Houston Police Department seeks more Astroworld footage via new website

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The Houston Police Department announced a new website on Friday via which attendees to last year’s Astroworld festival can submit photos and videos that may help with the investigation into the fatal crowd surge that occurred at the event.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured during the crowd surge, which took place as Travis Scott performed his headline set, on the evening of 5 Nov, at the 2021 edition of the festival he founded.

The city’s police force have been investigating the incident ever since.In a statement on Twitter on Friday, the police department announced it had teamed up with the FBI to set up a website via which new evidence could be submitted.It said: “Houston Police Department have already viewed countless hours of video evidence as part of our ongoing investigation into the Astroworld event”.“To ensure that we have captured all possible evidence for a complete investigation”, it went on, “we have partnered with the Federal Bureau Of Investigation for additional technical assistance.

The FBI has created a website where the public can upload any photos or video taken at the concert venue”.“Specifically, we are seeking any photos or videos of the main venue area from 8pm to 11pm.

The website to upload your photos or video is fbi.gov/astroworld“.In the days following the Astroworld tragedy, some questioned whether Houston PD was best positioned to run the criminal investigation into the incident, given it was also policing the festival.