Guest post by Joe Hoft
A gunman opened fire on the crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival next to the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas. At least 20 people are reported dead with 100 injured.
The sold out event with many of the biggest names in country music was in progress when shots were fired. Videos of the event show the concert in progress and then suddenly multiple gun shots from an automatic weapon being fired.
Here’s another video of the event. The shooter or shooters started firing and then paused and started firing again.
Police have confirmed at least one suspect is down.
#REALNEWS UPDATE #MandalayBay
NEW: Police confirm one suspect is down after shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. “We have numerous victims right now” pic.twitter.com/mzo76SqYbo— STOP TERROR (@S_T_O_P_TERROR) October 2, 2017
Update: The primary shooter is confirmed dead.
The suspect shooter is dead but his companion Marilou Danley is still at large, according to Joseph Lombardo, the sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan police department.
