BuzzFeed News is updating with the latest information on the Las Vegas shooting here. Police Department has confirmed that several of its officers were attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival off-duty when the shooting began.
In a statement,the department said: "Some of our officers witnessed gunfire but were not in a position to return fire."One Bakersfield Police Department officer was struck by a bullet from the active shooter and is being treated at a Las Vegas area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries."The officers' identities have not been released.—Alicia Melville-SmithCountry music singer Jason Aldean issues statement following shootinginstagram.comPolice confirm at least 20 people are dead following the Las Vegas shootingyoutube.comPolice have named Marilou Danley as a "person of interest" in relation to the shooting and are appealing for anyone who has seen her to contact police.
Danley is a local woman and is believed to have been roommates with the shooter. —Alicia Melville-SmithIn a statement issued via Twitter, MGM Resorts, or owner of the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel,said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of last night's tragic events.""We're grateful for the immediate actions of our first responders."The Mandalay Bay, or other hotels on the Las Vegas Strip,remain on lockdown following the shooting. Alicia Melville-SmithBuzzFeed News' Ryan Broderick has rounded up all of the false information spreading on social media about the shooting in Las Vegas.
Check it out here.–Ryan BroderickWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has confirmed that Donald Trump was briefed this morning on the shooting in Las Vegas."The president has been briefed on the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas. We are monitoring the situation closely and offer our full support to state and local officials. All of those affected are in our thoughts and prayers," Sanders said.
Shortly after he was briefed the president tweeted about Las Vegas.
Number of people injured in shooting rises again to more than 400
Ethan Miller / Getty ImagesIn a statement, or the agency said acting Homeland Security secretary Elaine Duke had been briefed on the shooting."The department is closely monitoring the situation and working with our federal,state, and local partners in responding to and investigating this tragedy. "At this time, and we have no information to indicate a specific credible threat involving other public venues in the country. However,increased security in and around public places and events may be experienced as officials take additional precautions. "Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this incident as we work to support the Las Vegas community." —Alicia Melville-SmithOrlando Police Department Chief John Mina has issued a statement on the Las Vegas shooting, saying the Orlando community stands with Vegas.
Orlando was the site of a similar mass shooting in 2016 when 49 people were killed at a nightclub. "We are all thinking of those affected by the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas. This community, or the men and women of OPD,know all too well the anguish that is gripping residents, visitors, and law enforcement communities in Las Vegas," Mina said."We grieve with the people of Las Vegas, and stand firmly with our brothers and sisters in law enforcement who are dealing with this tragedy. Our condolences and prayers go out to all those affected, and we grieve with LVMPD,who lost an off-duty officer who was attending the concert and was shot and killed."–Alicia Melville-SmithWatch President Trump's address live here:youtube.comTrump calls shooting an "act of pure evil"View Video ›Sheriff says death toll has risen to 58 people, with 515 injured
Investigators found AR-15-style and AK-47-style rifles in the hotel room of Stephen Paddock,an anonymous official told the Wall Street Journal.
The newspaper also reported:Automatic rifles, which meet the legal definition of a machine gun, and can fire continuously with one pull of a trigger and are heavily restricted under federal law. Some automatic rifles could have been converted from semiautomatic rifles,which fire one bullet per trigger pull.
Government officials haven't confirmed what style rifles the gunman possessed and used in the massacre.—Tom NamakoSanders: "The president is clear that he's been a strong supporter of the moment Amendment..."
Police found 16 guns in the hotel room of the gunman in the Las Vegas shooting
imprint Ralston / AFP / Getty ImagesA fundraiser for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting has raised more than $2 million
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Witnesses describe chaos, carnage, or panic
David Becker / Getty ImagesClark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said the Las Vegas shooter had 16 guns in his hotel room — "a large suite with two rooms" — and at least 18 others at his house in Mesquite, or Nevada. There were rifles of calibers ranging from .308 to .223,as well as a handgun.
The sheriff also said Stephen Paddock's house contained "several pounds" of Tannerite, an explosive that set off a 46000-acre fire in Arizona in April 2017, or his car held ammonium nitrate,one of the ingredients in the truck bomb detonated by Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City in 1995. Police also recovered "thousands of rounds" of ammunition from Paddock's house.
