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Police are hunting an "active shooter" after at least one gunman opened fire at an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas, killing at least two people. | |
Multiple people have been injured in the mass shooting near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on the Nevada city's famous gaming strip. | |
Footage posted on social media appeared to show people fleeing machine gun fire at Route 91 Harvest country music festival. | |
Two festival-goers reporting hearing a noise "like firecrackers" before realising a shooter or shooters were unloading "clip after clip" into the crowd. | |
Police have placed the area on lockdown and closed off parts of the Las Vegas strip and Interstate 15. | |
Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. | |
Reports on social media, citing police scanners, said there was a gunman on the 32nd floor of the hotel who had shot at a bodyguard and police. | |
University Medical Centre spokeswoman Danita Cohen said the Las Vegas hospital is taking in "several" people with gunshot wounds. She did not have any more immediate information. | |
Las Vegas police told people to avoid the area and have cordoned off several roads. | |
McCarran International Airport, about two miles away, said some incoming flights had been diverted. | |
Witnesses said country singer Jason Aldean was playing near the end of the festival when gunfire rang out. | |
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