[gunfire] >> jason aldean could have possibly ever imagined even in his nightmares. breaking news at 7 o'clock, deadliest mass shooting on american soil. shots started ringing out during aldean's country music festival. fans running for their lives. >> right now we know that at least 50 people have been killed, more than 200 injured and the suspect has been shot and killed by police. it is believed this was a lone wolf attack. the gunman has just been identified by police. >> his name steven craig paddock 64 from mesquite nevada. melanie alnwick has been vofollowing theup dates. >> reporter:. >> steve and holly, police are telling us they believe they have located the woman marilou danley they were looking for and the two vehicles they had to look out for as well. we're told paddock fired upon the crowd from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel.

closing out the night at the route 91 harvest festival. this is in an area called the las vegas village across the boulevard. you can hear rapid fire gunshots. many people said at first they thought it was firecrackers. then the music stops. the venue outdoor festival on the ground, ground level across from the las vegas boulevard. there you can see how far away mandalay bay hotel is in the distance, yet still that gunfire able to reach. it's estimated some 30,000 people were penned into this festival area many jumping gates and fences to try to get to safety. inside paddock's 32nd hotel room police say they found numerous firearms. s.w.a.t. teams had to use explosive blasts to get into his room. i did a quick background check of

so far i don't find any criminal records. they show him as being a manager of a apartment complex in mesquite and fox news sources also telling us that as far as marilou danley and why she was a person of interest apparently police found her players card in paddock's hotel room. we also see some association here with her and paddock as well as her husband, so more information i'm sure is going to start coming in about who is this man and what was his relationship to these other people. who knows if we'll ever find out why he decided to do this shooting. back up to you guys mel thanks. >> lots of information coming in as this story continues to develop. >> bill byer in las vegas witnessed the mayhem. bill joins us on the phone. bill one question, we don't want to jump to too many conclusions some people are saying this is the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. we don't know if all of those victims were shot or if there was a panic situation as well. i know you saw a lot of

aftermath. did you hear anything that it could have been stampede type conditions in addition to the shooting. >> from what i saw and you guys all saw the video hard to believe it was stampede. more likely i think and it's just conjecture i think it was from the three magazines that this guy loaded up. what we saw here, you know, right after this thing had taken place, you know, are just people trying to get to their loved ones, trying to just get away from the scene, crying, you know, it was -- it's been chaotic and tragic and just crazy here. these people running around like they didn't know what to do. right now at the mgm hotel for the people who couldn't get back to their hotels, they've given them blankets and pillows and they're all camped out downstairs. excuse me. i'm a little tired. they're all camped out

back where they got to go in the morning. >> understandably you're tired, bill, and of course it's all setting in, too, what you just witnessed. can you kind of take us back and just tells how it unfolded for you? >> sure. new york-new york and mgm are linked via a bridge. and, you know, musicians hang out on that bridge, people hang out on that bridge and if you're looking down the street, you'll see mandalay bay, it's about three-quarters of a mile up the street and the venue not far from there. so, i came up there, new york-new york came up on the bridge. as soon as i walked out there was a large police presence, ambulance were coming down the street. i said, hey, what's going on? there's been a shooting. they think it's a sniper. so, you know, i went down, i got a little closer to the scene and when i got down there i took some video and tweeted out that this was a staging area for -- for victims and the ambulance were coming in by six

a time as they were triaging people in front of the mgm and getting them in the ambulance and shipping them out. so, you know, at that point i was a little bit more with the journalist hat and tried to get some facts and see what was going on. as i went back up to the escalator to get back up to the bridge, all of a sudden there was panic. there was about 75, a hundred people still on that bridge and we heard reports of gunshots is what they sounded like and we all just took off and we got about three or four blocks away from mgm, off the strip before, you know -- it was crazy. you know, my legs were shaking when i got over there. so, you know, i made my way back after awhile and when i did, the police automatically corralled me and got me into the mgm and at that point it was a