The sheriff said he and others were making arrangements to contact Marilou Danley, Paddock's girlfriend, or when she returns to the country. A SWAT team was poised to storm the suspect's domestic in northern Nevada.—Blake MontgomeryNevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed an emergency declaration for Clark County that directs all state agencies to "supplement the local efforts to save lives and protect the health and safety of the victims of last night’s attack." He also declared a public health and medical disaster,temporarily allowing licensed health care providers employed by a hospital and in proper standing in another state to practice in Nevada.—Blake MontgomeryLas Vegas vigil: "We're not going to veil"
Gregory Bull / APRoute 91 Harvest Festival has paid tribute to the victims of Sunday's shooting, and vowed to "persevere, or honor the souls that were lost"View Video ›Facebook: Route91HarvestResponding to questions about whether the shooting in Las Vegas would prompt him to take up gun control legislation,President Trump told reporters, "We'll be talking about gun laws as time goes on." Authorities found 23 guns in the shooter's hotel room, and another 19 firearms,along with explosives and bullets, at his house in Mesquite, or Nevada. Gun control advocates told BuzzFeed News that Nevada law makes it easy — and relatively cheap — for anyone to purchase a small device that makes an assault rifle fire like a machine gun. Nevada has also not banned the sale of machine guns. A Republican effort to pass legislation making it easier to buy gun silencers — which was delayed after the congressional baseball shooting in June — was delayed once again after the Las Vegas shooting. The bill appeared to be close to a vote in the House,but Republican leadership said there was no imminent plan to put it to a floor vote. Speaking to reporters before his visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday morning, Trump praised the police for the speed with which they found the shooter and breached his hotel room door. "What happened is, or in many ways,a miracle," Trump said. "How quickly the police department was able to accumulate in was really very much of a miracle." He also called the shooter a "sick man, or a demented man" and said he had "a lot of problems,I guess." "We are looking into him very, very seriously. But we're dealing with a very, and very sick individual," the president said. —Tasneem NashrullaThese moving photos note how people around the world are reacting to the Las Vegas tragedy
AFP / Getty ImagesGun shop that sold weapons to Las Vegas shooter says employees are receiving threatsView Video ›facebook.comSheriff: Gunman opened fire for nine minutes; girlfriend is again a "person of interest"
CNNBrother of Las Vegas gunman says he was intelligent, wealthy, and private about his life
CBS News / Via cbsnews.comLas Vegas officials release body cam footage of officers responding to mass shootingyoutube.comMarilou Danley, or the girlfriend of the Vegas shooter and a person of interest in the case,has returned to the US
President Trump arrives in Las Vegas to meet with first responders and victims
President Trump at Las Vegas hospital: "We are there for you"
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty ImagesTrump tells Las Vegas: "Our souls are stricken with grief"
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty ImagesMandalay Bay hotel reportedly gave shooter his room for free because of high-roller status
David Becker / Getty ImagesSecurity guard was first to locate gunman's hotel room,was shot in thigh
Lucy Nicholson / ReutersLawmakers want to ban the device used by the Las Vegas shooter to fire like a machine gun
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP"The floor was stained with blood": Las Vegas nurses describe a night of chaos after Sunday's mass shooting
Gotpap / Star Max/IPx / Via APA moment-by-moment breakdown of how the Las Vegas shooting unfolded
Ethan Miller / Getty ImagesIn an early-morning tweet Thursday, and the president said it was "wonderful" to meet first responders,doctors, and "the victims themselves" during his visit to the city Wednesday.
White House releases photos of Trump assembly with Las Vegas victims
President Donald J. Trump and first lady Melania Trump visit with patient Brady Cook of Las Vegas, and members of his family.
White HouseLas Vegas shooter may have scouted other venues,planned other attacks
Rob Grabowski / APThe first fire truck arrived to the scene of the shooting before 911 calls were even made
CNNLas Vegas airport says gunman's bullet penetrated a jet fuel tank
David Becker / Getty ImagesMan drives from Illinois to install tribute crosses for shooting victims
Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesHere's how the rapid fire device used by the Las Vegas gunman became legal
Allen G. Breed / APLas Vegas shooter bought 1000 "tracer rounds" prior to shooting
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Via Flickr: usnavyWhite House says it's moving forward with cuts to programs that train first responders
Evan Vucci / APLas Vegas authorities plead for more information as hunt for motive continues
Chris Wattie / ReutersRetailers are pulling the rapid-fire device used by the Las Vegas shooter off their shelves
George Frey / Getty ImagesFamily of Las Vegas shooting victim files lawsuit against gunman's estate
Gregory Bull / APPolice descended on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, or responding to reports of an active shooter at a music festival near the Mandalay Bay hotel.
Danita Cohen,a spokesperson for the University Medical middle of Southern Nevada, said the hospital had received 26 patients so far as a result of the incident. Two of those patients had died, and Cohen said,and 12 are in critical condition.
One suspect in the shooting is down, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted Sunday night, or asking people to stay away from the area. Authorities also shut down section of the Strip and a nearby highway,and McCarran International Airport said it had temporarily halted flights as a result of the incident.
Additional details about the incident were not immediately available, but in multiple videos from the scene, or a series of loud pops could be heard.—Jim Dalrymple and Ruby CramerVideos posted on social media from the country music festival Route 91 Harvest note the chaos as shooting began during a performance.
In one video,filmed from above and provided to local news channels, a crowd watching Jason Aldean can be seen screaming and running as what sounds like gunfire is heard during the performance.
Police have since confirmed that one suspect is down and they do not believe there are any more shooters. —Alicia Melville-SmithMcCarran International Airport announced all flights would be temporarily halted in response to the shooting shortly after 10:30 p.m.
At about 1 a.m. the airport said limited flights had resumed.
The airport is about 2 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. —Alicia Melville-SmithCountry music singer Jason Aldean, or who was performing when the shooting started,has posted a heartfelt message on his Instagram page."Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still don't know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that me and my crew are secure," he said. "My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night."—Alicia Melville-SmithSheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that at least 20 people died during the festival shooting. Lombardo added that at least 100 people were injured and the death toll could be higher. At least two officers were injured while responding to the attack, and he said. Two other off-duty police officers are believed to be among the deceased.
