Las Vegas Gunman: 50+ Dead , 400+ hospitalized.

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Las vegas Mandalaybay Shooting 2/10/2017

Deadliest Mass Shooting in United States History.

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. Authorities also said they were "confident" Paddock's roommate, Marilou Danley, had been located. Officials previously described Danley as a person of interest.

Officials did not immediately reveal a motive.

Authorities said one on-duty officer was in critical condition and another was wounded in the shooting. 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.

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." 

"You couldn't tell where it was coming from. It was loud and non-stop," he said. 

Some concertgoers stayed behind to offer help to those around them.

“Everybody I saw breathing, I helped.” a concertgoer told Fox News.

Kodiak Yazzi, 36, said the music stopped temporarily and started up again before another round of pops sent the performers ducking for cover and fleeing the stage.

As the 40,000 fans in the crowd began to flee, Yazzi took cover and said he saw flashes of light coming from the Mandalay Bay hotel tower high above.

"This was obviously well-planned, they waited for a major, open air event, and obtained a room facing it,” retired FBI special agent and former national FBI spokesman John Iannarelli, who drove past the scene of the event just moments before the shooting took place, told Fox News. “I can see the flashing blue police lights from my hotel window.” 

Iannarelli added that the suspect “probably had inside help” from the girlfriend in the room, making her a “criminal accomplice.” 

“They were well-trained,” Iannarelli said, noting the use of automatic weapons. “That’s not an easy task.” 

Iannarelli added that the two used “expensive guns and ammunition.” 

“It is too early to tell,” Iannarelli said of what their motivation could have been. “Is this a lone wolf inspired by others? This is exactly the type of attack the U.S. has been fearing would come to our shores.” 

Iannarelli noted that FBI and police are going to speak with every friend and relative, and are conducting forensic review of the suspects’ computers and phones. 

 

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Only Image of the dead suspect so far.  He commited suicide before Police breached the door of his hotel room.

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BabyDuckling's picture

New Details on Shooter:

 

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eh's picture

A false flag attack perpetrated by "Gun grabbers" looking to take guns away from people.

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Errrr, wait......

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The Wynn casinos sportsbook had the odds of more than 10 killed at 3:1 last night

I should have put money down :/

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"Rightwing" terrorist attacks a COUNTRY MUSIC festival.  Yea, right.

 

Just wait.  There's already video surfacing of this guy wearing a pink pussy cap and holding a sign during an anti-Trump rally.

 

He lived in a Nevada county that went blue during the 2016 ass whooping of Hillary Clinton.

 

Dollars to Donuts this guy was a radical leftist who decided to take out his rage on a gathering of what he considered Republican red necks.

 

The shooter will turn out to be another leftist activist like James Hodgkinson.

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Who said he was "Right Wing"?

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Grothesk's picture

What the fuck are you on about, Auto?  Why are you desperate to pin this to one of the sides of the American politics coin?  

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BabyDuckling's picture

more footage of the moment it started:

 

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dat ass @ 2:25 tho

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