so, i couldn't get in and -- nobody could get in. i couldn't get out. friends of mine were over at new york-new york and we were texting each other back to back on what was going on but a little bit later here, and i got some video that i sent you folks while i was in the lobby of the mgm, the s.w.a.t. team came in, completely armed, automatic weapons. they trucked through the hotel up the escalators. i waited for them to come back down 'cause i knew they were coming up for something. they had a gentleman on a stretcher who seemed to have gunshot wound to his left arm which was bandaged and bleeding and they whisked him out. they did stick around a little bit longer out there looking around and i waited for everybody to leave but that was the last of the real action that i saw besides, you know, folks trying to get back to their loved ones and trying to make sure that everybody was okay. >> well, bill, we want you to defini

your loved ones here in the d.c. area. we certainly are glad you're safe and know you're out there for some time away from work but we appreciate you giving us your account here. take care, my friend. >> thanks buddy. let's stay in las vegas where lauren blanchard is on the other side of mandalay bay which is really just about one resort away from where bill is right now. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, steve, holly. and just as to what bill was talking about a little bit earlier seeing all of those ambulances, we have also seen that coming up and down sunset boulevard, just droves of them over the last few hours. it's somewhat quieted down but they're still coming up and down here just rows and rows of not only police cars but ambulances. now, of course, you guys know those numbers we are seeing more than 50 dead at this point. that makes this one of the most deadly shootings in u.s. history and we're seeing more than 200 people injured. those numbers double what we we

ago. some really catastrophic numbers coming out of this thing as police are still working extremely hard down in that area. it's still very much under lockdown. we have not been able to get much, much closer. we're going to try and get a little bit closer to the area but folks definitely on high alert. a lot of folks have been pushed out of their hotels, out of this area, kind of told just to walk up sunset boulevard and see what hotels they can find, so a lot of people in shock this morning that we've talked to. we did just talk to a gentleman a few minutes ago and as he walked by us, we noticed there was blood splatter down his shirt and he said he was so close to some of these people that were shot that it just got all over him and he and his wife were trying to perform cpr on some of these folks because in the chaos it was very hard for medics to get around so some really just horrible things we're seeing this morning. >> lauren, i know you talked a number of those concertgoers who had been in the c

venue earlier, the venue really right across the street from where you are now and had left and had run away like so many others had done. how did they describe that scene? was it a complete all-out panic of people running to try to get away? was it semi controlled? what did they say. >> reporter: well, steve, at first what they said is a lot of people didn't even realize this was a shooting. they thought this was part of the concert. two young girls that i talked to said they thought it was just -- just part of the music, when all of a sudden they saw jason aldean basically dive off stage then turned around and they saw a woman with a bullet through her head and that's when they realized something terrible was happening. it was at that same moment a lot of people realized something terrible was happening and then they just ran. there was another gentleman i talked to who was waiting here because police wouldn't let him any closer, he was waiting for his wife who was a waitress over in that area and he said as soon as she realized what was happening, she lept

all the way up here and we were able to see their very emotional, you know, embrace as they got to see each other. a lot of people, you know, very worried about loved ones this morning as we are finding out so many are injured or dead. >> lauren we thank you so much and there is a number out there, 1-866-535-5654. that is the number for people to call to try to locate their family and the thing about vegas is there's a lot of people that travel there so there very much could be people in our area hoping to connect with loved ones that are out there. >> we'll take a short break. lauren thank you very much for the updates. we'll keep you upto date on what's happ happening.

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more than 50 people killed in las vegas overnight. we're staying on top of that deadly mass shooting this morning. >> our bob barnard continues our team coverage with brand new firsthand accounts and other content that has come into our news room. bob, man, some of those accounts are just harrowing. >> reporter: hard to fathom the carnage there on the las vegas strip as the number of dead continues to rise. we are getting new eyewitness accounts from people who were there including fox5 news reporter kristyn leon. she's among those telling the horrific stories of surviving that deadliest of mass murders on the las vegas strip. >> it was really crazy. there was muzzle fire and smoke coming out of the window and it was just rapid fire, couple hundred rounds were fired out there and the curtains from the window where the wind was drawing them out and the gunfire was tattering the curtains and it just kept coming out of that window again and again. really just frightening. >> it was pretty much like war scene inside. i've seen a lot of stuff on my day with the fire departm

