A shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip has reportedly led to the killing of at least 20 people and wounded over 100.
Police are now asking anyone with video from the Las Vegas shooting to come forward, as dozens of patrol vehicles descended on the Strip after authorities received reports of an active shooter near the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Las Vegas police later said one suspect is “down” but did not give any other details.
Concert-goers reported seeing muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across Las Vegas Boulevard from the country music festival and the sound of what they described as automatic gun fire.
Several police officers are believed to be among the dead in the Las Vegas shooting, as witnesses said they saw multiple victims as they fled the gunfire raining down on the concert venue. Some later huddled in the basement of the nearby Tropicana hotel-casino.
Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15. Some flights destined for the McCarran International Airport were also diverted due to the shooting.
Witnesses say country singer Jason Aldean was playing near the end of the concert when gunfire began. “The shots just kept coming,” a witness said, as she described how people hid under her car for safety after shooting in Las Vegas
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