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| Las Vegas shooting: Witnesses describe 'bullets flying everywhere' as gunman fires 'clip after clip after clip' | Las Vegas shooting: Witnesses describe 'bullets flying everywhere' as gunman fires 'clip after clip after clip' |
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| Survivors of the Las Vegas strip shooting spoke of “bullets flying everywhere” as the gunman - or gunmen - unloaded “clip after clip after clip.” | Survivors of the Las Vegas strip shooting spoke of “bullets flying everywhere” as the gunman - or gunmen - unloaded “clip after clip after clip.” |
| They told of country music festival goers using whatever scrap of cover they could find as the bullets rained down on them – fired, some insisted, from a high vantage point. | They told of country music festival goers using whatever scrap of cover they could find as the bullets rained down on them – fired, some insisted, from a high vantage point. |
| With terrified civilians still hiding out in backstreets, the first of the wounded were driven away in whatever vehicles could be found, with one victim seen being given CPR in the back of a truck. | With terrified civilians still hiding out in backstreets, the first of the wounded were driven away in whatever vehicles could be found, with one victim seen being given CPR in the back of a truck. |
| When the first shot was fired, said one festival goer, it “sounded like a firecracker”. | When the first shot was fired, said one festival goer, it “sounded like a firecracker”. |
| “And then it ended up not sounding like a firecracker at all.” | “And then it ended up not sounding like a firecracker at all.” |
| Speaking five minutes after the shooting the witness told KSNV-TV that the gunman fired “clip after clip after clip”. | Speaking five minutes after the shooting the witness told KSNV-TV that the gunman fired “clip after clip after clip”. |
| “Bullets flying everywhere,” he said. “Everybody running. It was really bad.” | “Bullets flying everywhere,” he said. “Everybody running. It was really bad.” |
| The witness said he was convinced that the attack had involved “multiple shooters” firing from a high vantage point. | The witness said he was convinced that the attack had involved “multiple shooters” firing from a high vantage point. |
| He said: “We were at the furthest stages away from Mandalay Bay, and they [the bullets] were ricocheting everywhere where we were so … they were firing from somewhere high, and they were unloading clip after clip after clip after clip. | He said: “We were at the furthest stages away from Mandalay Bay, and they [the bullets] were ricocheting everywhere where we were so … they were firing from somewhere high, and they were unloading clip after clip after clip after clip. |
| “Multiple shooters, it has to be. There were obviously people hit.” | “Multiple shooters, it has to be. There were obviously people hit.” |
| He added: “It was hundreds of shots. It wasn’t ‘sounded like’. It was hundreds of shots. | He added: “It was hundreds of shots. It wasn’t ‘sounded like’. It was hundreds of shots. |
| “Everybody is still running scared. The backstreets are full of people trying to hide out.” | “Everybody is still running scared. The backstreets are full of people trying to hide out.” |
| His friend said: “We saw one [victim] being driven by right now, being given CPR out of the back of a truck.” | His friend said: “We saw one [victim] being driven by right now, being given CPR out of the back of a truck.” |
| She added: “There were bullets ricocheting, like bouncing down by the bottom of our feet, so we all got down, crawling out, everybody rushing out.” | She added: “There were bullets ricocheting, like bouncing down by the bottom of our feet, so we all got down, crawling out, everybody rushing out.” |
| “The shots just kept coming,” said a middle-aged woman, who had been attending the Route 91 Harvest festival with her husband. | “The shots just kept coming,” said a middle-aged woman, who had been attending the Route 91 Harvest festival with her husband. |
| She told CNN: “Everyone was literally lying on top of each other and trying to get out of the way. | She told CNN: “Everyone was literally lying on top of each other and trying to get out of the way. |
| “When we got down, there was a man shot right there. One of my friends was helping him out. They got him out, and we ran, and everybody is hiding everywhere. They were hiding under the bleachers [seats], and the stanchions, and anywhere they could. | “When we got down, there was a man shot right there. One of my friends was helping him out. They got him out, and we ran, and everybody is hiding everywhere. They were hiding under the bleachers [seats], and the stanchions, and anywhere they could. |
| “And everybody is telling us to run, ‘run as fast as you can’. | “And everybody is telling us to run, ‘run as fast as you can’. |
| “My husband and I ran out towards our car, and there were people hiding underneath my car for cover. | “My husband and I ran out towards our car, and there were people hiding underneath my car for cover. |
| “There was a gentleman who was shot, and he said ‘can you help me’? So I put him in my car. I had, like, six people in my car.” | “There was a gentleman who was shot, and he said ‘can you help me’? So I put him in my car. I had, like, six people in my car.” |
| Professional poker player Dan Bilzerian filmed himself running from the festival – and gave a graphic description of how he saw a young woman shot in the head in front of him. | |
| With sound of continuous shooting clearly audible behind him, he says: “Holy f***, this girl just got shot in the f***ing head. This is so f***ing crazy.” | |
| After escaping unharmed, Bilzerian filmed himself claiming he had armed himself with a gun and was now returning to the scene of the shooting. | |
| “So I had to go grab a gun. I am heading back. This is so f***ing crazy. Some kind of mass shooting, heavy calibre weapon for sure. | |
| “Saw a girl f***ing get shot in the face right next to me, her brains f***ing hanging out.” | |
| While some applauded him, one twitter user claimed: “People will do anything for likes and internet fame”. | |
| As casualties mounted, the festival’s first aid station became “completely flooded” with wounded, one first responder said. | |
| He told Sky News: “The area for medics that was set up for the event was completely flooded with people – multiple people hit, a lot of people shot. | |
| “I myself, with others, carried at least four or five people to the area. | |
| “Two people, I know for sure, had been trampled [in the rush to escape]. One gentleman was hit in the top of the head, another gentleman shot in the leg. One lady shot in her side, another lady got a round to the side of the head. It was an ugly scene.” | |
| Elsewhere, Jose Baggett, 31, a Las Vegas resident, said he and a friend were in the lobby of the Luxor hotel-casino — directly north of the festival — when people began running. He said people were crying and as he and his friend walked away, they encountered police checkpoints where officers were carrying shotguns and assault rifles. | |
| "There were armored personnel vehicles, SWAT vehicles, ambulances, and at least a half-mile of police cars," Baggett said. | "There were armored personnel vehicles, SWAT vehicles, ambulances, and at least a half-mile of police cars," Baggett said. |
| Witnesses said they saw multiple victims and dozens of ambulances near the concert venue. Some attendees later huddled in the basement of the nearby Tropicana hotel-casino. | Witnesses said they saw multiple victims and dozens of ambulances near the concert venue. Some attendees later huddled in the basement of the nearby Tropicana hotel-casino. |
| Officers carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. | Officers carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. |
| Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15. Flights were temporarily halted at McCarran International Airport because of the shooting, | Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15. Flights were temporarily halted at McCarran International Airport because of the shooting, |