bodies that are outside down the street here that were carried probably a half a mile from the incident honestly i probably pronounced 15 to 20 people inside. it's a very sad day, an event like this something that should have never happened. >> catching up with some of my friends at the country concert. one of them she actually took off right away when she heard the sounds of the gunfire. she hospitalized a fence with another couple she didn't know, ended up hiding under a car and then making a run for it to the mgm grand hotel and she's there hiding right now still. >> myself and a few other security guards, some other civilians we all gave hands helping transport bodies. it was a lot of people that was shot unfortunately. >> one girl had shrapnel marks on the side of her face and she said it appeared the bullets were coming from mandalay bay into the concert and they were just dropping. the people were just dropping. >> reporter: awful things coming there and the lad

our fox5 news reporter. we're also hearing from people on social media some of the eyewitness accounts are coming to us that way and we can show you a couple of those from twitter. i believe we'll have some of those here. praying for everyone here in vegas. i witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. we are okay. others aren't. please play jake owen a musician who was performing as well there praying for everyone here in vegas, i witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. and then we have a couple more here, folks, but basically you're hearing from folks who are just saying that what they saw, what they have lived through is just unimaginable, guys. another morning we're waking up to a deadly mass shooting here in the u.s., guys. >> you know what's interesting, bob, too, is that even from the very first press conference that the sheriff had that they're even asking for people's cell phone video and pictures that they took to perhaps aid in the investigation. >> reporter: absolutely. now, it's going to be hard -- i mean, could anybody with their cell phones who was at the concert see up 32 floors?

was anyone, you know, realizing where the shots were coming from? you heard that man talk about he could see the curtains flying out the window but could anybody get a good picture of that as it was happening? but the pictures you're seeing here of just the people leaping the barricades and, you know, just trampling over each other, that stuff is heartbreaking to see but, yeah, in ter terms of the cell phone video we'll see if anyone captured this guy shooting out the window. >> absolutely horrible. people said they witnessed with their eyes the muzzle flashes coming from the hotel which is what led police to that area in the first place to get there but hard to imagine bob somebody would -- if you're trying to escape gunfire you don't know what's going on and then you're going to take the time to actually stop and take pictures and film that is pretty unimaginable. >> reporter: you would imagine the echoing of the sound. there are a lot of tall buildings there to actually figure out where it's coming from -- if you've been anywhere near buildings and hear a noise, you think it's coming from ov

actually coming from over there so the fact that they were able to narrow down where the gunshots were coming from with all the noise that probably -- the screaming and then the echoing of the gunshots, they found him pretty quickly because they did kill this guy but not before some 50 people were killed. >> somehow the s.w.a.t. team was able to get to the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. >> yeah they took him down and inside it is reported they also found other weapons along with him. of course as we're talking about social media a lot of people have been waiting to hear from the president. he has tweeted out this morning. this is the tweet that he just posted about five minutes ago. my warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you. that coming from his real donald trump account. posting his sentiments. obviously no doubt he is being briefed continually throughout the morning as the developing situation as we know that the fbi is there, other csi agencies are helping in this investig

figure out why this guy did this, who this guy was, how did this all come to be. >> all right, again, the gunman is 64-year-old named stephen craig paddock from mesquite nevada a suburb of las vegas. let's go back out to las vegas. we've been dipping into our sister station's coverage. let's see if we can gain more information. >> in the emergency room of course we talk about all of the people that have been called in to work and help out in a situation like this. of course we think about our first responders, you also have to think about all of our doctors and nurses who have been now called into action especially back here at the umc trauma unit. we have been talking to people out here in this area. you might have heard a sound bite from one of them earlier in the show. the man is named joseph. the one you're about to hear from. he was at the concert. he was talking about earlier in the show what he saw and what he will felt. what we didn't mention earlier is that his girlfriend was shot. he came here to try and check in on her. but he wasn't able to get in and find out what's going on. take a

