Country Singer Jake Owen On Las Vegas Shooting.

THIS ROOM AT THE MANDALAY BAY
BEFORE POLICE BREACHED THAT
ROOM AND KILLED HIM.
COUNTRY MUSIC STAR JAKE
OWEN WAS ONE THE HEADLINERS.
HE JOINS US ON THE PHONE.
JAKE, LISTEN WE ARE ALL SHAKEN
WITH THE LATEST NEWS THAT WE
HEARD FROM THE SHERIFF.
50 INDIVIDUALS DEAD, 200
INJURED.
I WANT TO GET TO THE HOW AND
WHAT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO KNOW HOW
YOU'RE PROCESSING THIS.
YOU WERE THERE.
HOW ARE YOU PROCESSING THIS?
BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION
WE JUST HEARD.
IT'S VERY, VERY UPSETTING.
I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY BLOWN
AWAY.
I MEAN, I'M SITTING HERE IN
SIDE A BUS, 100 FEET FROM THE
STAGE THAT I WAS STANDING ON
WHEN THIS STARTED HAPPENING.
AND WATCHING THE NEWS NOW,
SAYING THAT THERE'S MORE THAN
50 PEOPLE DECEASED.
AND 200 INJURED.
AND IT'S -- I WAS IN -- WE WERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT WHEN THE
SHOTS ARE BEING FIRED YOU COULD
HEAR IT RICOCHETING OFF THE TOP
OF THE ROOF OF THE STAGE.
WE STARTED JUST RUNNING ANY
DIRECTION WE COULD.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS
COMING FROM.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEONE WAS
ON THE GROUND, WHERE IT WAS
COMING FROM.
AT ONE POINT I WAS SITTING ON
THE GROUND BEHIND A CAR WITH 20
OTHER PEOPLE CROUCHED DOWN
BEHIND THE CAR.
AND THE FEAR IN EVERYONE'S EYES
BUT THE FEELING OF EVERYONE
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE
SURE THEY WERE OKAY WAS
-- IT WAS -- I NEVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
OBVIOUSLY LIKE THEY JUST SAID
IT'S THE LARGEST MASS SHOOTING
IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY.
I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD AT A
COUNTRY MUSIC CONCERT SOMETHING
THAT WE DO DAY IN, DAY OUT,
EVERY WEEKEND.
THERE'S FAMILIES, KIDS ON THEIR
PARENTS SHOULDERS.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT AMERICA'S
SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE.
WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS
HAPPENING WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD
THE SHOTS?
DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE SHOTS?
WELL, IRONICALLY ENOUGH,
WHEN I WALKED UP ON THE STAGE
EARLIER ENOUGH SECURITY WAS
PRETTY TIGHT BECAUSE
JASON USES PIE RETECH NICKS AND
I THINK THE FIRE MARSHAL DIDN'T
WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE
SIDE OF THE STAGE.
SO WHEN I WAS STANDING UP THERE
TALKING TO MY BUDDY, ALSO AN
ARTIST ON THE SHOW, ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU HEARD
THESE POPS START.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PERHAPS
THE PIE ROW TECHNIQUES.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A FULL ON
AUTOMATIC USEY OR MACHINE GUN
COMING.
THAT'S WHEN YOU KNEW THAT IT
WAS NOT THE FIREWORKS AND
SOMEONE SHOOTING AN AUTOMATIC
RIFLE.
YOU MENTIONED JASON'S NAME.
THAT'S JASON ALDEAN PERFORMING
AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.
HE WAS TAKEN AWAY THE REST OF
HIS BAND WAS TO SAFETY.
WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU AND
YOUR BAND ARE OKAY, AS WELL.
CAN YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT, IF
ANY, SAFETY PREPARATIONS OR
DRILLS THAT YOU GO THROUGH
BEFORE THESE TYPE OF CONCERTS?
YOU'RE ON THE ROAD EVERY WEEK.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF
PREPARATION.
NOTHING CAN PREPARE US FOR
SOMETHING OF THIS SCALE.
BUT ARE THERE SAFETY PROTOCOLS
THAT YOU AND YOUR BAND UNDERGO?
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T -- I CAN
HONESTLY SAY, WE TRY TO DO OUR
BEST WEAN WE GO TO THESE SHOWS.
WE'RE PLAYING ARENAS, THE
SECURITY GETS TOGETHER AND HAS
A BRIEFING.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I
THINK WE ALL AS AMERICAN
CITIZENS WAKE UP EVERY DAY AND
HAVE THIS LUXURY OF LIVING IN
THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE'RE FREE
AND SAFE THANKS TO THOSE MEN
AND WOMEN FIGHTING FOR OUR
FREEDOM.
