LAS VAGAS MASSACRE: At Least 50 Dead In Las Vegas Mass Shooting

AND I'M KENNY CHOI.
[GUNFIRE]
WE'RE MONITORING WHAT'S
BECOME THE DEADLIEST MASS
SHOOTING IN MODERN U-S HISTORY.
MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE WERE
KILLED.. AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED
FIRE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN LAS
VEGAS.
HUNDREDS MORE ARE INJURED.
KPIX 5'S ANNE MAKOVEC JOINS US
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATEST.
THAT NUMBER OF 50 PEOPLE KILLED
*IS EXPECTED TO RISE.
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE ARE
INJURED,
MANY OF THEM CRITICALLY. SO THE
NUMBERS ARE FLUID RIGHT NOW..
BUT WE KNOW IT IS BEING CALLED
THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN
U-S
HISTORY.
THE SHOOTER IS DEAD, KILLED
AFTER A STANDOFF WITH POLICE. IT
WAS A LONE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE
FROM A
HOTEL ROOM ON THE 32ND FLOOR OF
THE
MANDALAY BAY CASINO ACROSS LAS
VEGAS BOULEVARD FROM A COUNTRY
MUSIC FESTIVAL, CALLED "THE
ROUTE
91 HARVEST FESTIVAL".
A SEARCH WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE HOME OF THE SHOOTER,
IDENTIFIED AS STEPHEN PADDOCK,
64, OF MESQUITE, NEVADA. POLICE
DESCRIBE HIM AS A "LONE WOLF"
ATTACKER WITH AN AUTOMATIC
WEAPON.
((NA-50MO))
RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING, WHICH
HAPPENED AT AROUND 11 P.M.,
AUTHORITIES SPENT A FEW HOURS
TRACKING DOWN A TRAVELING
COMPANION OF THE GUNMAN.
SHE IS IDENTIFIED AS MARILOU
DANLEY. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES
SAY DANLEY WAS PADDOCK'S WIFE.
WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT ROLE SHE
MAY HAVE PLAYED -- IF ANY -- IN
THIS MASSACRE.
OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICERS ARE
AMONG THE DEAD. AND AT LEAST 2
ON- DUTY LAS VEGAS POLICE
OFFICERS
WERE INJURED IN THE SHOOTING.
COUNTRY
SINGER JASON ALDEAN WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF HIS PERFORMANCE WHEN
THE BULLETS RAINED DOWN ON THE
CROWD. HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM
HOURS LATER, CALLING THE
SHOOTING "BEYOND HORRIFIC." AND
WE'RE HEARING DOZENS OF WITNESS
ACCOUNTS THIS MORNING FROM
STUNNED CONCERT- GOERS WHO
SURVIVED.
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MANY OF THOSE WITNESSES ARE AT
LOCAL HOSPITALS THIS MORNING,
MANY WAITING FOR WORD ON LOVED
ONES. THE
SINGER, JASON ALDEAN POSTED THIS
ON INSTAGRAM OVERNIGHT, SAYING
IN PART:
"TONIGHT HAS BEEN BEYOND
HORRIFIC. I STILL DON'T 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."
AND M-G-M, WHICH OWNS THE
MANDALAY BAY, SENT OUT THIS
STATEMENT, "(READS STATEMENT)"
AND THE PRESIDENT TWEETED
PRESIDENT TWEETED JUST AFTER 4
THIS MORNING:
"MY WARMEST CONDONALCES AND
SYMPATHIES TO THE VICTIMS AND
FAMILIES OF THE TERRIBLE LAS
VEGAS SHOOTING. GOD BLESS YOU."
THE FBI AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
WERE ASSISTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES
WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT BEGINS ITS
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LAS VAGAS MASSACRE: At Least 50 Dead In Las Vegas Mass Shooting

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