1. Someone shot into a crowd of 30,000 people at an outdoor concert
in Las Vegas near the Mandalay Bay casino last night.
It happened just after 12:00 a.m. 58 people are dead, and there are more than 500 are injured. It is now being called the deadliest shooting in U. S. history.
Phone number to check on loved ones in Las Vegas: 1-866-535-5654
2. JASON ALDEAN was performing when his set was interrupted by the sound of automated gunfire
and he ran off the stage. It was the end of a three-day country music festival called Route 91 Harvest.
There were several long bursts of gunfire, with long pauses in between while the shooter was reloading. The shots came from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay. The SWAT team had to use explosives to breach the room and take him out.
Las Vegas Metro police identified 64-year-old Stephen Paddock as the gunman in the mass shooting. Marilou Danley is the person of interest.