I DON'T THINK WE EVER TRULY
EXPECT ANYTHING LIKE THIS TO
HAPPEN.
I LOOKED OUT THERE TONIGHT I
SAW KIDS ON THEIR PARENTS'
SHOULDERS.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF MEMORIES
THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE.
AND I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY AS
ENTERTAINERS TO STAND UP FOR
THIS SORT OF THING.
THEY CAN'T KEEP US DOWN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN FEAR
AND NOT CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE I THINK PART OF US
BEING ENTERTAINERS IS WHAT
BRINGS HAPPINESS TO PEOPLE.
JASON RELEASED A TWEET THIS
MORNING EXPRESSING HIS
CONDOLENCES.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM SINCE
THIS INCIDENT?
I HAVE.
WE'VE TALKED BRIEFLY THROUGH
TEXT MESSAGE ALONG WITH A FEW
OTHER FRIENDS THAT WERE
AREN'TISTS, AS WELL.
WE ALL ARE JUST KIND OF IN
SHOCK.
WE ALL WERE CHECKING ON EACH
OTHER, MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS
OKAY.
BECAUSE LITERALLY WE WERE
RUNNING IN CHAOS.
PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA WHERE THEY
WERE GOING, I MEAN U AUTO WAS
SEPARATED FROM MY OWN CREW.
THEY HAD A FRIEND OF MINE, HERE
WITH ME NOW, SHE GOT SEPARATED
FROM HER HUSBAND.
THEY COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF
EACH OTHER.
WE WERE ALL JUST IN WORRYING
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HOW LONG DID THE GUNFIRE
LAST?
HOW LONG UNDERSTAND IT APPEAR
TO LAST?
THAT'S WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT
THIS STORY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE GUNSHOTS NO
JOKE LASTED FOR ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 8 AND 10 MINUTES.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU COULD
HEAR AT FIRST.
NOW, THEY'RE SHOWING AND FROM
THE AMANDA LAY.
THE FIRST TO SHOTS CAME OFF
INDIVIDUALLY.
IT'S ALMOST AS IF HE BROKE THE
WINDOW OF THE ROOM.
THEN AT THAT POINT JUST
UNLOADED AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE OUT
INTO THE SEA OF PEOPLE.
BUT I THOUGHT -- I RAN OFF
STAGE WHEN HE WAS FIRING SHOTS.
ENDED UP GETTING IN THE STREET
BEHIND THE CARS SITTING THERE
FOR A COUPLE MINUTES STILL
FIRING SHOTS.
BY THE TIME I GOT BACK OVER TO
A CREW BUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PARKING LOT A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
AWAY.
WE ALL LAID INSIDE THE TOUR BUS
AND COULD STILL HEAR HIM FIRING
SHOTS.
THIS WENT ON FOR 6-10 MINUTES.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS NOW,
JAKE?
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, MY PLANS ARE TO GO HOME
AND KISS MY LITTLE GIRL AND
THANK GOD THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M
ABLE TO DO THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
HAD LITTLE GIRLS OR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND STUFF THAT AREN'T
ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO I THINK ALSO WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO IS WHAT I ALWAYS
DO.
GET BACK OUT HERE ON THE ROAD
AND TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE
AND TRY TO MAKE THEM SING ALONG
AND WE AS AMERICANS ARE GOING
TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES AND
CONTINUE TO FIGHT ALONG IN THIS
FIGHT AGAINST THIS TYPE OF
JUST, YOU
KNOW, SAD IGNORANT THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING.
I JUST I THINK IT'S UPPED MY
DUTY TO JUST NOT SIT BACK.
FOR ME TO STAND UP AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LIVE
THIS BEAUTIFUL FREE LIFE THAT
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN W
BY OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT FIGHT
FOR US.
THAT IS CERTAINLY THE RIGHT
ATTITUDE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TREPIDATION
AT ALL ABOUT GETTING IN FRONT
OF A CROWD?
I CAN ALSO THINK THIS IS VERY
TRAUMATIC FOR YOU AS SOMEONE
THERE AND ACTUALLY SAW IT.
IT'S VERY UPSETTING FOR SUS
SITTING IN THE STUDIO.
IT IS.
I MANY, I KEEP WATCHING THE
RERUN OVER AND OVER WHERE YOU
HEAR THE SHOTS FIRED.