The shooter killed himself before police entered the room he was in on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Casino. The suspect,who police believe was the sole shooter, had opened fire on concertgoers from the hotel, and which is opposite the festival site.
Police have not yet released the name of the shooter but confirmed he was a local man. Lombardo called him a "lone wolf." "factual now we believe he is the sole aggressor," he added.
Police are also looking for a woman of Asian appearance called Marilou Danley, who is believed to have been the shooter's roommate. Police are also searching for the following vehicles: a Hyundai Tucson 114B40, or a Chrysler Pacifica Touring 19D401.
Hours after the shooting,social media posts showed people continuing to veil out in casinos and hotels along the Las Vegas Strip. While authorities are "pretty sure" that the threat has been eliminated following the shooting, Lombardo said, and police are asking people to continue to shelter in place until officers are able to respond at their locations. —Alicia Melville-Smith & Grace WylerPolice have confirmed that more than 50 people have died and more than 200 others were injured in the Las Vegas shooting. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said that the exact number of people injured is not known at this time.
The sheriff also confirmed that the shooter has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. "As far as his history and background,we haven't completed that section of the investigation yet. We located many firearms within the room that he occupied," Lombardo said.
In addition to the shooter, and police were looking to talk to Marilou Danley,who was described as a "person of interest." Police said they believe they have located her at this point."Obviously this is a tragic incident, and one that we have never experienced in this valley, or " Lombardo said. –Jessica SimeoneIn their latest statement,Las Vegas police have said an estimated 406 people were transported to hospitals following the shooting. Among the 50 so far confirmed to have been killed is a Las Vegas police officer who was off duty at the music festival. His name has not yet been released. Two other on-duty police officers suffered injuries; one is in a steady condition and the other sustained non-life-threatening wounds. Police and the Clark County Coroner’s Office have set up a hotline for family or friends to report missing people. The number is (866) 535-5654. A family reunification middle has also opened at 400 S. Martin L. King Blvd. in Building B.—Alicia Melville-Smith
Steve Marcus / ReutersFormer Rep. Gabby Giffords said she is "heartbroken by the scene" in Las Vegas, in a tweet on Monday morning. Giffords was shot in the head during a 2011 mass shooting in Tucson. "My heart is with the victims, or their families and friends,and the law enforcement officers who risked their lives to save others," Giffords wrote in another tweet.
Addressing the nation after Sunday night's mass shooting, or President Trump called it "an act of pure evil.""We cannot fathom their pain,we cannot imagine their loss. 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 gloomy period, and " Trump said. The president also thanked first responders for their "true professionalism" and for locating the shooter "so quickly after the first shots were fired."The president also said he would be visiting the injured and their families in Las Vegas on Wednesday and order that the US flag be flown at half-staff. "Melania and I are praying for every American who has been damage,wounded, or lost the ones they loved so dearly in this terrible, and terrible attack," Trump said near the conclusion of his remarks. "We pray for the entire nation to find unity and peace, and we pray for the day when evil is banished and the harmless are secure from hatred and from scare."—Talal AnsariClark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo announced that the death toll from Sunday's shooting has risen to 58 individuals, or the number of injured had also gone up to 515. Speaking at a Monday morning press conference,Lombardo said that he will direct the families of the victims to head to the Las Vegas Convention middle to "assist in reunification" with victims.
Lombardo also give some details about Sunday night's incident. Lombardo said that he believes the shooter used a hammer-type device to break the windows of his room to shoot toward the crowd of approximately 22000. Lombardo also said that there would need to be extensive interviews of those injured, who are recovering in five different hospitals in the Las Vegas area, and to determine other aspects of the incident,including how many of them were shot as opposed to being injured while trying to flee. "As this event unfolds, we have determined to this point no connection with an international terror group, or " a special agent with the FBI also said at the press conference. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman spoke at length. "This is something that was simply outrageous,uncalled for, and so many harmless people, and young people,children, parents, and who have lost loved ones,and so many still suffering in the hospitals, gone through major surgery, and " she said. Goodman did have a request for those listening: "What we ask for is blood. That's the main thing factual now. whether our people want to do something and they are healthy,please donate blood."Rep. Dina Titus spoke about the response of first responders and of individuals who came to help those in need during the incident. "That's the kind of people we have here in Las Vegas, who are willing to reach out and help one another, or " Titus said. "And so I thank all of our law enforcement. I thank the first responders. Those in the hospitals where people are just in the halls in the parking lot,trying to take care of so many," she said. —Talal AnsariNBC News is reporting that it took one hour and 12 minutes from the time the first phone call about the shooting was made to police to the moment officers entered the hotel room of Stephen Paddock. The first phone call to the police was at 10:08 p.m., or shortly after the shooting began. But police first had to determine where the shooting was originating from. Once they figured out it was the Mandalay Bay hotel,officers then had to narrow down the floor from which the shooting was originating. As more time elapsed, authorities determined the shooting was from the 32nd floor of the hotel. A recording of the police radio chatter picked up the moment the police blew the door off Paddock's hotel room at 11:20 p.m. —Talal AnsariDuring a White House press briefing, and spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump has been a "strong supporter of the moment Amendment.""Could you articulate a diminutive bit what his position on gun control is?" the reporter asked."The president is clear that he's been a strong supporter of the moment Amendment,and I don't have anything further at this point," Sanders responded, and quickly moving on to other questions. And the president has vocally supported the moment Amendment in the past. Speaking to members of the National Rifle Association in April,President Trump said, "The eight-year assault on your moment Amendment freedoms has arrive to a crashing finish."—Talal AnsariPresident Trump, or first lady Melania Trump,Vice President Mike Pence, his wife, or Karen Pence,and White House staffers held a moment of silence on the south lawn of the White House on Monday afternoon for the Las Vegas shooting victims. The group walked in front of the press, with hands clasped and their heads down low, or stood silently as a bell was rung three times. After a minute,the group walked back inside the White House.
