Las Vegas shooting
President Trump: This is a very, very sad day
Speaking briefly to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump said today is "a very sad day."
He called his upcoming trip to Las Vegas a "very, very sad" one.
"It's a very sad moment for me, for everybody," Trump said. "No matter what your thought process, this is a very, very sad day."
How the massacre unfolded
- At 10:08 p.m. local time, the Route 91 Harvest Festival—a country music concert—was interrupted by the sound of gunfire, witnesses said.
- Police say the gunman fired on the crowd of about 22,000 people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, several hundred feet southwest of the concert grounds.
- Country music singer Jason Aldean was performing when the gunfire started, according to eyewitness cell phone video.
- “The gunshots lasted for 10 to 15 minutes. It didn’t stop,” eyewitness Rachel de Kerf said.
- As the gunfire erupted, SWAT “breached the hotel room” where the shooter was located and found the suspect dead. Authorities believe the shooter, identified as Stephen Paddock, killed himself.
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