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| Las Vegas shooting: Over 20 dead, at least 100 injured in Mandalay Bay attack | Las Vegas shooting: Over 20 dead, at least 100 injured in Mandalay Bay attack |
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| More than 20 people died and over 100 sustained injuries in a mass shooting attack on an open-air concert near the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday night. One gunman was killed by police. | |
| FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: Deaths, injuries after shooting at Las Vegas music fest near Mandalay Bay Casino | FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: Deaths, injuries after shooting at Las Vegas music fest near Mandalay Bay Casino |
| Police are looking for a woman believed to have accompanied the suspect prior to the Las Vegas shooting. | |
| Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said officers confronted the suspect, believed to be a local resident, on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, just across the street from the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. | Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said officers confronted the suspect, believed to be a local resident, on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, just across the street from the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. |
| Several officers from the Bakersfield Police Department were attending the music concert when the assailant opened fire. One was shot and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. | Several officers from the Bakersfield Police Department were attending the music concert when the assailant opened fire. One was shot and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. |
| The shooter appeared to be using an automatic weapon, according to witness reports. | |
| “There was blood everywhere,” one witness said. | |
| “People were hit within 20 feet of us,” witness Rick Messick, who said he was in the front row of the concert, told CBS2. | |
| “There were several people laying in the parking lot … they were trying to stop the bleeding,” he added. | |
| READ MORE: ‘Horror show’: Vegas eyewitnesses recount chaos of Mandalay Bay shooting | |
| Jose Baggett, 31, a Las Vegas resident, said he and a friend were in the lobby of the Luxor hotel-casino, north of the festival venue, when people started crying and running in all directions. | |
| As Baggett and his friend walked away, they saw police checkpoints with officers carrying shotguns and assault rifles. | |
| “There were armored personnel vehicles, SWAT vehicles, ambulances, and at least a half-mile of police cars,'' Baggett told AP. | |
| Lombardo said this appears to be a ‘lone wolf’ attack, with the suspect believed not to be connected to any militant organization. | Lombardo said this appears to be a ‘lone wolf’ attack, with the suspect believed not to be connected to any militant organization. |
| Police are currently looking for a roommate of the dead gunman as a person of interest. | Police are currently looking for a roommate of the dead gunman as a person of interest. |
| Footage emerged on social media apparently showing people fleeing the building. | Footage emerged on social media apparently showing people fleeing the building. |
| The video was filmed by Twitter user Eiki Hrafnsson, who says that he is currently at the Mandalay Bay hotel which is on lockdown. Some commenters wrote that their relatives are also trapped in the hotel, while others said that they were running from “the active shooters,” implying that there may be more than one. | The video was filmed by Twitter user Eiki Hrafnsson, who says that he is currently at the Mandalay Bay hotel which is on lockdown. Some commenters wrote that their relatives are also trapped in the hotel, while others said that they were running from “the active shooters,” implying that there may be more than one. |
| Another video has been captured, apparently during a music concert at Mandalay Bay with multiple gunshots audible in the background. | Another video has been captured, apparently during a music concert at Mandalay Bay with multiple gunshots audible in the background. |
| Las Vegas Boulevard is currently shut down at Tropicana and 15 freeway is closed to traffic from Tropicana to Russell Road, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. | Las Vegas Boulevard is currently shut down at Tropicana and 15 freeway is closed to traffic from Tropicana to Russell Road, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. |