'SAD DAY' : Student, 21, among Astroworld Festival victims including boy, 14, 27-year-old who gave life to save relative & dancer

Axel Acosta, 21, died at the concert in Houston, Texas on Friday when the 50,000-strong crowd surged as rapper Travis Scott took to the stage.

Cynthia Acosta, the student’s aunt, said he had traveled to Houston from Washington alone to see the rapper.

She told KTRK: “It was his first time going to an event like that.”

Axel, of Yakima County, was named as one of the victims by his dad Edgar Acosta - hours after cops released a photo of the 21-year-old as they asked for information.

Edgar became worried as his son didn’t return to his hotel room after the concert.

The 21-year-old was studying computer science at Western Washington University.

Melynda Huskey, the university’s vice-president of enrolment and student services, told KRTK: “By all accounts, Axel was a young man with a vibrant future. We are sending our condolences to his family on this very sad day.”

Axel’s body has not been positively identified by coroners even though he has been named as one of the victims by his dad.

The youngest victim has been positively identified as 14-year-old schoolboy John Hilgert.
Keen baseball player John was a freshman at Houston's Memorial High School.

The school’s principal Lisa Weir said in a letter to parents: “Our hearts go out to the student’s family and to his friends and our staff at Memorial. This is a terrible loss, and the entire MHS family is grieving today.

“Please keep the student's family in your thoughts and prayers as they face this tragedy.

“We will make counselors available to students next week to offer any help and support needed.”

John told his classmate Robby Hendrix, 15, on Friday that he wanted to get to the event early so he could get a good spot, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Hendrix's mom Tracy Faulkner told the outlet: “Everything about that night was a tragedy. John was a good student and athlete and so polite. He was the sweetest and smartest young man.”

“They were both in the same place at the same time and one came home and one we will never see,” Faulkner said.

John's baseball coach Justin Higgs also paid a tribute on Instagram.

He wrote: “RIP John Hilgert. He got the Call up to the Major Leagues by the Almighty! John made an impact on anyone who met him and they always remembered him. I have memories of John I’ll never forget.

Rudy Peña, from Laredo, was also among the victims, The Laredo Morning Times reported.

His sister Jennifer told the outlet: “My brother was the sweetest person, friendly, outgoing, he had many friends because he was always there for everyone."

The age of the eighth victim remains unknown. Scott has since spoken out since the tragedy.

In videos posted to Instagram on Saturday, the artist was overcome with emotion as he gave a statement about his actions during the tragic first night of the Astroworld Festival.

He said: "My fans really mean the world to me and I always wanna leave them with a positive experience and anytime I can make out anything that’s going on, I stop the show and help them get the help they need, you know?"

The rapper, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II added that he is working with the proper authorities and is asking fans from the event to do the same.

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Such a sad way to end a concert ,with everything happening today we don't know whether we are coming or going.

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Me waiting patiently for him

He should have stopped the concert when the frenzy was getting to a dizzying height and the crowd was becoming unruly.

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Please mods push this to the front page

Very sad

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Righteousness2:
Condolences to their Families.

Satanic Sacrifices comes in the Different Formats.

Be Spiritually and Physically Fortified in GOD. Watch and Pray so that you don't be a victim of Satanic Sacrifices.

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