Over 50 dead and more than 400 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip

[Castaway]

Over 50 dead after shooting on Las Vegas Strip

(CNN)  50 people were killed and more than 400 injured in a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night police said.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters that police responded after reports of shots being fired from the Mandalay Bay towards the Route 91 Harvest festival around 10:08 p.m. Sunday (1:08 a.m. ET Monday).

 

"We determined there was a shooter on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay," Lombardo said. Officers engaged the suspect, whom Lombardo described as a "local resident." He said that the shooter is dead and that police believe that there are no other shooters. "Right now we believe it's a sole actor, a lone-wolf-type actor," said Lombardo.

 

Police have identified the gunman but will not be naming him at this time, Lombardo said.

 

Though it's too early to give an accurate estimate of the number of dead and wounded, Lombardo said that "20-plus" have died and "in excess of 100" people have been injured.

 

Police are searching for a woman named Marilou Danley who was traveling with the suspect, Lombardo said. He described Danley as an Asian woman, 4 ft 11 inches tall and 111 pounds. "We have not located her at this time and we are interested in talking to her," he said.

Marilou Danley is being sought for questioning re the investigation into the active shooter incident. If seen please call 9-1-1! pic.twitter.com/Z83XvcHejH

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017

Two Las Vegas police officers are being treated at a local hospital for injuries they sustained during the shooting, Lombardo said. One is in critical condition and the other sustained minor injuries.

 

In addition, the sheriff stated that there were off duty officers attending the concert who may have died. The identities of the officers involved have not been released.

 

"Pray for Las Vegas," the city's mayor tweeted. "Thank you to all our first responders out there now."

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said on Twitter that a "tragic & heinous act of violence has shaken the #Nevada family" and offered prayers to all those affected by "this act of cowardice."

A tragic & heinous act of violence has shaken the #Nevada family. Our prayers are w/ the victims & all affected by this act of cowardice.

— Governor Sandoval (@GovSandoval) October 2, 2017

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooter/index.html

 

Edited October 2, 2017 by Castaway
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[Castaway]

Security at concert venues has gotten much better since the attacks at the Ariana Grande concert in the UK, so now the terrorist in Las Vegas used a hotel room with a 32nd floor view of the concert venue that he targeted.

It seems like there’s no end to terror attacks since terrorists always find new ways to bypass security.

[sonjack2847]

Sympathy to those involved 

[Reboot]

Shooter's a white boomer. Looks like shooter's girlfriend might be Filipina.

[Old55]

We don't have the facts yet please don't speculate this isn't CNN, thanks for understanding.

Edited October 2, 2017 by Old55

[bastonjock]

Shooter is a white 64 year old man ,he had ten weapons with him in his flat ,it all ended when he took his own life 

 

[Reboot]

This looks like him in the pussy hat. Also reports that he worked for NASA contractor which could explain the T Shirt.

 

[Reboot]

Body language analysis of of alleged shooter's brother. Too much crap isn't making sense. 

 

[Reboot]

Quote

Sources: In recent months, #LasVegas shooting suspect Stephen Paddock sent tens of thousands of dollars to someone in the Philippines.

From ABC reporter's twitter feed.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MLevineReports/status/914976066774732802?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdirectorblue.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F10%2F20-curious-data-points-regarding.html

[Castaway]

13 minutes ago, Reboot said:

This looks like him in the pussy hat. Also reports that he worked for NASA contractor which could explain the T Shirt.

It sure does look like him!

12 minutes ago, Reboot said:

Body language analysis of of alleged shooter's brother. Too much crap isn't making sense. 

When I watched this interview on TV, I thought that the brother was acting totally inappropriately. There was no sorrow or any other emotion that I would have expected to see.

2 minutes ago, Reboot said:

From ABC reporter's twitter feed.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MLevineReports/status/914976066774732802?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdirectorblue.blogspot.com%2F2017%2F10%2F20-curious-data-points-regarding.html

Makes sense, since didn't he have a Filipina SO, which they said may have been his accomplice?...  but she had already returned to the Philippines?  Plus, although the video resolution was not clear enough, I think that she was with him at the protest.