IT'S JUST -- THAT'S SOMETHING
FOR ME HARD TO CONTINUE TO HEAR
BECAUSE I HEARD IT FIRSTHAND.
THE AT END OF THE DAY, IS THERE
ANY TREPIDATION ABOUT GOING ON
STAGE.
TO STAY THERE ISN'T, I'D BE
LYING.
YOU GOT TO GIVE A GOOD BIG
SHOUT OUT TO MEN AND WOMEN
EVERY DAY DO THIS IN UNIFORM
AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE
PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER OF
LIVES TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
IN A WEIRD WAY, US AS
ENTERTAINERS AND SINGERS AND
SONG WRITERS ARE BRINGING YOU
KNOW, BRINGINGGY TO PEOPLE IN
THEIR LIVES AND WE -- WORLD
CAN'T APPFORD FOR US TO STOP
DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE SCARED
OF COWARDS THAT KEEP
DOING THIS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR LIVES
AND.
THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF
THE FESTIVAL.
WHERE YOU'RE GOING ON TO
ANOTHER LOCATION?
OR WAS THIS IT?
THIS WAS OUR LAST SHOW FOR
ME.
I WAS REALLY LOOKING -- THIS
COMING WEEK OFF THE ROAD
FINALLY AFTER MONTHS OF BEING
OUT HERE.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING HOME.
LIKE I SAID, KISSING MY LITTLE
BITTY GIRL?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE JASON
ALDEAN IS AT THIS TIME?
I THINK WE'RE ALL WAITING TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET
OUT OF HERE.
THE AIRPORTS ARE SHUT DOWN OR
THEY WERE AT LEAST.
I THINK JASON, AS WELL, JUST
TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT.
JAKE, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE
TO YOUR FANS WHO WERE THERE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TUNING IN
AND WATCHING YOU RIGHT NOW
RELIVE THE HORROR OF WHAT
HAPPENED JUST HOURS AGO?
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM?
YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE
DAY, I'M JUST A GUY THAT SINCE
SONGS.
I WRITE SONGS TO MY BEST
ABILITY ABOUT THE THINGS I KNOW
IN LIFE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
IN THE SIMPLE WAY WE CAN SAY IT
TO THOSE THAT COME OUT TO THE
SHOWS AND BRING
THEIR FAMILIES, TO NOT BE
SCARED OF THIS.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO GET OUT
THERE AND DO THIS.
THIS IS SO UNFORTUNATE THAT
THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN
IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY SEE
THAT THIS KIND OF THING IS
REAL.
BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO
-- I THINK THIS WILL MAKE US
STRONGER NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY
OF THE UNITED
STATES BUT US IS A COMMUNITY IN
THE MUSIC WORLD COVERAGING
TOGETHER TO STAND UP FOR THESE
KIND OF THINGS AND
BRING PEACE AND HAPPINESS BACK
TO EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING
HOW THEY TALK ABOUT THE
SHOOTER, 64-YEAR-OLD MAN
DOESN'T FIT THE PROFILE
APPARENTLY.
NO CRIMINAL RECORD WHO LIVED AT
A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
YOU ALSO DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING
ATE COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL.
JUST AS YOU DIDN'T AT AN ARIANA
GRANDE CONCERT.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S
UNFORTUNATE THINGS LIKE THIS
HAPPEN.
I'M A FLORIDIAN.
AND WHEN THE NIGHTCLUB HAD THE
SHOOTING LAST YEAR, THAT WAS
DEVASTATING TO ME.
YOU KNOW, THE KINDS OF PEOPLE,
INNOCENT LIVES THAT WERE TAKEN.
THESE KIND OF THINGS ARE
HAPPENING DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
ONE OF THESE HAPPENS AND YOU
KNOW, WE -- THERE'S ANOTHER
NEWS STORY ABOUT THE NEXT DAY
SOMETHING HAPPENS.
I JUST I THINK AS AN AMERICAN
CITIZENS ALL WE CAN DO TO
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND COME
TOGETHER.
THIS IS A TIME IN OUR LIVES
WHERE WE ALL NEED TO COME
TOGETHER AND JUST BE THE BEST
WE CAN BE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S MOST
IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, OUR
FAMILIES, OUR LIVELIHOODS.
VERY WELL SAID.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE
TIME.
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAN GO HOME
AND KISS YOUR LITTLE GIRL.
IT'S IMPORTANT AS JAKE NOTED
TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST
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Country Singer Jake Owen On Las Vegas Shooting.

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