Las Vegas Shooting 50 Reported Dead 200 Injured

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Originally Posted By: FoxNewsLas Vegas shooting: At least 50 dead, more than 200 injured in massacre

A gunman turned a Las Vegas concert into a killing field Sunday night, murdering at least 50 people and injuring more than 200 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history.

The suspect, who was killed, was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a resident of Mesquite. Police initially sought a woman believed to be Paddock's roommate, Marilou Danley, as "person of interest." Detectives later made contact with her, and "do not believe she is involved with the shooting on the strip."

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Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said the dead gunman is believed to have checked in as a hotel guest, but did not immediately reveal a motive.


Authorities said two on-duty Las Vegas Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers were injured during shooting. One in stable condition after surgery, and the other sustained minor injuries. Two off-duty police officers attending the concert were killed.

President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences to the victims of the Las Vegas massacre, saying "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!"

The gunman, who fired down on the Route 91 Harvest Festival from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, was killed by police.



Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that Paddock "was known to local authorities" in Vegas, and multiple weapons were found in his hotel room

At this time, federal officials do not see any connection to international terrorism and little is known about Paddock's motivation, sources said.

Authorities first received calls about an active shooting at about 10:08 p.m. Country music star Jason Aldean was performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when the gunfire erupted.

Aldean was performing his last song of the night. Initially, those in attendance said they thought the sound was firecrackers. But as the shots continued, Aldean stopped singing and some concertgoers could be heard yelling to each other to get down.

One witness told KSVN that he heard “hundreds of shots.” The gunfire was rapid and reportedly confused with firecrackers.

"It sounded like a machine gun," one vendor told Fox News. "It sounded like more than one machine gun."

Authorities said law enforcement swarmed the hotel and killed the gunman in a room on the 32nd floor. Responding officers used an explosive device to force the door open into the room to shoot Paddock dead, law enforcement officials told Fox News.

Country singer Jake Owen, who performed before Aldean, told Fox News the gunfire was "non-stop."

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406 reported injured this morning.

No idea what the motive was. If it's politically based, I fear what America's future might look like within these coming months.
 
I gotta say this sounds unlikely, but I just got this on a news feed:

02 October 2017
14:13 GMT
Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the Las Vegas shooting, Reuters reports, citing group’s Amaq news agency.
The shooter has converted to Islam “months ago,”

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Fox News just mentioned the possibility of an IS connection.



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More from the news feed:

“The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition,” Reuters cited the Amaq, IS-affiliated website. “The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago.”


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I don't think there is any confirmation on the ISIS link. They'd claim anything they could get their hands on.

Is anyone really buying the control BS now? It didn't help Nice, France!
 
Originally Posted By: Flesh EaterI don't think there is any confirmation on the ISIS link. They'd claim anything they could get their hands on.

Is anyone really buying the control BS now? It didn't help Nice, France!

If concert goers were CCW holders and allowed to carry they could have returned fire.

For those that want more gun control (bans) who do they call when there is a shooting?? (someone with guns)
They can't wait to try and use things like this..

IF this comes out to be another leftist bernie/Hillary supporter.. The GOP needs to make the DEMs eat their words, and call them out over and over until it's just a pulp of a dead horse.

We all know it's going to be.. Right wing people are not going to show up and shoot up a country concert.
 
Yeah, but the sad reality is, if this isn't terrorist related there is a strong chance that the perp was a gun rights proponent. If this is the case, it makes this incident much more devastating. It will eventually be us law abiding gun owners who suffer the consequences indirectly. Very, very sad!

What a tragedy. These people were out having a good time and many lives were shattered in the blink of an eye by the actions of a selfish, hate fueled pos. Something needs to eventually change.
 
Originally Posted By: Flesh EaterI don't think there is any confirmation on the ISIS link. They'd claim anything they could get their hands on.

Is anyone really buying the control BS now? It didn't help Nice, France!

FBI says no connection now.
 
Originally Posted By: Tbone-AZ
If concert goers were CCW holders and allowed to carry they could have returned fire.



return fire to a guy 32 stories up with a ccw? seriously?
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Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnot
Tbone-AZ If concert goers were CCW holders and allowed to carry they could have returned fire. return fire to a guy 32 stories up with a ccw? seriously? [img said:
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I agree. There is very little a handgun would have done to stop the perp in this incident.
 
Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotOriginally Posted By: Tbone-AZ
If concert goers were CCW holders and allowed to carry they could have returned fire.



return fire to a guy 32 stories up with a ccw? seriously?
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reported distance was about 1200 feet. I know I wouldn't have been able to put rounds through his window with a pistol. maybe I coulda hit some folks in rooms all around him...
 
I was just about to post what everyone else stated. Handguns would've been useless in this situation, but would've been useful in Nice, France. For sure.
 
Originally Posted By: Bad DawgOriginally Posted By: SlickerThanSnot
Tbone-AZ If concert goers were CCW holders and allowed to carry they could have returned fire. return fire to a guy 32 stories up with a ccw? seriously? [img said:
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I agree. There is very little a handgun would have done to stop the perp in this incident.

Ever been shot at?

right, because standing there in a crowd of hundreds and doing nothing is the correct answer.

However futile, firing at a window that is just over 130yrds would have forced him to take cover. That time would allow hundreds to move and seek cover. (also as soon as he was faced LE, he committed suicide) 32 floors is under 400', 400 feet works out to 120meters

 
Just wondering, the shooter was on the 32nd floor. What floor was the concert on? I haven't stumbled across that yet. OK, I can't delete this post but I guess it was an outdoor venue.
 
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Originally Posted By: Tbone-AZOriginally Posted By: Bad DawgOriginally Posted By: SlickerThanSnot
Tbone-AZ If concert goers were CCW holders and allowed to carry they could have returned fire. return fire to a guy 32 stories up with a ccw? seriously? [img said:
https://www.predatormastersforums.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif[/img]

I agree. There is very little a handgun would have done to stop the perp in this incident.

Ever been shot at?

right, because standing there in a crowd of hundreds and doing nothing is the correct answer.

However futile, firing at a window that is just over 130yrds would have forced him to take cover. That time would allow hundreds to move and seek cover. (also as soon as he was faced LE, he committed suicide) 32 floors is under 400', 400 feet works out to 120meters


Originally Posted By: Stu Farishreported distance was about 1200 feet. I know I wouldn't have been able to put rounds through his window with a pistol. maybe I coulda hit some folks in rooms all around him...


Tbone,
did you know there were more than 22,000 people at the concert?



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At 406 yards away, the shooter never even would've noticed a handgun being fired back at him. He would've been deafened by the blasts inside the room and never would've seen the muzzle flash from a pistol. All you would've accomplished was probably sending rounds through the air which could possibly strike innocent bystanders.
 
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