>> so, we are unable to hear the sound that they're playing for their viewers out there but of course, those people and continuing cover -- in continuing coverage mode as we all are continuing to follow this mass shooting that went down overnight in vegas. initially starting at just after 10 o'clock last night. >> uh-huh. but now we know that there are at least 50 people are dead. 200 plus injured. and of course the fear is that those numbers will rise. >> this happened during the finale of -- it was a three-day music festival in las vegas. a lot of people had gone out there for the entire weekend. it was the headline performance of the final day of the festival, jason aldean was the headline former who was on stage when this happened, when the gunshots first came out and reports that there were a few shots at first and i think people thought they were fireworks or might have been part of the pyrotechnics with the show and then at that point what seemed

automatic weapon fire because it was a nonstop barrage of bullets and at that point jason aldean who was on stage realized something was wrong dove down on the stage and the crowd was trying to get out as much as they could. it's amazing when you think about how far away this was that this venue was actually not adjacent to the mandalay bay. but across the las vegas strip on the other side of the highway from the mandalay bay. so, the weapon quite powerful. we don't know what it was at this time. we know police recovered several weapons from inside that hotel room but those shots fired from a 32nd floor window across a highway into that mass gathering of thousands and thousands of people. >> there's a lot of talk about obviously it being an automatic weapon which simply means is that all you have to do is hold the trigger. you -- it keeps shooting and totally, you know, goes through the entire magazine until you take your finger off the trigger as opposed to like a semi automatic where you have to actually pull the trigger every time to shoot it. obviously this person could

like you said in a very short amount of time and then the accounts from many people are that he would stop and then was able to put in another magazine and that that happened possibly three times, maybe even more than that. and why some of these accounts are that it just lasted so long, this shooting and then talk of -- you were talking about how, you know, they shot across the vegas boulevard. it was kind of like this bowl, right, so he's shooting down and there was this fence surrounding it and that is really ironically for security to keep the people safe inside but what we've seen from some of the video and some of the pictures is that actually it prevented some people from getting out. >> the festival was sold out so you know there were tens of thousands of people who were there on the festival grounds across the street from the mandalay bay. which is not far from mac car ran airport. one of our colleagues is at the mgm grand his morning and he said because the strip had been shut down obvus

no one coming in or out from that hotel or at least allowed back in at this point. some of the hotels now that it has been a few hours are still operating, some of the casinos have reopened now on the las vegas strip and our colleague bill byer, our news operations manager who was at the mgm a short time ago says that's one of the hotel welcoming other guests in from other hotels and if they don't have rooms they're giving them blankets and a place to say. >> and try to process what they just experienced. >> right. >> vegas is one of those cities, it's very high profile not just in our country but worldwide. obviously there's no word that this is an act of terrorism. we know that this is a lone wolf, a resident of las vegas. but vegas is one of those cities that has prepared for a incident of this magnitude because vegas has been a target in al-qaeda videos and whatnot. so, the sheriff said, you know, this is what we have trained to do. obvisl

happen but one of the most poignant things he said during his last news conference, he says i don't want to say this is what we're paid to do because "nobody should be paid to do what we are experiencing." it's so overwhelming and the worst shooting he said we've never seen anything like this in our valley ever. >> certainly no stranger to high profile events as you said in las vegas. we're going to take a short break. again the death toll at 50 plus right now. 200 injured. we'll get another update from police somewhere in the next 90 minutes. those are there facts we have right now. we'll get you more coverage after the break. 52 degrees now at 7:23.

