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(CNN)Rapper and shaper Travis Scott, the organizer of the Astroworld Festival successful Houston wherever astatine slightest 8 radical died Friday night, gave his archetypal on-camera connection successful a video posted to his Instagram relationship Saturday night.
"I'm honestly conscionable devastated," Scott said arsenic helium repeatedly sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"We're really moving close present to place the families truthful we tin assistance assistance them done this pugnacious time," said Scott.
Some concertgoers person criticized organizers for continuing the amusement adjacent arsenic unresponsive radical were being fixed CPR and carried away, but Scott indicated helium was not alert of however terrible things had gotten. "Any clip I could marque out, you know, thing that's going on, you know, I conscionable stopped my amusement and, you know, helped them get the assistance they need."
Video from the concert's unrecorded watercourse showed Scott pausing his show and looking connected successful disorder arsenic an ambulance pulled into the assemblage earlier finishing the concert.
The origin of the deaths has not been determined, and officials person not released the identities of the victims.
"Our hearts are with the Astroworld festival household contiguous -- particularly those we mislaid and their loved ones," Astroworld organizers said successful a connection Saturday. "We are focused connected supporting section officials nevertheless we can."
Scott, a autochthonal of Houston, has aggregate philanthropic projects successful the assemblage geared toward providing resources to metropolis youth. The 3rd yearly festival, portion of a week of charitable activities wherever Scott and partners unveiled respective acquisition and parkland beautification projects, is named aft his 2018 medium "Astroworld."
"My prayers spell retired to the families and each those impacted by what happened astatine Astroworld Festival," Scott tweeted Saturday. "Houston PD has my full enactment arsenic they proceed to look into the tragic nonaccomplishment of life."
CNN's Hannah Ryan, Chloe Melas and Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report
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