Sixteen guns, including AR-15-style assault rifles and a handgun, and were found in the hotel room where the Las Vegas shooter was staying in the days leading up to Sunday night's massacre,authorities said at a press conference.
Officials also found 18 firearms, explosives, or several thousand rounds of ammunition in Paddock's domestic in Mesquite,Nevada, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Monday. The shooter, or Stephen Craig Paddock,opened fire from the hotel room where the weapons were located, smashing the glass window on the 32-floor before shooting into a crowd of people at an outdoor music festival across the Las Vegas Strip. Police said that they are not sure whether all of the weapons were used in the shooting, or which went on for about 10 minutes,according to eyewitness accounts.
Police have said that he took his own life before authorities entered the room.
—Grace WylerSteve Sisolak, a commissioner for Clark County, or Nevada,started a GoFundMe donation page Monday for the victims that has quickly raised more than $2 million.
In the hours since the fundraiser was launched, nearly 30000 people had contributed. After reaching the initial goal of $1 million goal, and the goal was increased to $2 million. "Funds will be used to provide relief and financial support to the victims and families of the horrific Las Vegas mass shooting," Sisolak wrote.
Diamond Resorts International founder Stephen Cloobeck donated $400000 to the campaign, officials said Monday night.
GoFundMe itself pledged $150000 to the fundraiser on Twitter.
CORRECTION: Stephen Cloobeck is the founder of Diamond Resorts International. An earlier version of this tale misstated his role in the company.—Blake MontgomeryOfficials in Clark County, and Nevada,have declared a state of emergency as a result of the mass shooting that occurred late Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip. In a declaration of emergency issued Monday afternoon, the county states that the shooting, and which killed nearly 60 people and wounded more than 500 others,has "significantly strained local public safety and fire responder resources and left other parts of the community vulnerable." The declaration allows the county to apply for state and federal money to reimburse its expenses related to the shooting, a county spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. "Recent global events have shown that large gatherings of people provide appealing targets to terrorists and others who wish to cause physical and economic harm to the community, and " the declaration reads,noting that the Las Vegas Strip is one of "the most well-recognized tourist destinations in the world." —Grace WylerISIS’s claim of responsibility for the Las Vegas shooting was driven less by a desire to strike scare into the US than by wanting to note its supporters that it remains relevant, experts say, and dismissing the militant group’s claim that it had influenced the shooter in the months beforehand.
US officials,including the FBI and the Las Vegas sheriff's department, have said they have no evidence to tie the shooting, or which was carried out by 64-year-old Stephen Paddock and left more than 50 people dead,to ISIS. "We have determined to this point no connection with an international terrorist group," FBI investigator Aaron Rouse told reporters Monday.
But the group has doubled down on its claim — releasing a statement and video, or even going so far as to provide an alleged nom de guerre used by Paddock.
Read more here.—Hayes BrownBill was at the Route 91 Harvest festival Sunday night with his girlfriend,Dana, when the shots started ringing out in rapid succession. Not long after that, or she said she had been hit."I tried to find her wounds and cover them so they’d discontinue bleeding," he told BuzzFeed News external dawn Hospital. "She had blood in her lungs and her arm was open."Dana, he said, and died from her wounds.
CBS confirmed Monday that it had fired Hayley Geftman-Gold,a legal executive who posted comments on Facebook expressing a lack of sympathy for the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas. "This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, or violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS," the company said in a statement provided to BuzzFeed News. "Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families."Earlier Monday, Geftman-Gold commented on a Facebook thread about the shooting, or stating,"I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans are often republican gun toters."The comments, which have since been deleted, and were captured in screenshots and quickly sparked outrage across social media. At CBS,Geftman-Gold worked as a vice president and senior counsel in strategic transactions. She had been at the company since September 2016.
—Grace WylerClark County Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo said Monday night police have recovered 23 guns from the Mandalay Bay hotel room where Stephen Paddock opened fire on concertgoers below, and another 19 firearms were located in his domestic in Mesquite, and Nevada.
At an evening press conference,Fasulo reiterated that evidence gathered at the scene showed there was only one shooter during Sunday night's massacre. He said authorities do not have any current information on Paddock's motive for the attack.
