Ten people died at the Travis Scott music festival in Houston, Texas, and the victims ranged in age from 9 to 27 years old.
John Hilgert, 14 years old
John Hilgert, 14 years old
John Hilgert, of Hunters Creek Village, was identified as one of the fatalities from Saturday’s concert by officials at Memorial High School, where he was a freshman.
Hilgert attended the concert with his old friend Robby Hendrix, 15.
Henrdix’s mother, Tracy Faulkner, bought her son’s ticket for his birthday and “ultimately regrets the decision.”
“Everything about that night was a tragedy,” Faulkner told the Houston Chronicle. “They were both in the same place at the same time and one came home and the other we will never see.”
He said Hilgret and Hendrix had known each other for years and played soccer together.
‘John was a good student and athlete and very polite. He was the sweetest, smartest young man,” he shared.
Brianna Rodríguez, 16 years old
Brianna Rodríguez, 16 years old
Brianna Rodriguez was a dancer and a junior in high school. Her family confirmed that she was one of the victims who died.
A GoFundMe account set up by her family described her as a “beautiful, vibrant 16-year-old.”
“Dancing was her passion and now she dances until she reaches the gates of heaven.”
Jacob Jurinek, 20 years old
Jacob Jurinek attended the concert with his best friend Franco Patiño when they were both trampled to death. The couple grew up in the same town of Naperville, Illinois.
Distraught by the death of Jurinek, a friend named Ana Lissa Marie, who was studying art and media at Southern Illinois University and had traveled to Houston with Patiño to celebrate Jurinek’s birthday.
“I lost all my respect for Travis Scott,” he tweeted.
‘What happened was absolutely disgusting. RIP to all those who lost their lives. To Jacob Jurinek, you will be missed, kid. thanks for all the laughs.
“My deepest 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, Jacob Jurinek, 20, when they were both trampled to death.
Franco Patiño, 21 years old.
The University of Dayton confirmed to DailyMail.com that student Franco Patiño of Naperville, Illinois, attended the concert in Houston.
The mechanical engineering technology student was involved in several extracurricular activities on campus and had most recently been working in a co-op program in Mason, Ohio.
University President Eric F. Spina expressed his solidarity and prayers to Patiño’s loved ones and the university community.
Patiño’s fraternity, Alpha Psi Lambda, also expressed its condolences to his friends and family.
“It is with great regret that Alpha Psi Lambda National, Inc shares that our brother, Franco ‘Cuauhocelotl’ Patiño, has passed on to the Omega Chapter,” the organization wrote on Facebook.
‘We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, Alpha Nu Chapter and all who share this loss. May his memory be eternal.’
The college senior joined the University of Dayton chapter of the fraternity a year earlier.
Patiño (left) and Jurinek grew up in the same town in Illinois and were best friends.
Axel Acosta, 21 years old
Edgar Acosta held a press conference with Texas attorney Tony Buzbee to announce that he would file a lawsuit over the death of his son Axel Acosta, who had traveled from Washington to attend the festival, his first concert.
Axel Acosta, 21 years old
“They need to make things change in these types of events,” he said.
‘Today it was me. I lost my son. It could have been you,” Acosta said.
‘When you send your child to have fun, because someone else is not giving them the right… I don’t know how to explain it. Adequate security.
‘Because it’s not the first time you’ve been to big events, right?
‘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 is difficult to explain.’
Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Peña, 23 years old
Peña, of Laredo, Texas, died of cardiac arrest after being injured at the show.
She was a medical assistant and criminal justice specialist with aspirations of becoming a model and dreamed of one day being a United States Border Patrol agent.
“What happened last weekend is a direct result of what happens when the pursuit of financial gain and fame takes priority over protecting the lives of the innocent,” said Almaraz Law Firm, representing the Penas, it’s a statement.
‘It’s a testament to the current state of live events and the greed that prevails in this industry.
‘No one should feel unsafe enjoying something they love and sadly this is exactly what has happened.
‘We promise to work diligently and responsibly to bring justice to the Peña family and all those affected, and we will not rest until these voices have been heard loud and clear.
‘We will hold responsible parties to account and fight to ensure that something positive comes out of this absolute disaster. Something must change. Something will change.’
Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Peña, 23 years old
Madison Dubiski, 23 years old
Madison Dubiski of Cypress, Texas, was identified as one of the victims.
The Ole Miss alum was torn away from her brother Ty, who attempted to carry her to safety, in the surge and disappeared into the crowd.
Dubiski studied at the University of Mississippi from 2016 to 2017 and worked in advertising and marketing. She attended 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 her daughters in middle and high school.
Friends said her mother Michelle was her best friend and was very close to Ty, who graduated from Cy-Fair in 2019.
Madison Dubiski, 23 years old
Danish Baig, 27
Basil Mirza Baig took to Facebook on Saturday to announce that his brother, Danish Baig, also died in Astroworld.
“My brother died in this horrendous event mismanaged and supervised by such horrible people,” Baig wrote.
‘People were trampled, walked on and trampled. My brother tried to save my sister-in-law from these horrendous acts that were being committed on her in the process in which she lost her life.’
Baig described Danish as a beautiful soul who put everyone before himself.
‘Last night he showed his act of bravery to save my sister-in-law from those horrendous things that were being done. “I am speechless and in real trauma from this event,” she added.
‘I was there and I couldn’t save my brother. People hit, pushed and didn’t care about anyone’s life.’
Baig also accused the rapper of causing chaos by “calling people on stage to jump into the crowd” and “not stopping the show.”
“This is not the end,” Baig warned. “My family and I will do everything we can to ensure he is brought to justice.”
Danish Baig, 27
Bharti Shahani, 22 years old
Texas A&M senior Bharti Shahani died from injuries sustained at Astroworld
Shahani, a senior at Texas A&M, was seriously injured at Astroworld and was on a ventilator at Houston Methodist Hospital, where she was taken after the concert.
He was declared brain dead and was taken off the ventilator shortly after. She was the ninth person to die due to the crowd.
It was the first festival Shahani had attended, her family said.
Her family’s lawyer, James Lassitier, said: “Bharti was a shining star in the community.”
“She was a sister, a daughter, a high-achieving college student about to graduate from Texas A&M University with very, very high grades.”
Ezra Blount, 9 years old
Blount was the tenth, and youngest, person to die from injuries sustained at the Astroworld Festival.
He had been trampled at the concert, placed in a medically induced coma, and was on life support for a week before succumbing to his injuries.
The young man had spent the concert sitting on the shoulders of his father, Treston Blount.
Treston passed out from lack of oxygen and, once he regained consciousness, was unable to locate his son.
By the time the father-son duo were reunited, Blount had suffered swelling to the brain and “trauma to almost every organ.”
Ezra Blount (right) and his father, Treston Blount (left), pictured in Astroworld.