Was blown out. Hes identified as 64yearold Stephen Paddock. They believe he acted alone and took his own life after the shootings. Police say paddock brought more than ten rifles to his room, no known connection to any terrorist groups. Police also say they have found paddocks wife, Marilou Danley whos wanted for questioning but was apparently not involved. The shooting began last night during a concert conceunt conce aldean. Reporter good morning, police say they found at the mandalay bay, that room was fimd with weapons, as many as ten weapons in the room that this gunman was using to shoot down into the crowd that was gathered for this country on the other side of las vegas strip. Cell phone video is helping investigators put together exactly what happened. Many people gathered there say it was the scariest time of their life, initially, many thought the pops they heard were fireworks associated with the show, but soon it became obvious that this was an attack. What sounded like aut
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Delucia are in las vegas. President trump called the shooting a pure act of evil. What started out as a night of fun turned into the deadlyist shooting, a shoot that people will never forget. Reporter surprise it was like da, da, da. We thought it was fireworks. Reporter panic. People were running and yelling, theres a shooter, theres a shooter. Reporter bloodshed at a concert music festival. There was just dead people everywhere. It was horrible. Reporter authorities tell nbc news that 64yearold Stephen Paddock opened fire from a nearby hotel room, shooting hundreds of people and then killing himself. Police found at least ten rifles in his hotel room. When you heard the gunshots, you knew what was happening. Jason aldean asked people to pray for las vegas. You go there for a fun time to listen to music and hang out with friends and never expect anything like this to happen and it did. Its crazy. Now the attention moves to the wounded and the dead. Gone are fathers, mothers, children.
You were seeing as you were hearing the shots going off, you were hearing just them hit the ground. There was a guy in front of us that got shot in his back and he was still running. [ gunshots ] reporter bullets rained down from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort onto a musical festival of about 22,000 people. We had to cross the field where the people were getting shot. Every time we heard shots we would hit the ground and just stay there until they would stop for 30 or 45 seconds and then we would run as fast as we could. We just thought we were going to die. Theres no other thing. I thought the shooting would never end. Reporter Police Identified the suspect as 64yearold Stephen Paddock of mesquite, nevada, a Real Estate Investor and former accountant who enjoyed high stakes gambling. Investigators say he had 17 guns in his hotel room. The fbi can find no link to terrorism. Today authorities searched his home in a Retirement Community about 80 miles northeast of las vegas. P
Why, police are still investigating Stephen Paddock, why did he come into las vegas, stay at this hotel, he checked in with 10 10 rivals and opened rifles and opened fire on all of the people. Police are trying to figure out why he came here and committed deadliest mass shooting in United States history. They are estimating the injuries to be well each and every 400 and the deaths associated with the event over 50. Reporter the mass shooting took place sunday night at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, its now the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. The shooter is Stephen Paddock described as a local resident. Its important to understand that this investigation is going to be long and contracted before we get to the bottom of it. Reporter police are working to identify a motive of why the man shot into a crowd of 30,000 people. Concert goers described a scene of chaos. People were laying on top of each other to get out of the way and the shots kept coming. Reporter jason a