There were early reports of them were at least 20 dead, but that number has gone up to more than 50 dead. Heres a look at the las vegas sun. Weather 50 dead and 200 injured in mass shooting on the strip. They write that a gunman on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino opened fire on a music 50tival below, killing people and wounding in excess of 200. Officers confronted and the bayect at me an mandalay according to clark county joseph lombardo. Lov the sheriff believes it was a lone wolf attack. We have since learned that, with that woman, may lead to emily marilou danley. Thats a quick writeup and we will get more the reporting out there for you if we hear anything new. Bacteria calls because we took back plus and that to your calls because we took about 30 plus in that our. Ken is up first in maryland. Caller good morning, paul. First, my condolences to the families of the injured and dead in the Las Vegas Shooting, but i have a different take on this. I think what the American
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
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
Motivation factors associated wh terrorism other than a person intending to cause mass casualty before we label with that, it will be a matter of process. No, we have not. No, we have not. We have not located any items within the room or his house at this point yes, maam it was a matter of normal practice whenever we use a dynamic entry. We have information he has been there since the 28th of september. So i have no idea whether he prevented house keepers from entering the room or not thats just a matter of continued investigation. Thank you very much. We will provide you an update probably in the next two hours thank you. That is joe lombardo, clark county shr rieriff. 50 dead, 400 injured after a gunman fired on people attending an outdoor Country Music festival the suspect is dead after being confronted by police is 64yearold Stephen Paddock. He killed himself. He was shooting from the 32nd floor of the mandalay resort and casino as jason aldean was on stage performing police say th
Companion as well as two vehicles. They are identified the killers companion as Marilou Danley. They are urging them to call 911. Authorities telling those in the area to continue shelter. We are comfortable that the primary aggressor in this event has expired or passed away and is no longer a threat. Right now we believe he is the sole aggressor at this point. Maria red cross aid in place, helping people to locate family members. The airport has resumed some flights right now only temporarily after being suspended following that attack. This comes amid terror incidents around the world over the weekend, including france. Two women were killed at a train station there. Markets not reacting to devastation this morning. Dow industrials up about dirty points. The nasdaq are off a. 5 points in the s p 500 also how youre watching markets for any reaction here. This is a deadly situation in the news is still developing. European markets higher across the board. Ft 100 up 1. 5 in germany. In