the las vegas strip is always very busy. what mix of people are you gettin walking past the scene? if anybody has been on the vegas strip at 10:00 or 10:30, 11:00 p.m., it doesn t matter if it s a friday, saturday, or sunday there a tremendous amount people out having a goodtime. that s what we saw when we got to the scene but those people were in a panic. just the general population of g with people trying to enjoy themse lot of people we talked were people out on vacation or out here enjoying themselves on the strip. managed to talk to ao came the location. they disbursed as quickly as possib and have been with the crowds pushed back from police into the safe pockets and
on. a couple appear to be ambula the st is locked down and everyo is inside. las ve police only say there are reports of shots being fired in this vicinity. whethe it s inside this hotel or near this hotel and this area is unclear. there have been multiple report of perhaps more than one shoote in this area. it s very busy. there a music festival going on and that s my understanding. that w supposed to wrap up a little bit ago. there a large crowd gathered outsid hotel. you might be able to hear a helico that sort of flue and went away. more vehicles are arriving right now. especi a couple of blocks from where we are. one street not necessarily by a partic hotel where we see a larger police presence gathering
the police are in there too. don t go out and wander the hall ways. you could encounter the shooter. stay locked down and listen to what the police tell you. s.w.a. is very efficient. they will go in and locate people if they are still there. the other thing is shooters can escapi they can throw their guns in the trash bin and walk out with the crowd. there a lot going on with metro las vegas pd and.w.a it s a big challenge, but it looks like they are all over it doing everything they can do. this i what they are supposed to do. come in quick and get in there and the perimeter and treat the injured. everyt that is supposed to happen, metro las is doing it. they will get help from the state police and the federal agent who is come to help the fbi and marshals.
grills and jumping over fences and getting out. we ran past tropicana and tried said there was a shooting there and we tried to run this way and we hid in a bush for like an hour. you were there for a concert on the vegas strip and enjoying yourse you start thinking it s firewo and find out it s gunfir what goes through your heart and head when you necessary a situat like that? you can t describe it unless you go through it. you hear other people, but it s terror someth can t describe. what did the police do when it was confirmed gunfire. did yo police swarming in or what did you see some. we se street but as far as we were concer there was not they were doing their t were so many people running and. eventu everyone was running in all different directions. .
las ve police said one suspec is down at this point. police have tweeted in the last few machines they don t believe there are any more shooters at this witnes have reported hearing gunfir from at least two shoote those are from the eyewitness accoun police saying something differ they d believe there are any more shooters at this time. we wer told it was around 10:30 p.m. local time as jason aldean. univer medical center in vegas is at capacity and sending patien area hospit mccarran international airport is one of the busiest in that part of the country said flights have b affected due to the police activity under way. the associated press said author have shut down part of the vegas strip and inters 15. we have two reporters o the scene including steve patterson