11/11/2021 Update: Since the time of publishing this post, one more person has died of their injuries. The total number of deaths from the Astroworld Music Festival Mass Casualty Event is now 9.
The identities of the victims of the Astroworld Music Festival mass casualty event are being released by officials.
John Hilgert was the youngest victim at the age of 14. He was a freshman high-school student from Houston and an aspiring baseball player.
The oldest victim, Danish Baig, 27, died while trying to save a family member in the carnage. Baig’s brother said on Facebook, “My brother tried to save my sister-in-law from these horrendous acts that were being done to her in the process he lost his life.”
In total, eight people have been pronounced dead as a result of the Astroworld Music Festival mass-casualty event and hundreds of more injuries have been reported.
One of the victims, Rudy Péna, 23, reportedly “passed out” at the event and was later pronounced dead. It is believed he died of cardiac arrest. Rudy was a college student studying criminal justice and was the youngest of five siblings.
Read more on People and the New York Post.
