The massacre in las vegas. At least 527 people were hurt. Learning more about the shooter, stephen paddock. Las vegas police found 18 guns along with explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition when they searched his home. Looking at Las Vegas City Hall where a prayer vigil is scheduled to begin now. Lana zak is in vegas with the investigation. Reporter gunfire came too quickly to count. Bullets tearing into a crowd of 22,000 people out to enjoy a night of music on the vegas strip. Jason aldean in the middle of a set when the hail of bullets rained down. Some were falling and some screaming and yelling. People dropping around us. A lot of dead bodies, people just piling on top of whoever, even if theyre bleeding or not. We ran, and we ran and i still wasnt sure if it was actually bullets until one of the times we paused, guy next to us got shot. Reporter Police Officers jumping into action. Halfway up, seen the shots coming from mandalay bay. Closing in on the 32nd floor of th
Shooting in modern american history. The gunman firing down on thousands at an out door concert from his hotel room. Pop, pop, pop. They just kept coming, and we we just started running towards the gate. [ gunshots ]. While some ran, others took cover like this group who huddled behind a metal barricade trying to save their lives. Good evening, thank you for joining us. The shooting left at least 59 dead and 527 injured. Police found the shooter dead in his hotel room along with an arsenal of weapons. Abc News Reporter is in las vegas. Reporter good evening, dan and kristen. As you can see the lights are on here in the famous Las Vegas Strip. But so many of those iconic shows tonight are dark as throughout the city people are instead holding candles and remembering the victims. You are worthy of our praise reporter las vegas and the nation in mourning following this scene. A barrage of gunfire on the Las Vegas Strip as a lone gunman fired down on a crowd of 22,000 unsuspecting Country
The death toll is now at least 59 in the worst mass shooting in nodern u. S. History. More than 500 others were injured, most from the gunfire. Others while attempting to get teay. Police say the gunman, who had ns least 16 weapons, opened fire late last night on thousands of people attending an openair yountry music concert. He was shooting from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel casino. The gunman, 64yearold Stephen Paddock of mesquite, nevada, took his life before police got to his hotel room. They are still searching for a motive. The bodies of all the victims have now been removed from the arena. This is how the attack unfolded. rapid gunfire all of a sudden we heard like three or four little pop, pop, pops. Everybody kind of looked around and said, oh, its just firecrackers. rapid gunfire its not a gun. Its not a gun. My husband said, thats not firecrackers. That sounds like a semi automatic rifle. We got shots fired at the route 91. Theres a shooting. Theres a shooting. Wh
Additional 19 guns. Earlier President Trump took part in a moment of silence on the white house lawn after addressing the nation. It was an act of pure evil. To the families of the victims, we are praying for you and we are here for you. And we ask god to help see you through this very dark period. A key question in this investigation is what could have motivated the gunman to go to such length. By all accounts, the shooter was a wealthy retiree and he had no previous contact with police. We want to let you know that some of this video may be disturbing to you. Reporter the massacre in las vegas happened just as tens of thousands of concert goers were watching jason aldean perform sun night. At first many in the crowd thought the gunshots were fireworks. We couldnt see any of the smoke. Reporter authorities identified the gunman as 64yearold Stephen Paddock who took aim at concert goers from the 32nd floor before taking his life. Paddock had been a guest at the hotel since thursday. Au
And new details about the gunman behind the deadliest shooting in modern u. S. History. Good evening everyone. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. The full extent of the tragedy is just beginning to come into focus tonight as we learn more about the many victims and the gunman. In all, 59 people were killed. More than 500 injured. The gunman is 64yearold Stephen Paddock. 23 guns were found in the room at the mandalay bay casino where he carried out the massacre and tonight police found an additional 19 guns. Earlier President Trump took part in a moment of silence on the white house lawn after addressing the nation. It was an act of pure evil. To the families of the victims, we are praying for you and we are here for you. And we ask god to help see you through this very dark period. A key question in this investigation is what could have motivated the gunman to go to such length. By all accounts, the shooter was a wealthy retiree and he had no previous contact with police. We want to