Cheryl shooting started during the performance by jason aldean b. Adam housley spoke with two witnesses there. Were you carrying people . As long as they werent calling. You were trying to help whoever you could hear the train to a companion large. Flights at Mccarron International airport which was a 10 minute drive from this location were temporarily halted because of the shooting. Lauren the Las Vegas Police department at a press conference a halfhour ago. Lets listen to that again. Good evening. Obviously i am sure if joel bardo from las vegas county and im here to talk about the tragic event taking place and currently taking place at the mandalay bay of las vegas boulevard south. We experienced a net shooter situation, approximately 10 08 p. M. Tonight this evening. We had calls coming to dispatch an multiple shots being fired from the direction of the mandalay bay towards the route 91 concert that was taking place on the east side of las vegas boulevard. Through investigation and
Or fireworks. It turned out to be gunfire coming from a high floor. During a News Conference the sheriff of clark county announced that more than 20 people are dead, more than 100 others wounded. Officials say the gunman was on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort firing down with what has been described as an automatic weapon, a submachine gun, at the crowd below. Police eventually got up to the 32nd floor of that hotel. They breached the door of that room, and the gunman is now dead. Police do know who this person is. They have not identified him publicly. Theyve just said its a local resident of nevada, las vegas. Theres a search under way for a woman who was traveling with him. Authorities called her his companion. Her name marilou danley. We also know that she is 62 years old. We understand, again, were not identifying the suspect, but he is said also to be in his 60s. And now we apparently are able to identify the suspect. Pete williams has that information. Pete . Reporter
Or fireworks. It turned out to be gunfire coming from a high floor. During a News Conference the sheriff of clark county announced that more than 20 people are dead, more than 100 others wounded. Officials say the gunman was on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort firing down with what has been described as an automatic weapon, a submachine gun, at the crowd below. Police eventually got up to the 32nd floor of that hotel. They breached the door of that room, and the gunman is now dead. Police do know who this person is. They have not identified him publicly. Theyve just said its a local resident of nevada, las vegas. Theres a search under way for a woman who was traveling with him. Authorities called her his companion. Her name marilou danley. We also know that she is 62 years old. We understand, again, were not identifying the suspect, but he is said also to be in his 60s. And now we apparently are able to identify the suspect. Pete williams has that information. Pete . Reporter
Las vegas and washington, dc. We will also cover the latest from catalonia, where regional leaders say they want a new understanding with the spanish state. Understanding was in short supply yesterday. Police violence marred an independence referendum which delivered a yes vote. The Spanish Government say it was illegal. At least 58 people died in the las vegas attack. At least 515 were injured. President trump spoke earlier. Our unity cannot be shattered by evil. Our bonds cannot be broken by violence. And though we feel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens, it is our love that he finds us today and a lwa ys love that he finds us today and always will, for ever. In times such as these, i know we are searching for some kind of meaning in the chaos come as some kind of light in the darkness. The answers do not come easy. The attack began just after 10pm in las vegas. The gunman was on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Thats on the strip, which is lined
Minu minu minutes. Lets check in now with our abc correspondent live at the scene. Reporter with the number of deaths and injuries continuing to rise, Las Vegas Police are trying to figure out what the motivation was of this shooter here. And today, President Trump calling this shooting pure evil. Terrifying gunfire on what started as a peaceful night of Country Music on the vegas strip. I heard it, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Reporter blast of automattive gunfire, bullets flying into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers who were enjoying a Country Music festival with superstar jason aldean. People started dropping around us, lot of dead bodies, lot of people were just piling on top of whoever, even if theyre bleeding or not. Reporter a high wall enclosing part of the concert venue. There is now we were just pinned in. Reporter so many people shot and wounded. Gentleman that was shot and he said can you help me . And so i put him in my car and had, like, six people in my car, people with s