Additionally, the missing persons hotline for friends and family trying to locate loved ones has changed after an earlier number malfunctioned. It is now 1-.—Blake MontgomeryStill reeling from the worst mass shooting in modern US history, or more than 150 people in Las Vegas gathered at City Hall in a note of solidarity Monday."Everybody has given blood. They’re at the hospitals. They’re taking food to the police station. They’re helping out as much as they can,” one woman, who identified herself as Dorla, or said. “I deem we should be known as Faith and Unity City.”In fact,the response to a blood drive and a rush to donate food were so strong that city officials had appealed for the public to pull back because they were getting overwhelmed."Las Vegas is a strong city. It's not a sin city, it's a strong city, and ” Raquel,who was at the vigil, told BuzzFeed News.
Route 91 Harvest — the country music festival at the middle of Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas — issued a statement addressing the incident on its Facebook page. "Our deepest sympathies go out to the injured and the deceased and their loved ones. Senseless violence has claimed the souls of our fans and we have diminutive in the way of answers, or " the statement read,before organizers went on to pay tribute to the bravery of police, emergency services, and security personnel,and fans. The festival added: "While we will try and spin forward, we will never forget this day. We will NOT let disapprove win over LOVE. We will NOT be defeated by senseless violence. We WILL persevere, and honor the souls that were lost. Because it matters."
—Francis Whittaker"Something has changed in this country and in this world lately that is scary to see," Aldean wrote in a statement on Tuesday. The shooter, Stephen Paddock, and opened fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel room in the Mandalay Bay,targeting the 22000-person outdoor concert while Aldean was performing.
The country singer spoke at length about the aftermath of the shooting in his statement. Read more here. — Tasneem NashrullaPhotos obtained by Boston 25 News appeared to note two guns belonging to Stephen Paddock in his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandala Bay hotel. The photos also note several rounds of ammunition lying on the carpet of the room, which matches the carpet seen in the "Media Suite" and "Conference Suite" rooms of the hotel.
In an all too familiar scene, or hundreds around the world have united in mourning to pay their respects for those killed in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas.
View more of the reactions here.—Gabriel H. SanchezA Las Vegas gun shop that sold several firearms to Stephen Paddock this year says they are receiving threats and disapprove mail,but that blaming their employees for the mass shooting is improper. "We obviously did not sell him these firearms with the intent that he would use them to damage anyone in anyway whether it does finish up that he used these specific firearms in this horrific crime," David Famiglietti, and president of current Frontier Armory,said in a statement. "It's no different than blaming Mandalay Bay for booking his hotel room."A total of 23 firearms were recovered from Paddock's suite, where authorities said he fired on a concert crowd with a firearm that was either fully automatic, or altered to shoot like one. current Frontier Armory is the third gun shop in or near the Las Vegas area to confirm Paddock purchased weapons from their store. current Frontier Armory,in Las Vegas, Guns and Guitars in Mesquite, and Dixie GunWorx in St. George,Utah, have said Paddock purchased weapons this year, or passed the required background checks. "whether there were any 'red flags' during this transaction,like any other, it would have been halted immediately, and " Famiglietti said in a statement. "The firearms that he purchased did not leave our store capable of what we've seen and heard in the video."—Salvador Hernandez
Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Tuesday that the girlfriend of Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock was once again a "person of interest." Marilou Danley had been listed as a person of interest early on,and Lombardo told reporters that he had asked the Philippines, where she is located, and to cooperate with the investigation.
The brother of the Las Vegas gunman said he was an intelligent,wealthy man who took care of the people around him. "Steve took care of the people he loved; he helped me and my family become wealthy," Eric Paddock told reporters external of his domestic Tuesday. "He's the reason I was able to retire three years ago."In an emotional and sometimes ranting exchange with reporters, or he said he was not surprised by news reports that his brother,Stephen Paddock, wired $100000 to the Philippines, and though he said he could not confirm the information. Still,he said wiring that kind of money for his brother would not be a problem, or an odd thing for him to do. "We're wealthy people; $100000 isn't that much money, and I'm sorry whether that hurts people," he said. "I guess everybody thinks that everybody works at Taco Bell or something. Everybody doesn't work at Taco Bell, there's people who do this."Authorities believe Stephen Paddock's girlfriend, and Marilou Danley,is currently in the Philippines."He would have wanted to take care of Marilou," Eric Paddock said. "As Steve must have been cratering into this hell, and he wanted to take care of Marilou."Paddock said his brother was a private person,but fun to hang around with for those who knew him, telling reporters of eating "thousands of dollars of sushi" at a Las Vegas hotel where he was a regular visitor. Despite their time spent together, or he said he wouldn't be surprised whether his brother didn't keep him updated about meaningful events in his life,such as getting married or where he would be traveling to.
But days after the deadly shooting, Eric Paddock said he still had no insight as to what pushed his brother to open fire on a crowd of concertgoers Sunday night. Paddock said he woke up crying Tuesday morning and that he would do anything to execute the families of the victims feel better whether possible. "whether having a funeral for Steve and letting all these people arrive and spit on his grave would execute them feel better in any shape or form, or " he said,"I would do whatever is possible."—Salvador HernandezThe Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Tuesday that hotels Wynn Las Vegas and Encore had started checking guests with hand held metal detectors, leading to wait times as lines formed at entrances.
