{"id":2285,"date":"2019-11-14T03:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T03:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2019-11-14T03:35:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T03:35:58","slug":"mass-shooting-on-las-vegas-strip-50-dead-200-wounded-at-country-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=2285","title":{"rendered":"Mass Shooting on Las Vegas Strip: 50 Dead, 200 Wounded at Country Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 50 people have been killed and 200 wounded after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival with a fully automatic weapon Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting started just as Jason Aldean began his show at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a three-day country music festival.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted on social media show Aldean singing as very rapid gunfire begins in the background. He can be seen running from stage as he, and the thousands in the crowd, realized what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>One off-duty officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, who was attending the concert, is among the dead, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.storeafl.com\/brisbane-lions-mens-home-guernsey-2019.html' title='brisbane lions guernsey 2019'>brisbane lions guernsey 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported that a gunman continued to rain bullets on the terrified audience for up to two hours. The victims took the short pauses while the shooter reloaded to run to safety, according to NBC News. Many were trapped in the concert venue as police searched for the gunman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Police SWAT officers killed the shooter \u2013 identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nevada \u2013 after finding him on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Casino, Lombardo said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now we believe it\u2019s a solo act, a lone wolf attacker,\u201d Lombardo told reporters early Monday. \u201cWe are pretty confident there is no longer a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The gunman has not yet been officially identified.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean called the scene \u201chorrific,\u201d but said he was safe in an Instagram post early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that Me and my Crew are safe. My Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Aldean\u2019s wife Brittany posted a message on Instagram early Monday saying, \u201cWe are safe\u2026 our angels were definitely watching over us tonight. No words for what happened\u2026 Just horrific. Praying for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Witness Ivetta Saldana told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, \u201cIt was was a horror show. People were standing around, then they hit the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robyn Webb, who was at the concert with her husband, told the newspaper, \u201cIt just kept coming. It was relentless.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are searching for a 62-year-old woman named Marylou Danly, whom they call the gunman\u2019s roommate. She is being called a person of interest in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>NBC reports that police have searched a home in Mesquite, Nevada, 85 miles from Las Vegas. It\u2019s believed the gunman lived there with Danly.<\/p>\n<p>Country star Jake Owen has just finished his set and was still on stage when the shooting started. He told the Today show that he ran off the stage and ducked for cover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was crouched down behind a cop car. There was blood on people and you could see a couple of people in the streets that looked like they had been shot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 50 people have been killed and 200 wounded after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival with a fully automatic weapon Sunday night. The shooting started just as Jason Aldean began his show at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a three-day country music festival. 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