Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. The worst mass shooting in modern american history. At least 58 people killed, and more than 500 injured at a Music Festival in las vegas. Everybody thought it was like fireworks or something at first. And then people just started dropping around us. Every time he stopped, he was reloading. We started making our way towards the fence. He started shooting again, and we hit the ground. Laura the fbi is trying to uncover the motive of gunman Stephen Paddock. At the white house, a moment of silence has been held for the victims. [bell tolls] laura and almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria, people in puerto rico still dont have power or clean water. President trump visits the island tomorrow after criticism of the aid efforts. Laura welcome to world news
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
Shooting. Minutes. 0 good afternoon everyone. Mediaill be our fourth Briefing Since the incident took place yesterday evening. I am going to give you just a short synopsis of our updates and then we have other individuals who will make some comments and reference other issues associated with events. So, there are two things. One is we have to finish processing the scenes. We have three separate scenes. Actually, for at this point. The 32nd floor of the room at the mandalay bay, the event location, the house in mesquite, and now we have swat standing by getting ready to hit the house in northern nevada. At this point, he in the last briefing, i was unable today what we retreat from the house and mesquite. 18retrieved in excess of additional firearms. Some explosives. Several thousand rounds of ammo. Along with some Electronic Devices we are evaluating at this point. I mentioned that swat is about to breach the house in northern nevada. Im going to give you an update on the casualty numb
Individuals that will make some comments, other issues with todays events. There are two things we are attempting to achieve. We have to finish processing the scene. We have three separate scenes, actually for at this point. This 32nd floor, the room at mandalay bay. The event location. And swat in mesquite getting ready to hit the house in northern nevada. At this point we did in the last briefing, i was unable to tell you what we retrieved from the house in mesquite. We retrieved in excess, how many was it y . 18 firearms, explosives, and several thousand rounds of ammo along with Electronic Devices we are evaluating its end. To reach the house in northern nevada and i will give you an update on the casualty numbers. We are currently standing at 520 74 individuals injured and individuals that have died or passed away, 59. This point,doing at we have several people calling above personal items located at the stadium. We are not done processing that scene. Once were done processing of
I heard it. Just going nonstop. The rush to take down the shooter. A s. W. A. T. Team breaking down the shooters door. Breach, breach, breach. Our team live on the scene right now for a special edition of gma. Good morning, america. It is a tragic monday morning here in america. That is the scene, the Mandalay Bay Hotel in las vegas, and you just saw the picture right there. We should put that back up right now. That is where the shooter unleashed his fire on the concert. The Country Music festival last night. Jason aldean was on the stage. You cant open those windows. He blew right through it. Ten weapons inside, and unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in american history. 50 dead, and more than 400 wounded. Those images have been coming in all night long and into the morning, showing the moment the concert turned tragic. The gunman opening fire during Jason Aldeans performance and this is what it sounded like. [ gunfire ] we also have a look at the shooting from the concertgoers pe