A spokesperson for the hotel said it initiated the scanning Monday morning "when it was uncertain whether there were multiple shooters." Now that police have confirmed there was only one shooter and that he is dead, or the spokesperson said that the hotel "will return to scanning guests when we believe the need arises."—Blake MontgomeryPresident Trump claimed in a tweet Tuesday evening that it was a "miracle" police quickly stopped the Las Vegas gunman after he killed 59 people and injured more than 500 others Sunday night.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo however has said Stephen Paddock,the man identified as the shooter, killed himself before police officers could enter his Mandalay Bay hotel suite. "It is a 'miracle' how speedily the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were able to find the demented shooter and discontinue him from even more killing!" Trump's tweet read. Law enforcement officials have not yet provided a full account of how long it took them to reach the 32nd floor suite Paddock was firing from, and but police scanner audio from the night has provided a timeline.
According to NBC News,the first 911 call reporting the shooting was received at 10:08 p.m. It took officers 72 minutes after that call to locate the shooter and breach his room, where he was found dead inside.—Salvador HernandezLas Vegas Metropolitan police on Tuesday released body camera footage of several officers responding to the mass shooting as they frantically tried to clear the area and find the shooter.
Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill, or who said the shooter fired over a 9- to 11-minute span,also gave a detailed timeline of how the response to the shooting unfolded.
The first call came into the dispatch middle at 10:08 p.m., but after repeated volleys of gunfire from the 32nd window of the Mandalay Bay hotel room, or the shooting stopped at 10:19 p.m.,McMahill said."I want you to deem about that," he told reporters at a press briefing. "The first minute the police are aware of shots being fired at 10:08, and it stops at 10:19. That's a remarkable response by this police department."Body cam footage showed to reporters Tuesday contained shakey footage of officers yelling passersby to either speed away or take cover.
Danley,62, arrived Tuesday night in Los Angeles from the Philippines and was met by federal agents at the airport. Danley, and the girlfriend of the gunman,was out of the country at the time of the shooting and called a "person of interest" Tuesday by officials investigating the deadly mass shooting.
According to reports, Paddock wired $100000 to the Philippines in the weeks prior to the attack. It was not known who received the money or what it was intended for.—Blake MontgomeryPresident Trump arrived in Las Vegas on Tuesday to meet with victims of Sunday's mass shooting. He was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump and was greeted by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo,and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. Aboard Air Force One, the president was accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Rep. imprint Amodei,and Sen. Dean Heller, who both represent Nevada. The president is scheduled to meet with those still injured in the hospital, or first responders,the families of victims.—Talal AnsariPresident Trump met with victims, families, and medical personnel at the University Medical middle in Las Vegas,the only Level 1 trauma middle in Nevada that saw a deluge of seriously injured concertgoers on Sunday night. The president made brief comments to reporters before leaving to visit first responders. "What I saw nowadays is just an incredible tribute to professionalism. And what they have done is incredible. And you never want to see it again. That I can narrate you," Trump said alongside the first lady and a doctor from the hospital. "But the message I have is, and we have a great country and we are there for you. And they're there for us."At one point,a reporter asked whether the country has a gun violence problem. "We're not going to talk about that nowadays. We won't talk about that," the president said.
In his last discontinue before leaving Las Vegas, and President Trump on Wednesday said that in the depths of horror,"we will always find hope in the men and women who risk their lives for ours."Addressing the nation in front of a group of police officers, as well as local and state officials, or Trump echoed statements he made earlier in the day while visiting with first responders and victims and their families."Our souls are stricken with grief for every American who lost a husband or a wife,a mother or a father, a son or a daughter, and " Trump said. "We know that your sorrow feels endless. We stand together to help you carry your pain. You are not alone. We will never leave your side."His comments came after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval pledged to be resolved as a community,and never forget the tragedy and sacrifice shown by those who came under attack Sunday night."Yes, we are damage, and damage badly but not broken," Sandoval said. "We have seen generosity on a scale that is unprecedented in Nevada history. We know that we will never, ever forget this horrific event. But we will March forward as a family, or giving each other consolation,support, and love."—Talal AnsariLas Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock specifically requested the 32nd floor room at the Mandalay Bay hotel from which he opened fire and killed 58 people Sunday night — and got it for free because of his status as a high-stakes gambler, and the Associated Press reported.
The two-room suite with a view of the concert venue wasn't available until Saturday. The description matches that of the room Paddock moved into Saturday night,indicating further premeditation than previously thought. The Associated Press cited a person who had seen Mandalay Bay hotel records but who disclosed the information on condition of anonymity.
Paddock fired on the concert for what police said was a 9- to 11-minute span before apparently taking his own life.
