Mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Las Vegas; 58 dead, 500+ injured.
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captjohnboyd
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Weird they would say there's only one shooter and hes down when there was automatic fire on the scanner only minutes ago.
badcrumble
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There *was* a music festival within view of the hotel and the sounds of the weapon being used are pretty unmistakeable fully automatic. Someone could do a lot of damage.
Sorry, it's troubling to me that people want to come down with guns and 'protect' innocents that really freaks me out.
I definitely don't disagree with you on that one.
that was info for a single hospital from what I saw
Nice to know that you're safe. I hope the officer is right that it's only one shooter.
I recommend you stop listening to the scanner. I don't know what the kind of play-by-play with no information but unfiltered sounds really gets you :/
Sounds like it could be an assault rifle equipped with a beta magazine or a belt fed machine gun. I've never heard gunshots stand for that amount of time.
The most alarming fact is that so many people are unfamiliar with what gunfire sounds like.
Mr. Giggles
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Wtf just woke up to this.
Did they get the guy?
Did they get the guy?
Shadow Puppetry
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Yep, first tweet. I'm not going to bother reading the comments on BBC, The Hill, CNN, ect. I'm very certain there's going to be bigotry.
The bursts of fire in the videos lasted really long so he must have had huge magizines
dickroach
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they got a guy
apparently they just took some more people into custody per the police scanner
tearsintherain
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Hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, firing into the Route 91 concert which was on the ground floor area of Mandalay Bay.
He is dead, police stormed the room and killed him.
So after checking out the cam footage... sadly, it is probably unfortunate to say it is true.
The gun fire is insane.32nd Floor. Firing down on people from a Balcony
TheCthultist
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Doesn't sound like that info's being released yet (probably for the best) but you'll probably hear about it in a few hours.
EDIT: Heard it as I was typing that oddly enough. 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay.
MilkyJoe
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Wouldn't it be better that less people have heard it?
Polygonal_Sprite
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Just woke up for work in the U.K. to this terrible news :-(
Prayers to everyone there and R.I.P to the dead. Hopefully its just one incident.
Prayers to everyone there and R.I.P to the dead. Hopefully its just one incident.
GravityInsanity
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Video confirming suspect down.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/914749145889390597
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/914749145889390597
ferrasvansen
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Dreadful stuff, my thoughts and prayers to all those affected in this madness.
captjohnboyd
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If this is true and he wasn't right in front of the concert crowd this may have saved lives. I mean the fact that some asshole had access to a gun capable of this level of harm is always going to be terrible but perhaps his distance from the crowd itself was a blessing in disguise
Shadow Puppetry
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Thank you for deleting that reply.
Dreams-Visions
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are they looking for more suspects?
any additional information released about the suspect?
Alexander DeLarge
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No hot zones according to the police scanner I'm tuned into.
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21038/web
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/21038/web
The Name put across the radio is a 69 year old Woman. They speculated the gunman is related to the woman. Not gonna spread the name or anything at this point
With what has been going on with terrorist attacks, having knowledge on this type of stuff is something that is highly beneficial. To be able to identify sounds in your surroundings can save your life.
I grew up in a bad neighborhood, so I've heard a lot of gunfire and have had bullets ricochet off the ground next to me.
SarcasticRedRover
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Jesus fucking christ, I was taken to that casino so much as a kid.
PeakPointMatrix
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Vegas is never going to be the same.
perfectchaos007
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wtf it seems rather tasteless for Getty to be charging nearly $600 for pictures of a dead body on an active scene
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/856486874
CraigerGamer
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We will come back stronger and wiser and united. Fuck terrorism.
Daffy Duck
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Its Getty images bough, you expect more from them?
BlackDoomShadow
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Unfortunately, the sack of shit currently running the country will inevitably find some way to spew further hate and division. America is broken.
SchrodingerC
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Because that exactly what an active shooter situation needs, some idiot with a hero complex and potentially a gun thinking they can help.
Ugh, what a horrible situation. Hopefully the casualties list doesnt rise and people who were wounded can recover.
Poor GRIMES
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News agencies and photographers been profiting off of tragedy since ancient times
Kadin
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What in the actual fuck??
That is his standard fee for an image. The ones of the concert are also the same prices as the ones of the shooting. Its how he makes his living.
Mandalay Bay is my favorite hotel in Vegas and I have so many happy and fun memories with my husband and family there. This is all such a shame.
I want the world to be better than it is. There's nothing I can do about this, but it feels closer than other attacks to me. It makes me want to be a better person in general, to make the world nicer in whatever way I can.
Saiyan-Rox
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You can see why though an unknown welding a gun in this situation with emotions really high might end badly for the person trying to help.
Thoughts are with all those there.
They'll have more security for sure. But they really should to be honest. It's insane how lax they are about things.
SomedayTheFire
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Standard license.
narwhalSTAB
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This is not the first shooter on the strip in Vegas history. There have been drive-bys, people have mowed down people with their cars etc.
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