He used an automatic weapon to shoot down on the crowd as they ran looking for cover and could not find it. Bursts of fire, 0 to 35 seconds of size, more bursts of fire. Changing magazines according to weapons experts. Ak47 would carry a magazine of 30 rounds and seems he shot off bursts of 30 rounds that lasted 17, 18 seconds and then a pause and then again and again and again and again. I want to go to matt gutman on the keen in las vegas all through the night and, matt, what weve heard apparently we dont have matt gutman right now. I apologize for that. Let me go to former special agent brad garrett and what weve heard described by an eyewitness through the last several hours are not just those initial moments of terror but several hours of chaos. George, when these things happen and your adrenaline takes over and the sheer vulnerability of who is out there. Who else will shoot at me. How do i get out of harms way. This was fenced in. With an open air outside obviously so all of tha
Sheriff joseph lombardo, we just heard from and tweeted photo at about 11 00 this morning. 8 00 a. M. Las vegas time with the message, great pleasure to speak with our president , President Trump, thank you for your phone call, support, and your prayers. And another tweet from about 20 minutes ago by nevada senator dean heller. En route to las vegas. And we have for you a series of tweets from massachusetts senator ed markey, he says enough is enough. Americans are tired of living in fear that their community will be the next victim of mass shooting. The epidemic of gun violence in our country is not preordained. It is preventable. Its time the g. O. P. Stops blocking gun control legislation. Lets once again ban assault weapons. These are weapons of war and should be used in combat not in our communities. Coming up in about a halfhour a e on cspan, bring you News Conference with congressman Mike Thompson of california on gun violence. Hell be joined by former congresswoman gabby a giff
Video surveillance we have to recall. [ reporter asking question ] i dont understand what you are relating to how could it happen . This individual is described as a lone wolf, i dont know how it could have been prevented. It was not evident that he had weapons. We have determined there has been employees going to and from his room but nothing was noticed. That is what we know now. [ reporter asking question ] you are correct, any special event that takes place in the Southern Nevada region it is required to supply Police Officers to ensure security. The mandalay bay did a great job of hiring police. They had sufficient staffing for the concert. When this individual decided to fire upon the crowd which was 22,000 people it is difficult to manage that size of crowd. As described, officers responded immediately in conjunction with the fire department. They were able to identify where the weapon was being discharged from in proximity. It is hard to tell the floor from the outside but when
Since checking in . We are following up. There will be hours and hours of Video Surveillance we will have to recall with the cooperation of the mgm. [inaudible] the Fusion Center . There are cameras everywhere. How did this happen . I dont understand what you are alluding to, how did it happen. This is an individual described as a lone wolf, i do not know how it could have been prevented if we did not have prior knowledge of the individual. It was not evident he had weapons in his room. We have determined that there have been employees going to and from his room and nothing nefarious was noticed, at this point. That is what we know. The First Responders were integral to stopping more deaths. Can you describe how strike teams were able to find the suspect . You are correct. Any event that takes place in the Southern Nevada region, it is required by nrs to supply Police Officers to ensure security. The mandalay bay did a great job of hiring Police Officers. They had sufficient staffing f
Deadly washingtdead deadly las vegas shooting. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on a man morning. We almost feel like we should start by apologizing for what youre going to be hearing. In some parts of the country we join you live, a little early this morning, as we coffer what is the deadliest mass shooting in history. When you hear the toll, it take yours breath away. More than 50 People Killed. This is the very information. It happened after 1 00 eastern time, after 10 00 in las vegas. The gunman on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort and casino. Was shooting into the you at the root harvest festival. The sheriff just gave us the latest figures. At least 50 people have been killed. More than 200 others wounded. Some of them, many of them, were told, in Critical Condition and many in surgery this hour. We can tell you that the shooter who was shot and killed by the polic