Showing posts with label Las Vegas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Las Vegas. Show all posts
Monday, October 2, 2017
Las Vegas: Mass casualties in Mandalay Bay shooting
At least 20 killed
“The primary aggressor is dead ... the scene is static,” Lombardo confirmed. The dead man lived locally and his motives were not known. There were no explosives involved in the attack but police used a controlled explosion to get to the suspect, he said.
At least one gunman is reported to have opened fire on crowds at a music festival in Las Vegas, discharging hundreds of bullets using an automatic weapon, witnesses have said.
Speaking to NBC Las Vegas, two festival-goers said they initially heard a noise "like firecrackers", but it became apparent a shooter or shooters were unloading "clip after clip" into the crowd. One man insisted there were "multiple shooters" involved.
Several off-duty police officers from Bakersfield, California, were at the concert. One was shot in the shoulder, according to a statement published by the KGET News reporter Danny Freeman.
Some flights at McCarran International airport have resumed after all flights in and out of Las Vegas were temporarily halted.
BREAKING: Bakersfield Police say several off-duty BPD officers were at the Vegas country concert. One was shot.**
Limited flight activity has resumed at @LASairport. Please monitor flight status with your airline. Expect on going delays.
UPDATE: Flights in and out of @LASairport have been temporarily halted in response to reported shooting incident on Las Vegas Strip.
At least two people have been killed and 24 others wounded in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert.
A gunman opened fire at an open-air country music festival at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the city's strip.
Hundreds of people fled the scene and the sound of what appeared to be prolonged automatic gunfire could be heard on videos posted on social media.
Police said a suspect "was down" and they did not believe there were any more attackers.
There had been reports of other incidents at different locations along the Las Vegas strip.
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