At Least 50 Killed, More Than 200 Injured In Shootout At Las Vegas Casino, Gunman Shot Dead
At least 50 people died early on Monday and 200 were hospitalised with suspected gunshot wounds in Las Vegas a local hospital spokesman said. The shooting happened during a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip raining down rapid fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel for several minutes before he was shot dead by police. The suspect was a local Las Vegas man who acted alone and was not believed to be connected to any terrorist group.
At least 50 people died early on Monday and 200 were hospitalised with suspected gunshot wounds in Las Vegas, a local hospital spokesman said.
The shooting happened during a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, raining down rapid fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel for several minutes before he was shot dead by police.
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Massive amounts of gunfire & many casualties in #LasVegas @MandalayBay concert tonight. Feels like I'm watching a repeat of Bataclan attack. pic.twitter.com/nAeFdWr20K
¡ª Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 2, 2017
Just saw this on the snap map @FoxNews @cnnbrk #LasVegas pic.twitter.com/jiLsZ8yZpI
¡ª REDLEG SZN (@wakeNjake_10) October 2, 2017
The reports emanated from the Mandalay Bay Casino on the city's famous strip.
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"We're investigating reports of an active shooter near/around Mandalay Bay Casino," police said on Twitter. Several people including a police officer had been shot at a nearby outdoor concert.
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Witnesses heard numerous gunshots at the casino hotel, where police tactical teams were searching for the attacker, according to reports on CNN and in the New York Times.
"We have no idea what his belief system was," Lombardo said. "Right now, we believe he was the sole aggressor and the scene is static."
LISTEN TO THIS! I¡¯m so scared for everyone on the #LasVegas Strip... ?? pic.twitter.com/5tH9NQCK3o
¡ª James Wagner (@JamesWagnerTW) October 2, 2017
The death toll, which police emphasized was preliminary and tentative, would make the attack the deadliest mass shooting in US history, eclipsing last year's massacre of 49 people at an Orlando night club.
Thousands of panicked people fled the scene, in some cases trampling one another as law enforcement officers scrambled to locate and kill the gunman. Shocked concertgoers, some with blood on their clothes, wandered the streets after the attack.
The suspect was a local Las Vegas man who acted alone and was not believed to be connected to any terrorist group, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
