Stephen paddock. Officials say hes from mesquite, nevada, about 50 miles from las vegas. Heres what president had to say today. We are praying for you and we see god to see you through this very dark period. And we put nbc bay area on the first flights this morning to find connection to the bay area. Cheryl, we know you landed a few hours ago whachlt are some of the stories you are hearing . Reporter right now we are live outside the mandalay bay, as you can see. But what you cant see is the building is surrounded by Police Officers. Streets are blocked off and it will be that way for a while. People are Walking Around in a daze. Many of them telling me that they are lucky to be alive after last nights massacre. A rapid fire coming from the 32nd floor of the las vegas hotel. The shooter pointing down to the crowd of 32,000 people, concert goers scrambling for cover. Here is a bay area that was outside the hotel. Sounded like big firecrackers. And at that point, because they were too fa
Found he had killed himself. Officers also found as many as 10 firearms in the room. Now the question is, why did he do it . Law enforcement officers cord ond off the crime scene as they investigate deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Country music star jason aldean was performing at the route 91 Harvest Festival sunday night when gunshots ran g out. People were just laying every where people were bleeding. We have an active shooter, we have an active shooter. Reporter many of the estimated crowd of 22,000 throughout it was fire works until victims started falling. I saw people in front get hit with bullets and my First Impression was to call on my friend and make sure they were okay. Reporter Police Identified shooter as 64 yearold Stephen Paddock from mass keith, nevada hoped up fire, on to the crowd below, before killing himself. We have one suspect down, inside the room. Reporter police described paddock as a lone wolf with no loan motive, Islamic State claimed respons
Former accountant to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Hello welcome to our live from doha im asking that is also coming up. A general strike in catalonia following the disputed votes to break away from spain. A plan to send thousands of re refugees who fled to bangladesh to me and. Well have a live update. And another push for unity among rival palestinian factions will it make a difference to the sufferings of thousands of gazans. In the you know. Digging into the history of the sixty four year old former accountant who carried out the worst mass shooting in modern American History saving paddock from a hotel room in las vegas overlooking a consulate and the fifty nine people were killed five hundred others were injured in the attack but reynolds has more from. This is the moment when a harmless sunday night out became a nightmare. Twenty thousand concert goers were enjoying a Country Music festival when suddenly death rained down from above terrified the
Catastrophe like karina. And in new york city, the new images tonight, the Pressure Cooker bomb left on the street to explode. And remembering an american original tonight. Tom petty. And good evening from las vegas tonight. Where authorities came before the cameras just a short time ago and revealed several stunning findings tonight. We now now the gunman was firing for nine minutes after that first 911 call came in. And what he had hidden in the hallway of the 32nd floor of that hotel right behind me. We are seeing inside the hotel. The door that s. W. A. T. Teams broke down. It turns out he had a camera attached to a cart in the hallway so he would know when police were moving in. One of the 23 weapons he had with him in that room, the evidence marker still in place. And tonight, video of that very room taken by a tourist who stayed in that room just a year ago. And the view from the window, right down onto the concert site. The gunman checked into that hotel with ten suitcases. Tho
Reporter a young man next to her, a friend, also went down. We had lost one of our friends. My friends boyfriend actually. Reporter she made her way to the nearby mgm and finally found an ambulance where three other gunshot victims were already inside. One man was shot in the butt. I felt so bad. I was laying on his lap. I said, im so sorry this must be super uncomfortable for you right now. His wife was in the front seat. She was shot in the foot. Next to me in a gurney was a person who was being resuscitated. By the time we got to the hospital, he didnt make it. Um reporter the hospital was so crowded, she was put on a gurney and had to stay in the hallway where the scope of what happened began to sink in. I heard people screaming and crying. Thats when it hit me. But not what was really going on. Reporter her friend didnt survive. Were all trying to be as okay as we can. Reporter she leaves las vegas with a friend gone, a bullet in her back and insight uncommon for anyone, let alone