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A grand jury in Houston declined on Thursday to criminally indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in the 2021 Astroworld concert deaths, capping a nearly two-year police investigation into the deaths and ending with a promise by police officials that they'll go public with their findings, according to The Houston Chronicle.
For months, Scott's lawyer maintained that he never believed that the rapper was criminally liable for a concert that left 10 people dead and dozens more injured.
After the grand jury's decision, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner would not elaborate on what the department thinks went wrong during the Astroworld disaster, but said a nearly 1,200 page offense report would be made public after a redaction process and it would speak for itself.
"I want everyone to dig in — it's a big book," Finner said at a news conference. He did not say when the report would be published.
He was joined by District Attorney Kim Ogg, whose prosecutors spent months picking apart the legal code to determine what charges, if any, could be sought against Scott and those involved in planning and providing security for the concert. Their options were ultimately limited, with endangering a child as their last option to seek if the grand jurors didn't agree on manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide.
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