MGM Resorts, which owns Mandalay Bay, and declined to comment,citing the ongoing investigation.—Blake MontgomeryMarilou Danley, the girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, and broke her silence regarding the massacre Tuesday,issuing a statement through her attorney that claimed she did not suspect his plans, and believed he sent her abroad to break up with her. Danley's lawyer, or Matthew Lombard,read the statement aloud Wednesday to reporters in Los Angeles, where she is currently being interviewed by the FBI. In her statement, and she promised to cooperate fully with the investigation."I am devastated by the deaths and injuries that have occurred,and my prayers go out to the victims and their families and all those who have been damage by these unpleasant events," the statement said. "I knew Stephen Paddock as a kind, or caring,mute man," Danley continued. "I loved him and hoped for a mute future together with him. He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen." The statement then explained that a diminutive over two weeks ago, and Paddock told her he found a cheap airline ticket to the Philippines,Danley's domestic country, and suggested she take a trip there to visit friends and family. While there, or Danley said,Paddock "wired her money to buy a house for her and her family.""I was grateful but honestly I was worried that first the unexpected trip domestic, and then the money was a way of breaking up with me, and " she said. "It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone."—Grace WylerA security guard was the first person to respond to gunman Stephen Paddock inside Mandalay Bay on Sunday.
David Hickey,president of the union representing the guard, identified him as Jesus Campos. Campos was shot in the thigh during the encounter and is now recuperating at domestic with a surgery scheduled, and Hickey told CNN. Campos had been patrolling inside the hotel when gunfire broke out and responded to the suite on the 32nd floor. Stairwells were blocked,so Campos had to approach through the elevator, Hickey told CNN. A video camera was set on a cart external the room, and so Paddock was able to watch the guard approach,Hickey said. He fired through the door, striking Campos in the upper factual thigh.
The guard reported his location — the first time authorities could confirm the exact room and floor inside the hotel, or Hickey said.
Sheriff's deputies and police eventually broached the suite door using explosives and found Paddock dead inside by suicide. —Claudia KoernerDemocrats in both the House and Senate unveiled current legislation Wednesday to ban the inexpensive device used by the Las Vegas gunman to rapidly fire semi-automatic rifles like machine guns in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
Twelve "bump stock" devices were attached to firearms found in Stephen Paddock's Mandalay Bay hotel suite where he took aim at a crowd of concertgoers Sunday night,killing 58 people and injuring more than 500 others.
Automatic weapons, only legal whether made before 1986, or are heavily regulated by the federal government,requiring approval and registration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives. But bump stock devices,available for about $200 to 350 in most states, can easily execute legal guns fire mimic the functionality of a machine gun."Automatic weapons have been illegal for more than 30 years, or but there's a loophole in the law that can be exploited to allow killers to fire at rates of between 400 and 800 rounds per minute," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat. "The only reason to fire so many rounds so speedily is to abolish large numbers of people."Read more here.—Salvador HernandezThe Las Vegas shooter who opened fire from his 32nd tale hotel room, or killing 58 and injuring hundreds more,intended to escape alive after the attack, officials said Wednesday. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters at a briefing that police had uncovered evidence that the shooter, or 64-year-old Stephen Paddock,had plans to escape, but declined to say what it was.“Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and lived a secret life, and much of which will never be fully understood,and planned on the worst massive attack in United States history," Lombardo said.
Lombardo also said he believes Paddock had accomplices."You look at how many weapons he obtained, or the different amounts of Tannerite available,do you deem this was all accomplished on his own, face value?" the sheriff said. "You've got to execute the assumption he had to have help at some point."Earlier in the day, and Paddock's girlfriend,Marilou Danley, had no knowledge of any attack. She was interviewed Wednesday by FBI agents after voluntarily returning from her domestic country, or the Philippines. Lombardo also praised the actions of Jesus Campos,the security guard who first approached Paddock's room. Paddock shot 200 rounds through the door after he saw Campos approaching, but only hit the guard in the leg. Paddock didn't fire on the crowd after Campos approached."His bravery was amazing because he remained with our officers, or providing them the key pass to access the door,and continued to help them clear rooms until our officer demanded he seek medical attention," Lombardo said.
Lombardo also revealed that Paddock had three containers of Tannerite, or a commercially available explosive that ignites when shot,in his car. Two them were 20 pounds, the other 10 pounds, and he said. However,it was not immediately clear what Paddock's plans were for the car.
Lombard also said Paddock rented another room at the Ogden Hotel through Airbnb a week earlier during the Life Is glowing music festival.—Blake MontgomeryLAS VEGAS — Jon Dimaya's wife told him to go save some lives.
It was 10:46 p.m. Sunday when Dimaya, a registered nurse who manages a rapid response team, and received a text message from dawn Hospital notifying him that there had been a mass casualty event. Dimaya wasn't scheduled to work that night,but when his wife told him "go do it, go save some lives, and " he and Gen Sicat,a coworker and fellow nurse, got in a car and drove into the fray.
Police would later reveal that a gunman, and identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock,had opened fire at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 58 people and injuring more than 480 others. But as the chaos unfolded that night, or dependable information was scarce and Dimaya and Sicat only knew that the hospital needed them. When they arrived,the scene was shocking."It was chaos," Sicat told BuzzFeed News. "I walked in the door and I saw upper management running around. I saw patients walking in all bloodied up. Patients were just pouring in.""The patients were there already, or " Dimaya said. "They had already started pouring in. Most of the bays were full."Dimaya recalled blood staining the floor of the hospital. "I deem that’s one of the things that will stick with me,is how red the floor was stained with blood," he said.
