People started moving behind walls and stuff. I got hit in the second round. I couldnt go anywhere. And, tells me, stand up. And, helps my girlfriend over the wall. And then once she is over, i had to duck down, more bullets come. And until it stopped. Reporter eventually a stranger helped stop the bleeding. He picks me up puts me on his shoulders and takes me to an uber. Put you in an uber . En in the uber, a guy shot in the leg, army veteran. Me, his wife, wendy. Talked to me, make sure i was conscious. If i passed out. Make sure you didnt pass out. They came here to University Medical center with the only Level One Trauma Center in the state. What are you thinking in the middle of all that . Like, it didnt feel like, when i got shot. It, because the adrenaline rush it didnt hurt that bad. More like i got to get out of here, make sure my girlfriend is okay. Because i lost her i got scared. I was like, where is she at . There is a picture over here with you and the trophy. Your basket
One of the toughest people i know. She survived Breast Cancer. Yes, ten year Breast Cancer survivor. What about you . I am okay. Its im, im okay. I have got my faith. And my family, were all here. To support natalie. And, well get through it. How are you two helping each other right now . Just trying to keep each other amused a little bit. Laughter is good healing too. Our thoughts and prayers with all of the families and our thanks that they spoke with us today. Police have ive dentified all but three of the 59 who were killed here sunday night. Among the lives lost, Christopher Roybal at the concert to celebrate his upcoming 29th birthday. Roybal had been shot at as navy masters of arms in afghanistan. 35yearold, adrian murfitt, a giant teddy bear according to Brian Mckinnon at his side when he was gunned down. Jack peaton was 54, celebrating his 23rd wedding anniversary. He died shielding his wife. Jenny parks was a kindergarten teacher, and mother of two. Her husband bobby was shot
He and the first lady will go to the hospital to meet with some of the wounded, the victims. We are following all of the developments as they break this morning. Lets begin our coverage with day bre dan breaks, cnn early start anchor. What can you tell us about whats coming out of this connection to the philippines, the girlfriend now, a person of interest again. Why . Reporter well, i mean, shes not just a person of interest again. When you consider that stephen paddock, at 64 years old at the time of his suicide, had no friends to speak of, shes really the only person that can speak to the mindset, begin to give us some sense of a motive as to why he might have committed this heinous crime. They have a lot of questions to ask her. She might be the only one that can give them some insight. As we mentioned, back in los angeles this morning, having flown in from her native philippines to l. A. X. , accompanied by fbi agents. Were also hearing from her sisters. They live in australia. Wi
As erin was saying, the sheriff talked about it. Nine minutes. It was an eternity for those panicked concert goers who were running for their lives. Nine minutes to kill 59 people and injure more than 500. As you can see here, were seeing the first images inside the shooters hotel room. Including this stunning photo from the daily mail of two rifles and a body on the floor. Now, we cant independently confirm thats actually the shooters body, but also inside that room, a barricade now where a s. W. A. T. Team blew away the door. A gun on a tripod there. Police say paddock put up cameras both inside and outside his room to monitor police movements. And one official says at least one of his rifles was modified to rapidly fire hundreds of rounds a minute. Now, these right here that youre see, these are the first images of some of the weapons the shooter used. We know now there were even more guns in the shooters hotel room. There were 23 guns in total. Were told he carried them in his room
Trying to figure out where the fire was coming from, dealing with thousands of people fleeing to safety. Again, all as bullets rained down. Also for the first time, we are seeing just how many weapons, what kind of arsenal this gunman brought with him to carry out this massacre from the 32nd Floor Hotel Room at the mandalay bay resort. Officials have now recovered 47 firearms from three different locations. Very important to mention. A dozen of those guns in that hotel room were rigged with a legal device that allows them to fire like automatic weapons. Police say the killer also set up cameras in his room and in the hall way to monitor incoming threats. He was trying to buy himself as much time as possible to do as much killing as he could. The motive, still a mystery. The killers girlfriend is now back in the United States being interviewed by the fbi. She is a person of interest. So this morning the president is going to come to las vegas. Hes going to meet the victims. Hes going to