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>> ♪ >> 7:26 is our time right now. if you're just waking up tragic news to share. if you've been following it you know we're continuing on top of the mass shooting that took place in las vegas overnight. 50 plus people dead, 200, that number has been updated, 200 plus people injured, a lone gunman by the name of st stephen paddock 64 years old shooting from atop the mandalay bay hotel on the 32nd floor. >> much more on this story throughout the morning. in the meantime let's see how things are moving here. we want to get you an update on how things are moving. >> thank you holly and steve. we have a lot of delays on the road. 30 minute on the to your top side of the beltway 95 to the spur. it will take you over an hour 270 southbound from 109 to the local lane split because of congestion. heads up for gaithersburg and rockvi

50 inbound 12 minute trip from the beltway to new york avenue. in virginia we're seeing heavy traffic as well. 95, 17 through quantico northbound 43 minute trip. 26 minutes just to get from dale city to the beltway on 95 and 66, that is 42 minute trip from 234 to the beltway. aside from that one we have some crashes. 95 southbound coming down from maryland after 100, that's causing some big backups. 20 miles per hour average leading down. i would say bw parkway southbound a better bet coming from the baltimore-washington parkway this morning. aside from that one we also have downed tree in bethesda massachusetts avenue between goldsboro road and brent branch road. metro is on time. keep it to fox5. we're going tock back with the very latest on your news, weather and traffic and the breaking news out of las vegas as we continue. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

>> ♪ >> braking right now at 7:30, a tense and tragic situation in las vegas. the deadliest ever mass shooting on american soil. shots started ringing out during a country musikfest value. panicked fans on the strip literally running for their lives. right now we know that at least 50 people have been killed, more than 200 injured and the suspect has been shot and killed by police. it is believed this was a lone wolf attack. the gunman has been identified by police. >> his name is stephen craig paddock 64 years old from mesquite nevada on the arizona border west of las vegas. melanie alnwick joins us live with the latest updates trying to learn a little bit more about who this gunman may be. >> reporter: that's the big question. we don't believe there are

balconies or opened windows on the 32nd floor of mandalay bay. that's another question that needs to be answered. police also telling us they believe they've located the woman marilou danley they were looking for and the two vehicles that had an apb out for them as well. paddock fired upon crowd from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. jason aldean was on stage closing out the night at the three day route 91 harvest festival. listen here. [gunfire] >> reporter: that is rapid fire gunshots from an automatic weapon. many said at first they thought it was firecrackers. the music stops. aldean rushes off stage and then the shooting picks back up again. people said it continued like this for several minutes, perhaps three times when those full magazines were unloaded onto that crowd of about 30,000. the venue is an outdoor festival ground. it's across from the las vegas boulevard so that gunfire had to travel very far. it's called las vegas village its an mgm property. many p

there saying they were jumping gates and fences to try to get to safety. now, inside paddock's 32nd hotel room police say they found numerous firearms. s.w.a.t. teams had to use explosive blasts. they tell us it's going to be a long and tedious investigation. they're bringing in the fbi to help. i did do a quick check of paddock's background. so far no criminal records have come up. they do show him as the manager of an apartment complex in mesquite and we know that police said that woman marilou danley was a roommate of his and so we see her name coming up in association with him as well. but we haven't found any criminal records so far related to the shooter, stephen paddock. fox news sources they had one of the reasons that police were looking for marilou danley is because police found her player's card in his hotel room. so, much more, of course, on this to come. we're following all of the social media as well. we know that many of the musi

out statements including jason aldean really just a heartbreaking statement on instagram telling everyone that he's okay but it's just a horrific night for everyone. back to you guys. >> melanie, y you may not know this, i know they're searching his home in mesquite. do you know did he live with anybody else. >> he lived with marilou danley. >> she has a husband. >> she does have a husband but he does not share the same address. >> thanks mel. >> that part of the mystery deepening as we're trying to learn what may have sparked this event how he was able to get this heavy weaponry into that hotel room. what we know more than 50 dead, more than 200 injured. we'll hear from police in about an hour for our next update. the president tweeted and here's what he had to say. he said my warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you and that was about 20 minutes ago. th

the president at this point. >> you know, steve, you brought up the point about, you know, how would someone be able to get the weapon of this size the ammunition alone into a hotel and i was listening to a discussion about this, you go to a hotel people walking in with suitcases, large suitcases, suitcases that roll so even if the ammunition was very heavy it could easily be in a suitcase and it's not like there's security before you go and check in your room. so, it makes sense that someone would be able to get something like this into a hotel room. we just don't think we can wrap our minds around someone being that sinister t to want to be able to take something like that and literally perch in a hotel room 32 flights up and take people out. >> the question is why. that's the big question investigators want to know and maybe will or may not find out. that's why they were searching for his roommate to see if they could get some information frommer had. melanie

