When police and security officers closed in on the gunman who rained death on concertgoers from his room at Mandalay Bay, he may have been watching their every move through cameras placed in the hallway.
The Attack
A video on Facebook shows the same suite where gunman Stephen Paddock shot at a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Sunday on the Las Vegas Strip.
Elaine Wilson provides the latest details following the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
This timeline has been updated with information provided by the Metropolitan Police Department during a 5 p.m. briefing on Wednesday.
Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo, Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchinson speak during a media briefing to recap the day of response to the Las Vegas Strip shooting.
Elisha Espejo knew that the sounds she was hearing weren’t fireworks, and the few extra seconds that realization offered were enough to allow Espejo and her friends to escape the Route 91 Harvest concert just in time.
Jordan Mitchell was backstage, enjoying a post-show beer with her bandmates. Minutes later, she’d be taking cover under the festival’s main stage.
Laughter and excited conversation usually echo across the cavernous baggage claim area at McCarran International Airport, but the baggage claim was unusually quiet Monday.
The horror that unfolded Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip was the lead story in news outlets around the world.
Leaders in law enforcement, emergency responders, and politicians briefed the media on the newest updates to the deadly mass shooting at Mandalay Bay hotel. They also emphasized the strength of the community in response to the tragedy.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday signed a Declaration of Emergency for Clark County following the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
“From our patients’ wounds you could tell a high-powered weapon had been used,” said one trauma surgeon who spent five straight hours in surgery after Sunday night’s mass shooting.
The Clark County coroner’s office has opened a 24-hour center at the Las Vegas Convention Center to assist with information and identification of victims of the Sunday night shooting that killed 59 people and wounded more than 500.
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed between Tropicana Avenue and Sunset Road on Monday morning, and it was unclear when it would reopen to traffic as Las Vegas police investigated Sunday’s deadly mass shooting near Mandalay Bay.
President Donald Trump will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with law enforcement, first responders and families of victims of America’s deadliest ever mass shooting — an act he described as “pure evil.”