Astroworld investigation: FBI to provide added manpower, resources in ongoing probe, former agent says

Agents from the FBI will further strengthen the investigation into the Astroworld Festival tragedy by offering manpower, sources and its agents’ interviewing and cyber-forensic skills, a former special agent-in-charge said Tuesday. 

"It is standard practice for the FBI to assist our local law enforcement partners if we have a tool, tactic, or technique that could benefit their investigations," said the spokesperson, Brittany Garcia. She referred further questions to the police department.

Eight people died after a crowd surge during a Friday night music festival, Astroworld, in Houston, Texas. Event headliner and founder Travis Scott, a Grammy Award-winning musician, had just taken the state at the outdoor festival that is now the focus of a criminal investigation into how the deadly chaos erupted. Authorities have said 50,000 people attended the sold-out event and more than 300 people were treated at a field hospital at the concert.