her player's cards in his hotel room. he apparently did live with her and as melanie said you to holly she apparently was married to someone who did not share that address. mesquite is about 70 miles outside of las vegas so it does not appear that this is to bring all those guns to las vegas get a hotel room with a perfect vantage point of this festival does seem a little calculated and not perhaps just a spur of the moment decision to have that event happen as in something upset him and he went off. >> set him off. they were also looking to two vehicles registered to him. both vehicles were located. we don't know what was found inside those vehicles or where those vehicles exactly where, if they were parked there at the hotel or somewhere else. so, lots of questions trying to figure out how this all happened, how it all went down, the timing of it all. but we do know obviously this is a moment in our history that will never be forgotten its tragic. the largest mass shooting eve

>> police in mesquite have gotten to his home. thethey're searching that home. it's northwest of las vegas -- northeast i should say of las vegas at the arizona and utah border. you can't take away those lives that were lost and affected from this tragedy overnight. take a short break. we'll be back with more after this. it's 7:36 right now. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> you can hear the rapid gunfire there. it's still hard to just even imagine being there and witnessing that and then trying to figure out exactly what was going on. mass panic during a massive shooting, a lone gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel in las vegas, opening fire on an outdoor concert festival. jason aldean was the headliner and he was the final one performing and when all was said and done, so far this is just so far, at least 50 people are dead and 200 plus injured. >> it's amazing when you look at the video from this angle right here and you can hear that gunfire you can see it looked like it was right next door to the mandalay bay which on the right side you'll see pan over and you'll see the gold colored lights on the hotel, that's mandalay bay. looks like it's right next to it but when we pull up the map on the left side of the screen you

is. is las vegas is spread out. each one essentially takes up a city block. you see on the left the mandalay bay, the street going straight up the middle there is the las vegas strip and this is at the far southern end of the las vegas strip and then to the right across the street literally across two streets there is where that concert festival is across from the luxor casino. now, if you kept going up one casino to the top across right on top of the luxor there is the new york-new york and right on top of the festival venue is the mgm grand. that's where our bill byer is our colleague who was there when this was happening who we have been talking to on the phone throughout the morning. >> when you look at this picture and you see the distance there, though for the people that obviously were in it, it seemed like a very long time, some people say, you know, five minutes, 10 minutes, maybe even longer as this person was able to relocated at least a minimum of three times, in the grand scheme of things, the ability of the police

figure out exactly where those shots were coming from at that distance and then send a s.w.a.t. team up to the 32nd floor and breach his room and take down the gunman -- >> right. >> it's pretty amazing that they were able to do it that quickly. >> one of the first things i thought of because in that gold colored hotel that's where they believe the gunman was firing out of the 32nd win floor window and all that open space there above that little green stage area is where all of those thousands and thousands of country music fans had been. it was a three day festival. most people bought passes for the entire weekend and unfortunately and tragically at the end of the day, the final performance is when this shooting happened. >> as far as the incident investigation of course it is intense. it is ongoing. the sheriff there leading the way, he's been keeping us abreast of the situation and we hope to hear from him relatively soon. we know that the fbi has been called in, csi personnel have been called in and they d

believe with some confidence that it was a lone gunman, a lone wolf is what they said. this shooter, though, identified as 64-year-old stephen paddock, local resident, known to the police, though we don't know exactly what he was known for. he had some kind of trouble with the law in the past but we don't really know the magnitude of that. but the police were aware of him. and then for awhile they were looking for his companion, this marilou danley who they have also now located. she was a person of interest. but the nature of her involvement obviously we still don't know. >> right. she apparently lived with him in mesquite which is 70 miles or so northeast of las vegas and they have been to his house at this point. they have found the vehicles they believe were involved. they have her detained. hess deceased. so as far as any further threat, that has -- that's not going to happen at this point so police are very confident there is no further threat. however, again, i mean, the carnage is just unbelievable. 50 plus people dead, 200 plu

