CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Two of the eight people killed in the stampede at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday were reportedly best friends from the Chicago area.
Jacob Jurinek, of Naperville, was a student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
In a statement, the school's chancellor, Austin A. Lane, said “we are brokenhearted to lose a member of the Saluki family, Jacob Jurinek, and we extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends. Jacob was a creative, intelligent young man, with a promising career in journalism and advertising. As we mourn this loss in our community, we will keep Jacob’s family and friends in our thoughts.”
The Southern Illinoisan newspaper reported Jurinek was studying journalism and had designed posters and social media banners for athletics at SIU.
The school is offering counseling and psychological services to students who may be traumatized by the incident and Jurinek’s death.
Jurinek was the best friend of 21-year-old Franco Patino, a Naperville native and a senior at the University of Dayton, CBS 2 reported. Patino was also killed in the crush of people on Friday night.
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