At least 50 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor country music concert from a Mandalay Bay hotel room late Sunday.
Las Vegas Shooting
The brother of Strip mass killer Stephen Paddock wept Monday morning as he reacted to the news of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirms 50 are dead and 200 are injured in the Las Vegas Strip shooting. The suspect was killed by police on a high-level hotel floor at the Mandalay Bay. The shooting took place during the Route 91 Harvest Festival while country music artist Jason Aldean was performing.
Las Vegas police put the death toll at more than 58 in Sunday night’s shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival near Mandalay Bay. That makes it the most deadly mass shooting in U.S. history.
An eyewitness describes his reaction to the gunshots on the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Harvest Festival; Sheriff Joe Lombardo gives an update on the events that transpired.
Jessica Noble was standing about 30 people back from the concert stage at the Route 91 country music festival Sunday night when she heard five pops that sounded like firecrackers. A few seconds later a steady stream of gunfire erupted about 20 feet to her right.
Henry Liu, of San Francisco, was stuck in the area of the mass shooting on the Strip and used his van to transport three people to Sunrise Hospital.
The latest details: At least 50 dead, 200 injured in shootings near Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip.
Gunshots can be heard in video shot at the scene of Sunday night’s shootings near Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip.
Witnesses and people at the scene of Sunday night’s shooting give accounts of what happened:
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