Nov. 5, 2021, started in chaos at NRG Park as fans began to pile into the festival grounds.
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At about 10 a.m. that day, SkyEye captured large crowds already gathering at the park.
Hours later, at 2 p.m., ABC13 cameras captured people rushing to the gates, knocking them down as they ran in. Several people were trampled in that havoc alone.
Fast forward to that night, at about 9 p.m., Travis Scott took the stage, and 30 minutes later, a "Mass Casualty Event" was declared.
On Thursday, the Houston Police Department gave a full breakdown of what happened that night after a grand jury decided not to bring charges in the deadly concert incident following a criminal investigation.
2 p.m. - Festival officially opens
8:42 p.m. - Show ends at Stage 2
9:02 p.m. - Travis Scott performance begins
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9:07 p.m. - First 911 call received referencing distress in the crowd
9:18 p.m. - Group jumps fence on McNee, and Command Post received reports of injury at that location, which created distractions regarding incident response
9:30 p.m. - HPD receives reports of multiple people entering the medical tent and multiple people passed out at the front of stage
9:32 p.m. - Concert attendees climb a camera platform to try to stop the show
9:38 p.m. - HFD initiates an Ambulance Task Force, first victim transported to the hospital from medical tent
9:39 p.m. - HPD officially notified of victims receiving CPR and begin "show stop" procedure
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9:47 p.m. - SETRAC declared a Mass Casualty Incident
10:12 p.m. - Show ends
All 10 victims, with the youngest just 9 years old, were crushed in the crowd, and their deaths were ruled an accident caused by compression asphyxia.
The lead detective in the case, Mike Barrow, explained a key contributing factor to the deaths was the overpopulation in general admission.
Still, officials could not pinpoint a specific factor that led to the casualty, calling it a complex investigation.
HPD said it plans to release its investigative report, which is more than 1,000 pages long.
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