly scary, but the crowd never did anything like this crap.
Different mindset from the fans I guess.”

*****

Yeah, but before you’d hear gun shots and think it was fire works, now you hear fire works and think guns. Everybody feels like they are sitting on a powder keg 24/7.


8 posted on 11/06/2021 6:18:22 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: blueplum

*insert totally inappropriate urban culture comment*

😏


9 posted on 11/06/2021 6:19:10 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: TexasM1A
The potential drugging aside, I have been to around 1000 concerts in my life, including a blodstock, hellfest and 2 Wacken open airs, never has there been a stampede, massive stage rush. And the Wacken shows were a hell of alot bigger than this thing, and had some bands that were truly scary, but the crowd never did anything like this crap. Different mindset from the fans I guess.

SO MUCH THIS. (and btw you lucky SOB as a metalhead at heart those festival lineups are INSANELY good compared to what we get here in the States) Husband and I were at Louder than Life (hard rock/metal festival in Louisville KY) in late Sept and we saw ONE person passed out and pulled from the crowd in the whole FOUR days we were there.

10 posted on 11/06/2021 6:21:17 PM PDT by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: TexasM1A
The potential drugging aside, I have been to around 1000 concerts in my life, including a blodstock, hellfest and 2 Wacken open airs, never has there been a stampede, massive stage rush. And the Wacken shows were a hell of alot bigger than this thing, and had some bands that were truly scary, but the crowd never did anything like this crap. Different mindset from the fans I guess.

SO MUCH THIS. (and btw you lucky SOB as a metalhead at heart those festival lineups are INSANELY good compared to what we get here in the States) Husband and I were at Louder than Life (hard rock/metal festival in Louisville KY) in late Sept and we saw ONE person passed out and pulled from the crowd in the whole FOUR days we were there.

11 posted on 11/06/2021 6:21:23 PM PDT by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: Lurker

it’s a thing:

4 Nov: BBC: Injection spiking: Sheffield city centre police patrols increased
City centre police patrols will be increased in Sheffield this weekend after three women were injection spiked.

The victims were all taken to hospital after being injected on nights out last weekend, South Yorkshire Police said.

Wiktoria Wizyszcz, a member of a student-led safety campaign, said the use of needles also created fears of infection.

Police said all three women had since been released from hospital...

Ms Wizyszcz, from Claim Back West Street, said the group had been working with agencies and venues in the city to get more anti-spiking measures in place, but the use of a needle made that more difficult...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-59154997


12 posted on 11/06/2021 6:22:19 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Crim
*insert totally inappropriate urban culture comment* 😏

Yuuuuuuuup. there's been metal festivals all year and we've not had anything CLOSE to the insanity we're reading about here. Four days at Louder than Life hard rock/metal festival here in Louisville KY and we saw ONE person passed out and pulled from the crowd that whole weekend, compared to the disaster we hear this ONE night at Astroworld.

13 posted on 11/06/2021 6:24:51 PM PDT by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: blueplum

Crazed lunatic injecting people with stuff against their will, causing panic and death

Where have I heard this before? I bet this particular lunatic did not fund inhumane beagle experiments though


14 posted on 11/06/2021 6:34:13 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: Lurker

Ufo force it, great album.


15 posted on 11/06/2021 6:38:54 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: blueplum

The FIB will find him after they catch the Las Vegas shooter.

The day after never.


16 posted on 11/06/2021 6:40:03 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: Severa

All you have to do is buy tickets 3 years in advance, hahaha.
Great times from 2010 to 2015, had several friends living in France at the time, so it pretty easy.


17 posted on 11/06/2021 6:42:00 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: TexasM1A

I was at Altamont when I was 15.....Now that was ORDER!


18 posted on 11/06/2021 6:43:36 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Dacula

Did the FIBs or DEA give him the drugs?


19 posted on 11/06/2021 6:45:48 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification. )
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To: traderrob6

Damn, that most have been something.
My uncle was at Monterey pop.
He didn’t go to Altamont, though I think he was the guest of L.A. county at that time.


20 posted on 11/06/2021 6:47:25 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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