That direction. There were so many people running. It was so scary. Reporter panic as concert goers run for their lives. Everyone started stampeding and jumping over fences, getting out. Reporter the Country Music festival as Stephen Paddock fired from above what sounded like an automatic gun. Thank you dont see that capacity. Reporter shooting victims began to overwhelm the local hospitals even as police continued to search for the attacker. This is from police radio. We have sight on the suspects door. I need everybody in that hallway to be aware of it and get back. Reporter police say paddock killed himself as they closed in. Police dont know what caused him to kill so many people. Those who survived the attack tell us it didnt take long to know exactly what was happening. You could hear the gunshots. You couldnt miss it. Boom, boom, boom, and then one after the other. We were laying down on the floor. I didnt know to get up, to run, to stay, to duck. I didnt know if it was safe to
Bullets. [gunfire] [screaming] [bleep]. Get down trish as many as 20 two thousad people were at the con kert 22,000. Many were sent ducking for cover. Many thought it was a fireworks displacement it was end of a threeday concert. They thought it was finale. What you see from video, many people there, witnesses there with cell phones, that you didnt see immediately people start to run. Because they were confused. They did not know what this gunfire was. We do know it was a 64yearold nevada resident who holed himself up inside after room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and shot down at those some 22,000 people. President trump calling this mass cure as an act of pure evil. For the latest Hillary Vaughn in las vegas. Certainly a lot of questions still. Hey, hillary. Reporter hey, trish. The biggest question of all for these victims at the concert last night why did this happen . What was the motive . Police are still whering through that. The District Attorney for clark county
Or somebody that was all bloody and looked like they had been shot. Live with complete coverage october 2nd, 2017. Announcer this is a special edition of today, deadly Las Vegas Shooting with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone and welcome to this special edition of today on this monday morning. Its 10 00 on the east coast and 7 00 out west. Where do we begin . We are covering the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Its hard to gather om what unfolded. A gunman opened fire in an outdoor Country Music festival and the gunman was high above on the 32nd floor of a hotel overlooking that concert. Heres the latest what we know. New information a little while ago as savannah said, more than 50 kill and 400 others being treated at area hospitals. The gunman is 64yearold Stephen Paddock. He was dead when officers entered his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. He was from a nearby town, mesquite, nevada. Investiga
Was blown out. Hes identified as 64yearold Stephen Paddock. They believe he acted alone and took his own life after the shootings. Police say paddock brought more than ten rifles to his room, no known connection to any terrorist groups. Police also say they have found paddocks wife, Marilou Danley whos wanted for questioning but was apparently not involved. The shooting began last night during a concert conceunt conce aldean. Reporter good morning, police say they found at the mandalay bay, that room was fimd with weapons, as many as ten weapons in the room that this gunman was using to shoot down into the crowd that was gathered for this country on the other side of las vegas strip. Cell phone video is helping investigators put together exactly what happened. Many people gathered there say it was the scariest time of their life, initially, many thought the pops they heard were fireworks associated with the show, but soon it became obvious that this was an attack. What sounded like aut
Shooter. [gunfire] reporter the gunfire came too quickly to count. Bullets tearing into a crowd of 22,000 people who were out to just enjoy a night of music on the vegas strip. Reporter Country Music star jason aldean in the middle of a set when the hail of bullets rained down. Like some were falling, screaming yelling. People started dropping around us. A lot of dead bodies. A lot of people were just piling on top of whoever even if they were bleeding or not. We ran and we ran and i wasnt even sure sure our friend was like the guy next to us got shot. Reporter Police Officers jumping into action. Halfway up i see the shots coming from mandalay bay. Reporter closing in on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel where Authorities Say the gunman, 64yearold Stephen Paddock was hold up. Police say he died of a self inflicted gunshot wound. The number of people that have died associated with this event has increased. Right now were using the number of 58. Reporter more than 500 injured. Pr