The horror that unfolded Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip was the lead story in news outlets around the world.
The Attack
Leaders in law enforcement, emergency responders, and politicians briefed the media on the newest updates to the deadly mass shooting at Mandalay Bay hotel. They also emphasized the strength of the community in response to the tragedy.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday signed a Declaration of Emergency for Clark County following the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
“From our patients’ wounds you could tell a high-powered weapon had been used,” said one trauma surgeon who spent five straight hours in surgery after Sunday night’s mass shooting.
The Clark County coroner’s office has opened a 24-hour center at the Las Vegas Convention Center to assist with information and identification of victims of the Sunday night shooting that killed 59 people and wounded more than 500.
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed between Tropicana Avenue and Sunset Road on Monday morning, and it was unclear when it would reopen to traffic as Las Vegas police investigated Sunday’s deadly mass shooting near Mandalay Bay.
President Donald Trump will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with law enforcement, first responders and families of victims of America’s deadliest ever mass shooting — an act he described as “pure evil.”
At least 50 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor country music concert from a Mandalay Bay hotel room late Sunday.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirms 50 are dead and 200 are injured in the Las Vegas Strip shooting. The suspect was killed by police on a high-level hotel floor at the Mandalay Bay. The shooting took place during the Route 91 Harvest Festival while country music artist Jason Aldean was performing.
Las Vegas police put the death toll at more than 58 in Sunday night’s shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival near Mandalay Bay. That makes it the most deadly mass shooting in U.S. history.
An eyewitness describes his reaction to the gunshots on the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Harvest Festival; Sheriff Joe Lombardo gives an update on the events that transpired.
Jessica Noble was standing about 30 people back from the concert stage at the Route 91 country music festival Sunday night when she heard five pops that sounded like firecrackers. A few seconds later a steady stream of gunfire erupted about 20 feet to her right.
Henry Liu, of San Francisco, was stuck in the area of the mass shooting on the Strip and used his van to transport three people to Sunrise Hospital.
The latest details: At least 50 dead, 200 injured in shootings near Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip.
Gunshots can be heard in video shot at the scene of Sunday night’s shootings near Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip.
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