Ten people died Friday at a Travis Scott concert in Houston, Texas, with victims aged between 9 and 27.
John Hilgert, 14
John Hilgert, 14
John Hilgert of Hunters Creek Village was identified Saturday by officials at Memorial High School as one of the deaths at the concert, where he was a freshman.
Hilgert attended Friday’s concert with her longtime friend Robbie Hendrix, 15.
Hendrix’s mother, Tracy Faulkner, bought tickets for her son’s birthday and ‘eventually regretted the decision’.
‘Everything about that night was a tragedy,’ Faulkner told Houston Chronicle, ‘They were both in the same place at the same time and one came home and one we would never see.’
She said that Hilgrett and Hendrix had known each other for years and played football together.
‘John was a good student and athlete and very polite. He was the sweetest and smartest young man,’ she shared.
Briana Rodriguez, 16
Briana Rodriguez, 16
Briana Rodriguez was a dancer and junior in high school. On Saturday her family confirmed that she was one of eight victims who died.
A GoFundMe account set up by her family described her as a ‘pretty vibrant 16-year-old’.
‘Dancing was her passion and now she is dancing at the gate of the pearl of heaven.’
Jacob Jurinek, 20
Jacob Jurinec attended a concert with his best friend Franco Patino when the two were crushed to death. The couple grew up in the same Illinois city of Naperville.
Anna was distraught by the death of a friend named Lisa Marie, who was studying arts and media at Southern Illinois University, and traveled to Houston with Patino to celebrate Zurinek’s birthday.
“I have lost all my respect for Travis Scott,” she tweeted.
‘What happened was absolutely condemnable. RIP to all those who lost their lives. For Jacob Jurinec, you will miss the child. Thanks for all the laughs.
‘My condolences to all the families who lost their lives.’
Other victims included University of Dayton student Franco Patino (right), 21, who was attending the event with his best friend, 20-year-old Jacob Jurinec, when both were crushed to death.
Franco Patino, 21
The University of Dayton confirmed to DailyMail.com that Franco Patino, a student from Naperville, Illinois, attended the concert in Houston on Friday.
The mechanical engineering technology major was involved in several campus extracurriculars and most recently working in a co-op program in Mason, Ohio.
University President Eric F. Spina extended his sympathies and prayers to Patino’s loved ones and the campus community.
Patino’s fraternity, Alpha Psi Lambda, also issued condolences to their friends and family.
The organization wrote on Facebook, ‘It is with a very heavy heart, Alpha Psi Lambda National, Inc. has shared that our brother, Franco ‘Cuahoselotl’ Pattino, has moved to Omega Chapter.
‘We extend our condolences to his family, friends, Alpha Nu Chapter and all those who took part in this loss. May his memory be eternal.’
College seniors joined the Dayton chapter of the fraternity University last year.
Patino (left) and Jurinek grew up in the same Illinois town and were best friends
Axel Acosta, 21
Edgar Acosta held a press conference with Texas Attorney Tony Buzby on Monday to announce he is suing over the death of his son, Axl Acosta, who had arrived from Washington to attend the festival — his first musical. program.
Axel Acosta, 21
“They need to change things up at such events,” he said.
‘Today it was me. I lost my son. It could have been you,’ Acosta said.
‘When you send your kid over to have some fun, because no one else is giving authority… I don’t know if I can explain. correct security.
‘Cause this isn’t the first time he’s attended big events, is it?
‘You can go to Disneyland and have fun. You can go to a baseball game and have fun. Because they have the right security, the right people, some people helping the injured.
‘it’s hard to explain.’
Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Pea, 23
Pea, a resident of Laredo, Texas, died of a cardiac arrest after being injured on the show.
He was a medical assistant and criminal justice major with aspirations to become a model and dreams of becoming a US Border Patrol agent one day.
“What happened last weekend is a direct result of a time when the pursuit of financial gain and fame exceeds protecting the lives of the innocent,” the Almaraz law firm, which represents Peas, said in a statement.
‘This is a testament to the current state of live events and the greed that prevails in this industry.
‘No one should feel insecure enjoying something they like, and unfortunately that’s exactly what happened.
‘We vow to work diligently and responsibly to bring justice to the Pea family and all victims, and we will not rest until these voices are heard loud and clear.
‘We will hold the responsible parties accountable and fight to ensure that something positive comes out of this continuing calamity. Something has to change. Something will change.’
Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Pea, 23
Madison Dubisky, 23
Madison Dubiski of Cypress, Texas was the eighth and final victim to be identified on Monday,
The former Ole Miss student is pushed by her brother Ty, who tries to drag her to safety, pounces and disappears into the crowd.
Dubinsky studied at the University of Mississippi between 2016 and 2017 and worked in advertising and marketing. She went to Cy-Fair High School, where she was a varsity cheerleader and a member of the National Charity League, a community service organization for mothers and their daughters in middle and high school.
Friends said that her mother Michelle was her best friend and was very close to Ty, who graduated from Cy-Fair in 2019.
Madison Dubisky, 23
Danish Baig, 27
Tulsi Mirza Baig on Saturday announced on Facebook that her brother Danish Baig also died at Astroworld.
Baig wrote, ‘My brother was killed in this horrific incident, which was poorly managed and was being monitored by such horrible people.
‘People were trampled, walked and stoned. My brother tried to save my sister-in-law from these horrible acts that were being done to her, she lost her life in the process.’
Baig described Danish as a beautiful soul who kept everyone in front of him.
‘Last night he showed his courage to save my sister-in-law from the terrible things that were being done. I am lost in words and true trauma from this incident,’ he said.
‘I was there and I was not able to save my brother. People were jostling and not caring about anyone’s life.
Baig also accused the rapper of “jumping into the crowd by calling people on stage” and creating a ruckus for “not stopping the show”.
‘This is not the end,’ Begg warned. ‘My family and I will go to great lengths to ensure that he is brought to justice.’
Danish Baig, 27
Bharti Shahani, 22
Bharti Shahani, a senior at Texas A&M, dies of injuries sustained at Astroworld
Shahani, a Texas A&M senior, was critically injured at Astroworld and was on a ventilator at Houston Methodist Hospital, where he was taken after the concert.
He was declared brain dead and was taken off the ventilator soon after. She was the ninth person to die due to overcrowding.
His family said that this was the first festival Shahani attended.
Her family’s lawyer, James Lassiter, said: ‘Bharti was a shining star in the community.’
‘She had a sister, a daughter, a high-achieving college student who was about to graduate from Texas A&M University with high, high grades.’
Ezra Blount, 9
Blount was the tenth and youngest person to die from injuries sustained at the Astroworld festival.
He was crushed in concert, placed in a medically induced coma and was on life support for a week before dying due to his injuries.
The young boy spent the concert sitting on the shoulders of his father, Treston Blount.
Treston died of lack of oxygen and, once we regained consciousness, he was unable to locate his son.
By the time the father-son duo were reunited, Blount had suffered brain swelling as well as ‘almost all limb trauma’.
Ezra Blount (right) and his father, Trestan Blount (left), are pictured in Astroworld
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