You are worthy of our prayers 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 Music fans. Police say 64yearold Stephen Paddock hammered through a window of his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort, raised at least one rifle that functioned like an automatic machine gun and fired mercilessly. Terrified people piled on top of each other, sheltering behind anything they could. We ran and we ran. And i still wasnt even sure if it was actually bullets until one of the times we paused, our friend, the guy next to us got shot. S. W. A. T. Teams jumping into action. Im at the suspects door. I need everybody in the hallway to be aware of it and get back. We need to pop this and see if we can get any response from this guy, see if hes in here or actually moved somewhere else. Bretche, breach, breach. Entering the room discovering paddocks body and his a
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
The mandalay bay, and tonight were learning so much more. At least 59 people were killed, 527 others injured when a gunman opened fire at a Country Music festival. Hotel room. And 19 the shooter habeen identified as 64yearold Stephen Paddock. Officers recovered 23 firearms from his hotel room, and 19 at his home in mesquite, nevada. Now lets give you a better idea of how this all unfolded. Thousands of people were at the route 91 harvest music festival, across the street from the mandalay bay. Authorities say paddock opened fire from his hotel room about 950 feet away from the concert. [ music ] reporter the bullets rained down from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort onto a crowd of about 22,000 concert goers as Country Music star jason aldean took the stage. Theres a shooting, theres a shooting reporter at first many in the crowd mistook the gunshots for fireworks. We were really confused because we couldnt see any of the smoke. Reporter the shooter identified as 64yearold Step
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