UPDATE: Houston police chief said his earlier report that security guard was injected with needle was incorrect“One of the narratives was that someone was injecting other people with drugs," HPD Chief Troy Finner said on Saturday.
Cory McCord (KHOU)
Published: 6:29 PM CDT November 6, 2021
Updated: 5:32 PM CST November 10, 2021
HOUSTON —
Editor's note: At a news conference Wednesday, Chief Finner walked back his earlier report that a security guard said he was pricked in the neck with a needle before he passed out. The chief now says the guard was hit in the head.Police Chief Troy Finner said the Houston Police Department is doing everything in its power to find out what happened at the Astroworld Festival on Friday night. ...
Finner said a security guard who was reaching out to restrain a concertgoer reported he felt a pr*ck in his neck.
"We do have a report of a security officer, according to the medical staff, that was out and treated him last night, that he was reaching out to restrain or grab a citizen and he felt a pr*ck in his neck. When he was examined, he went unconscious. They administered NARCAN. He was revived and the medical staff did notice a pr*ck that was similar to a pr*ck that you would get if somebody was trying to inject," Finner said.
Officials said they are actively investigating to find out what actually happened. ...
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