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Posted: 2023-07-29T08:49:09Z | Updated: 2023-07-29T08:49:09Z

HOUSTON (AP) Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival , a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed that he texted an event organizer saying, Someones going to end up dead, according to a police report released Friday.

The texts by security contract worker Reece Wheeler were some of many examples in the nearly 1,300-page report in which festival workers highlighted problems and warned of possible deadly consequences. The report includes transcripts of concertgoers 911 calls and summaries of police interviews, including one with Scott conducted just days after the event.

The crowd surge at the Nov. 5, 2021, outdoor festival in Houston killed 10 attendees who ranged in age from 9 to 27. The official cause of death was compression asphyxia , which an expert likened to being crushed by a car. About 50,000 people attended the festival.

Pull tons over the rail unconscious. Theres panic in people eyes. This could get worse quickly, Reece Wheeler texted Shawna Boardman, one of the private security directors, at 9 p.m. Wheeler then texted, I know theyll try to fight through it but I would want it on the record that I didnt advise this to continue. Someones going to end up dead.

Scotts concert began at 9:02 p.m. In their review of video from the concerts livestream, police investigators said that at 9:13 p.m., they heard the faint sound of someone saying, Stop the show. The same request could also be heard at 9:16 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.

In an Aug. 19, 2022, police interview, Boardmans attorneys told investigators that Boardman saw things were not as bad as Reece Wheeler stated and decided not to pass along Wheelers concerns to anyone else.

A grand jury declined to indict anyone who was investigated over the event, including Scott, Boardman and four other people.