Colombian authorities are investigating the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.
Hawkins died Friday evening in a resort positioned within the city of Chapinero in Bogotá, Colombia, native well being officers stated in a press launch Saturday morning.
Bogotá’s emergency middle despatched an ambulance to the resort after receiving stories of “a patient with chest pains,” based on the Spanish-language press launch.
Upon arrival, a well being care skilled initiated a resuscitation course of to revive Hawkins; “however, there was no response, and the patient was declared deceased,” Bogotá’s District Department of Health stated.
Teams from EMI, a well being firm offering residence well being care providers, had additionally responded to the emergency, based on native well being officers.
Authorities eliminated the physique from the scene and opened an official investigation into the drummer’s death.
“The District Department of Health mourns the death of this talented musician and drummer, widely recognized internationally for his work,” Colombian well being officers stated in an announcement. “Besides, the entity sends its message of condolences to the family, colleagues and followers.”
The legal professional basic’s workplace in Colombia stated in a tweet Saturday morning {that a} “team of prosecutors and investigators has been assigned to attend the urgent matter and support the investigation.”
Hawkins and the remainder of the Foo Fighters band have been scheduled to carry out in Colombia for the primary time in three years on the Festival Estéreo Picnic Friday evening in Bogotá, following their Latin American tour.
Sergio Urbano was one of a few dozen followers who gathered outdoors the resort the place Hawkins’ physique was discovered to pay tribute to the drummer on Friday evening.
“This has left me speechless; it’s something terrible, no one expected this, we expected to see them as the main act at Estéreo Picnic,” Urbano said in Spanish. “This is devastating.”
Some of the followers mild up candles as they stood outdoors the resort to mourn Hawkins’ death.
Ricardo Rodríguez, a Colombian drummer, stated he “grew up listening to Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins.”
“I’ve heard everything he’s done as a composer too, as a soloist, and it seems incredible to me,” Rodríguez stated in Spanish. “A musician, a composer with a lot of creativity, a complete soul is lost, a soul in music, popular rock, I’m shocked, in shock.”
The Foo Fighters first introduced Hawkins death in a tweet Friday evening saying, they have been devastated by Hawkins’ premature death.
“His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” the band said in the statement.
Neither the band nor Colombian authorities have yet released Hawkins cause of death.
“Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time,” the band wrote.
Reuters and Michelle Acevedo contributed.