Travis Scott to cover funeral costs of Astroworld victims

(CNN)Travis Scott volition screen each ceremonial costs for the 8 victims who died astatine his Astroworld Festival connected Friday, according to a connection released Monday by a typical for the rapper and producer.

The Houston-born creator volition besides spouse with BetterHelp to supply escaped intelligence wellness services to each those affected by the tragedy.

"Travis remains successful progressive conversations with the metropolis of Houston, instrumentality enforcement and section archetypal responders to respectfully and appropriately link with the individuals and families of those involved," the connection reads. "These are the archetypal of galore steps Travis plans connected taking arsenic a portion of his idiosyncratic vow to assistance those affected passim their grieving and betterment process."

Separately, organizers of Astroworld volition supply a afloat refund to each ticketholders -- some those who attended Friday and those who held tickets for Saturday's canceled events, a root adjacent to the concern told CNN Monday.

CNN has reached retired to festival promoter Live Nation for accusation astir the refund process. In a abstracted connection Monday, Live Nation stated the institution is "working connected ways to enactment attendees, the families of victims, and staff" by providing intelligence wellness counseling and volition assistance with infirmary costs.

Scott took to societal media implicit the play and wrote, "I'm perfectly devastated by what took spot past night. My prayers spell retired to the families and each those impacted by what happened astatine Astroworld Festival."

Scott's partner, Kylie Jenner, was successful attendance astatine the festival and besides posted a connection to accidental that some she and Scott did not cognize what was happening successful the assemblage during the performance.

"I privation to marque it wide we weren't alert of immoderate fatalities until the quality came retired aft the amusement and successful nary satellite would person continued filming oregon performing," Jenner wrote.

Scott took the signifier soon aft 9pm connected Friday to execute to 50,000 attendees. Some of those concertgoers described the lawsuit arsenic traumatizing, with galore witnesses saying they saw lifeless bodies being trampled amid the chaos. The archetypal reports of injuries began astatine 9:30pm, with Scott continuing to execute until a small aft 10pm. He did halt performing astatine 1 constituent erstwhile an ambulance was seen driving into the crowd.

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner told CNN that the probe is ongoing and is asking the assemblage "to beryllium considerate of the grieving families" and to "lift them up successful prayer."