Police audio recordings have revealed that officers had called to each other for the Astroworld Festival concert to be stopped as people were being crushed in the crowd.
However, the concert continued where nine people died and hundreds were injured after a crowd surged.
According to police audio recordings obtained by the Houston Chronicle, at least one officer radioed over a police channel that the main stage had been compromised by the crowd surge.
The goosebumps rapper was only a few minutes into his hour-long set at that point.
Recordings showed that law enforcements were virtually instantaneously aware of the growing danger at Astroworld Festival on November 5.
One officer said over the radio channel at 9.21pm: "Looks like folks are coming out of the crowd complaining of difficulty breathing, crushing-type injuries. Seems like the crowd is compressing on itself."
Around nine minutes later, another official said they were at the medical tent.
"There’s a lot of people trampled and they’re passed out at the front stage," they said.
A second officer was heard on the recording explaining the disaster: "That crowd is super thick, super dense. If you go in there, this could possibly turn into an officer rescue situation."
Another official later said how they were getting many reports of people getting hurt as well as a report of 'a cardiac situation with CPR' by the stage.
Soon, the crowd surge became intense and one officer exclaimed how 'they have to stop the show because there are people trampled... They're not breathing."
It was just past 10pm when authorities confirmed that the show was in the process of being shut down.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Travis was apparently warned by police over the 'crowd energy' before the concert began.
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It was claimed that the chief of the Houston Police personally warned the rapper about the crowd just hours before eight fans died during the tragedy at the Texas concert.
The ill-fated Astroworld Festival crowd surge saw nine people lose their lives and hundreds more injured on Friday night.
In a statement, Houston PD Chief Troy Finner said: "In my 31 years of law enforcement experience I have never seen a time with more challenges facing citizens of all ages, to include a global pandemic and social tension throughout the nation."
The law enforcer revealed that he met with Kylie Jenner's partner and his security team to relay his concerns ahead of the concert.
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