Thread: Vegas massacre: More than 50 dead, 400 hurt in worst mass shooting in US history

(Update) Vegas massacre: More than 58 dead, 500+ hurt in worst mass shooting in US history

Vegas massacre: More than 50 dead in worst mass shooting in US history

Monday, 2 October 2017, 11:16 PM


By Reuters - October 2, 2017 @ 7:06pm

LAS VEGAS: A gunman killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, raining down rapid fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel for several minutes before he was shot dead by police.

A body lies under a sheet as fire and rescue personnel gather at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave. after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP

The death toll, which police emphasized was preliminary and tentative, would make the attack the deadliest mass shooting in US history, eclipsing last year's massacre of 49 people at an Orlando night club.

Thousands of panicked people fled the scene, in some cases trampling one another as law enforcement officers scrambled to locate and kill the gunman. Shocked concertgoers, some with blood on their clothes, wandered the streets after the attack.

A handout photo made available by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on 02 October 2017 shows Sheriff Joe Lombardo (2nd right) speaking during a press briefing in the aftermath of the active shooter incident on Las Vegas Boulevard. EPA-EFF

The suspect was a local Las Vegas man who acted alone and was not believed to be connected to any militant group, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.

"We have no idea what his belief system was," Lombardo said. "Right now, we believe he was the sole aggressor and the scene is static."

This undated portrait released on October 2 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police shows Marilou Danley the alleged roommate of the gunman that killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 200 others during a country music concert as she is being sought for questionning. AFP

Authorities were seeking a woman they named as Marilou Danley, the suspected gunman's roommate. Lombardo described her as Asian, 4 foot 11 inches (1.5 m) tall, 111 pounds (50 kg). He gave no details of whether she was suspected of involvement in the attack but described her as an "associate".

An injured person is tended to in the intersection of Tropicana Ave. and Las Vegas Boulevard. AFP

Police had located two cars that belonged to the suspect and also believed they had located the woman.

Lombardo said rumours of other shootings or explosives such as car bombs in the area were false. Video taken of the attack showed panicked crowds fleeing as sustained rapid gunfire ripped through the area.

Las Vegas's casinos, nightclubs and shopping draw some 3.5 million visitors from around the world each year and the area was packed with visitors when the shooting broke out shortly after 10 pm (0400 GMT).

Mike McGarry, a 53-year-old financial adviser from Philadelphia, said he was at the concert when he heard hundreds of shots ring out.

"It was crazy - I laid on top of the kids. They're 20. I'm 53. I lived a good life," McGarry said. The back of his shirt bore footmarks, after people ran over him in the panicked crowd. -- REUTERS

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A body lies under a sheet as fire and rescue personnel gather at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave. after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby in Las Vegas, Nevada.




People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after the shooting incident. AFP


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