{"id":510,"date":"2017-10-03T17:12:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.positivenewstrends.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2018-12-03T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T13:04:49","slug":"shooting-at-a-concert-in-vegas-leaves-58-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positivenewstrends.com\/news\/shooting-at-a-concert-in-vegas-leaves-58-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at a concert in Vegas leaves 58 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vegas Shooting Leaves the Country in Shock<\/h2>\n

Las Vegas, Nevada Sept 1, 2017: Firing upon a concert going crowd on Sunday night in Vegas, left 58 plus people dead and around 515 injured. Some of the injured are critical. All this happened at an outdoor concert near the <\/span>Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino<\/b> in Las Vegas. It is one of the horrifying mass shootings in history of United states.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The suspect was identified as Stephen Paddock, a 64 year old local resident of Vegas. He \u00a0opened fire on the crowd that had gathered for an open concert known as <\/span>Route 91 Harvest Festival<\/b>.. All this happened during the last performance of the concert.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stephen Paddock – The Suspect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As per Sheriff Lombardo, Mr. Paddock opened fire on the crowd from a hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on Sunday night. The LVPD (Las Vegas Police Department) SWAT team found him dead when they got to his room. The police said that officers found Mr. Paddock dead in his room in the Mandalay Bay Hotel. The police found more firearms when they finally invaded his room. Sheriff Lombardo also said that the police were looking for \u201ca companion\u201d named <\/span>Marilou Danley<\/b>. The police authorities later said they were \u201cconfident\u201d they have located her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eric Paddock a resident of Orlando and identified as the brother of the suspect, Stephen Paddock, told Newspaper, Orlando Sentinel, \u00a0that he had already given his \u00a0statement to the police. He said \u201cWe are completely dumbfounded & we can\u2019t understand what happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several online videos of the shooting show <\/span>Mr. Aldean<\/b>, who was the final performer, running off the stage as the gunfire started. Mr. Owen, told CNN that it was like \u201cshooting fish in a barrel from where he was.\u201d. Jake Owen shared the stage with Mr. Aldean when this shooting massacre started. \u201cThis is not an exaggeration: This shooting was going on for at least 10 minutes,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was nonstop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n