President mike pence and his wife karen, all for a moment of silence on the south lawn. Trump will now travel to las vegas on wednesday. The president spoke to the nation this morning calling the shooting an act of pure evil. And saying the nation must stay unified. Our unity cannot be shattered by evil. Our bonds cannot be broken by violence and though we feel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens it is our love that defines us today. We want to take you live to a News Conference right now happening in las vegas with the sheriff and the mayor. Lets listen in. Standing behind me they are going the make some comments associated with todays events so, theres two things were attempting to achieve. One is we have to finish processing the scenes. We have three separate scenes we are working now actually it will be four at this point. So, we have the 32nd floor the room at the mandalay bay. We have the event location, the house in mesquite and then now we have s. W.
Shows but that was all shattered last night when the thud of a weapon of war pierces the twang of Country Music coming from the stage. [ gunfire ] reporter the sound of mayhem and death in las vegas at 10 00 sunday night. [ gunfire ] reporter the 64yearold shooter Stephen Paddock on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort and casino firing at will at the 22,000 Country Music fans gathered below. It was really crazy there was muzzle fire and smoke coming out of the window and it was just rapid fire a couple hundred rounds were fired out there and the curtains from the wind, the wind was drawing them out and the gunfire was tattering the curtains and kept coming out of that window again and again. Reporter Country Music star jason aldeen was on stage when the bullets began raining down from above. Panic a resident of mesquite nevada checked into his room on thursday and according to Law Enforcement built an arsenal of ten guns. Police have searched his home and also focused on a proper
The massacre in las vegas. At least 527 people were hurt. Learning more about the shooter, stephen paddock. Las vegas police found 18 guns along with explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition when they searched his home. Looking at Las Vegas City Hall where a prayer vigil is scheduled to begin now. Lana zak is in vegas with the investigation. Reporter gunfire came too quickly to count. Bullets tearing into a crowd of 22,000 people out to enjoy a night of music on the vegas strip. Jason aldean in the middle of a set when the hail of bullets rained down. Some were falling and some screaming and yelling. People dropping around us. A lot of dead bodies, people just piling on top of whoever, even if theyre bleeding or not. We ran, and we ran and i still wasnt sure if it was actually bullets until one of the times we paused, guy next to us got shot. Reporter Police Officers jumping into action. Halfway up, seen the shots coming from mandalay bay. Closing in on the 32nd floor of th
You were seeing as you were hearing the shots going off, you were hearing just them hit the ground. There was a guy in front of us that got shot in his back and he was still running. [ gunshots ] reporter bullets rained down from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort onto a musical festival of about 22,000 people. We had to cross the field where the people were getting shot. Every time we heard shots we would hit the ground and just stay there until they would stop for 30 or 45 seconds and then we would run as fast as we could. We just thought we were going to die. Theres no other thing. I thought the shooting would never end. Reporter Police Identified the suspect as 64yearold Stephen Paddock of mesquite, nevada, a Real Estate Investor and former accountant who enjoyed high stakes gambling. Investigators say he had 17 guns in his hotel room. The fbi can find no link to terrorism. Today authorities searched his home in a Retirement Community about 80 miles northeast of las vegas. P
Why, police are still investigating Stephen Paddock, why did he come into las vegas, stay at this hotel, he checked in with 10 10 rivals and opened rifles and opened fire on all of the people. Police are trying to figure out why he came here and committed deadliest mass shooting in United States history. They are estimating the injuries to be well each and every 400 and the deaths associated with the event over 50. Reporter the mass shooting took place sunday night at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, its now the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. The shooter is Stephen Paddock described as a local resident. Its important to understand that this investigation is going to be long and contracted before we get to the bottom of it. Reporter police are working to identify a motive of why the man shot into a crowd of 30,000 people. Concert goers described a scene of chaos. People were laying on top of each other to get out of the way and the shots kept coming. Reporter jason a