Ezra Blount.Photo: courtesy Taylor Blount
Ezra Blount, the 9-year-old boy who suffered multiple injuries at theAstroworld Festivalearlier this month, has been laid to rest.
During the service — which was opened to the public — a large monitor showed Ezra playing, embracing family and highlighted the young boy for who he was, according toCBS 11 Dallas. After the funeral, his body will be taken to Lincoln Memorial Park, where he will be buried.
Earlier this month, Ezra attended the festival with his father, Treston Blount, and suffered multiple injuries when he fell from his father’s shoulders during the festival crowd surge — which left him on life support and under amedically induced coma.
His family confirmed his death on Sunday toABC13 Houston, bringing the death toll from the concert to 10.
Nearly one week after the festival, Treston spoke to ABC13 Houston and recounted the events leading up to his son’slife-threatening injuries.
“He was stoked. He was ready to go,” Treston told the Texas ABC affiliate. “When I found out that he was a big fan [of Travis Scott], I was like, “Oh yeah, we gotta go, we gotta go see Travis live.”
Treston noted that when he and Ezra arrived at the festival, they purposely stayed further back in the crowd and away from the stage.
However, when the concert got out of hand asTravis Scottperformed, Treston passed out from thepressure of the crowd. Ezra, who was sitting on his father’s shoulders, thenfell and was trampled. Once Treston regained consciousness, Ezra had already been taken to the hospital because his major organs had been damaged and he had brain swelling, the outlet reported.
“I could tell that he was damaged,” Trestonsaidat the time. “I’m not ready to lose my boy at all. We still got a bunch of living to do … That’s my boy.”
The family isamong many concertgoers who have filed lawsuitsagainst Scott, the event management, guest artist Drake and more.
Earlier this month, Scott’s lawyer,Edwin F. McPherson appeared onGood Morning Americaand said that there “obviously was a systemic breakdown that we need to get to the bottom of before we start pointing fingers at anyone.”
Travis Scott performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival.Erika Goldring/WireImage
“But clearly the important thing is that never got to Travis, that never got to Travis' crew. He’s up there trying to perform; he does not have any ability to know what’s going on down below, certainly on a mass level,” said McPherson during the interview.
According to CBS 11 Dallas, Scott covered the funeral expenses for Ezra’s service.
Nine other concertgoers have died from injuries sustained at Astroworld, includingJacob Jurinek, 21;John Hilgert,14;Brianna Rodriguez, 16;Franco Patiño, 21;Axel Acosta, 21;Rudy Peña, 23;Madison Dubiski, 23;Danish Baig, 27; andBharti Shahani, 22.
source: people.com