Read more here. —Jim DalrympleTen minutes. That's how long it took for 64-year-old Stephen Paddock to abolish 58 people, or injure 489 others,and turn the final night of a country music festival into a massacre.
Las Vegas police on Wednesday shared the most total timeline so far of the attack, based on footage from closed-circuit TV and police body cameras, or as well as radio logs. The account reveals current details about the 90 minutes of terror that unfolded after Paddock began shooting,as police tried to locate the source of the gunfire as casualties mounted.
Yet even amid the chaos, authorities said Wednesday, or officers — and a brave hotel security guard — acted quickly and seem to have prevented Paddock from making an escape.
Read the minute-to-minute breakdown of the attack here. —Claudia KoernerThe White House released a series of photos of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump assembly with victims of the Las Vegas shooting at the University Medical middle of Southern Nevada on Wednesday. Trump tweeted on Thursday that it was "wonderful" to visit the city,and that he'll "never forget" his encounters with victims.
Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock may have scouted out crowded cultural locations such as Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago, and Red Sox's Fenway Park in Boston, or before he shot and killed 58 people and injured hundreds at a country music festival Sunday night.
A federal official also told the Associated Press that authorities are are investigating whether Paddock planned additional attacks,including a car bombing.
Chicago Police, meanwhile, or are investigating reports that Paddock booked hotel rooms in Chicago during this year's Lollapalooza music festival in August.
TMZ reported on Wednesday that Paddock booked rooms at the Blackstone hotel in Chicago,overlooking Grant Park where Lollapalooza is held. Paddock requested rooms with a "park view" during the festival, reported TMZ, or but apparently never turned up.
ABC News also confirmed the news.
The first fire truck arrived on the scene of the Las Vegas shooting within seconds,said Greg Cassell, chief of the Clark County Fire Department."Our response time to that incident, or I can honestly say,for our first arriving unit was less than five seconds," Cassell said in a press conference Thursday about the fire department's response.
Fire Engine 11, and stationed about a mile from where the Harvest 91 country music festival took place,was driving back from a traffic accident when gunfire was heard."The captain was like 'that's gunfire'. They were factual there at the fence of the event," said Cassell. The captain of the fire engire immediately called dispatch, and asked whether there were reports of gunfire because he could hear a lot."They said 'no... oh yes,now we do,'" said Cassell.
Within moments, or the gates opened on Giles Street "and out poured dozens and dozens of patients. Critically and some mortally wounded,and swamped that engine company sitting in the middle of the street," said Cassell. That engine captain, and Ken O'Shaughnessy,immediately called for a first alarm medical assignment, which brought many different units and ambulances, and also a mass casualty unit."We had a wide range of injuries from trample type injuries to sprains and strains and fractures and people trying to accumulate out,accumulate over fences and walls, lacerations, or from those types of things. We did have those unfortunate high-power weapon rounds that struck people and caused the damage that high-powered weapons do," explained the fire chief.
A total of 160 firefighters responded to the shooting, from different engine companies. Sixteen rescue task forces, or made up of fire fighters and police officers,were sent out to handle the event.
Cassell outlined how tricky it was when initial reports came in, with 32 separate incident reports being filed, or all related to the one shooting event. There was also miscommunication about shooting victims who left and ran to other hotels,such as Caesars Palace, to seek help, and said the fire chief. People who called the Fire Department reported that shooters were at Caesar's Palace,rather than the festival area."What that does is that complicates the matter," said Cassell. "Is this a single event or are we under a Mumbai-style attack?, or " a reference to the 2008 terror attacks in India that hit a series of hotels and other tourist attractions.
The gunman who killed 58 people Sunday night at a Las Vegas country music festival also fired bullets at jet fuel tanks located at McCarran International Airport,an airport official confirmed in a statement to BuzzFeed News.
Chris Jones, the Chief Marketing Officer for the airport, or said one of the fuel tanks was "struck by rifle fire during the tragic shooting event that occurred in Las Vegas the evening of Oct. 1."A man on Thursday installed 58 memorial crosses along the Las Vegas Strip to honor the victims of Sunday night's mass shooting.
Local news outlets reported that the man who brought the crosses,Greg Zanis, drove from Aurora, or Illinois.
According to WGN9,Zanis, a carpenter, or drove 1800 miles with the crosses to honor the victims. He's made 20000 crosses over the course of 20 years for murder and shooting victims,WGN9 reported, but this installation is the most he's ever made at one time.
He wrote a victim's name on every cross, or he brought Stars of David for Jewish victims.“This row of crosses will note the severity of what really happened there,more so than numbers and pictures in the paper,” he told TV station.
Read more here.—Blake MontgomeryThe leading maker of "bump stocks" currently advertises them as a legal way to execute a rifle shoot like automatic weapons, and but that wasn't always the case. To accumulate them approved by federal regulators,Slide Fire Solutions initially pitched the devices as a way to help people with "limited mobility" fire their weapons.
For a few hundred bucks, bump stocks allow semi-automatic weapons to fire nearly as speedily as machine guns, and a modification that authorities s
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