injured. when we go back to this map right here as to where it happened for mandalay bay to the concert venue and then on the extreme right of the screen, that's the area where you're getting into las vegas' airport so you could see that area is very concentrated where that gunman decided to post up and fire off all of those rounds. >> and you can also understand why they then immediately locked down everything. >> the casinos, the strip, the airport. >> the airport, everything was closed. now, you know, obviously the nature of vegas, lots of people go there to visit. i mean, we had two people that work here at fox5 alone that just happened to be out there obviously for pleasure and we checked in with obviously both of them and they are safe. but there's probably people in the washington area that are wondering if their loved ones are okay and the sheriff did give a number for people to call to check on their family and friends and so if you are someone that is in need of doing that, that number is 1-866-535-5654. (866)535-5654. >> all right, just an absolutely horrible scene to wa

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>> ♪ >> 7:46 is our time right now. if you are just waking up with us we're following the very latest on the las vegas mass shooting. >> a lot of people on social media tweeting about what happened tweeting condolences, others impacted firsthand tweeting out about horrific experiences and we're trying to keep an eye on soal

to find out what it is that people in fact are talking about. >> we go to wisdom right now. >> i think so. we're going to head to wisdom. >> hey. >> hi, whiz. >> good morning to you both. we've been talking about this and we've shown that this this morning, jason aldean who was on stage performing when this all started in las vegas. let's put up his tweet and again we've shown this to you but we're going to go ever it again. tonight has been horrific. i still don't know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that me and my crew are safe. my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. it hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who is just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night #heartbroken #stop the hate. we want to go to the next one in addition to jason aldean a lot of people on social media talking about this. we want to -- let's put up jake owen 'cause he's another country singer who was performing in that same area on a different stage. he says this. praying for everyone here in vegas. i witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. we are okay. others

please pray. owen also tweeted gunshots were ringing off of the stage, rigging and road cases. no one knew where to go. thank you las vegas police department and responders for keeping us safe. country singer mateen in a mcbride says this. watching this horrific news from las vegas and route 91 festival. we played this festival last year. precippraying for everyone's sa. brad paisley. praying for everyone. there are no words that suffice. other people also on social media tweeting this out. this chuck balsamo he says the pain of this news feels like 9/11. dear god please comfort the family and friends of those killed or injured and please heel our country. we will never forget this day. >> also this person tweeted as a first responder i wish i could have been there for these people in such a dark hour. thou

you all and let's leave you with this final tweet here, this is the last one, letting people know all over the world are paying attention to what just happened in vegas. #las vegas shooting. so clearly people on social media in tune with what's taking place, this horrible tragedy that's taking place in las vegas tweeting out their thoughts and prayers to all the victims involved. steve, holly. >> you know wisdom it's one of those times, too, where we see this is a way that kind of helps people process, right,. >> yes. >> and feel like maybe there is some good in the world and we need to come together and grieve together and so we've often seen that when tragedy like this strikes. >> right. and you're talking about people sending out prayers on social media because, you know, everybody clearly can't be there and they can't be there to assist with what's going on in vegas right now but they can pray and offer their condolences and like you said it's a show of support through and s

what they can do at this point. >> people doing what they can. >> yes. >> and it's just almost impossible to put into words what it is that you're feeling at this moment and you think about all of those people who are -- they went to a country music festival. they went there to have fun and escape whatever it was in their life that they wanted to escape from to just go out with friends, loved ones have a good time. >> and you're talking about las vegas as well, a place that's -- that basically is one big party, you know, the casinos, the shows. >> why do you think people go to? escape. to get away. >> destination get away. >> exactly. the lights all the activity. everybody is there for the most part to have a good time and then you have a tragedy like this that changes the entire venue, the strip shut down, airport shut down, the ambulances everywhere. it just, its mind numbing that this continues to happen. >> and you know obviously horrific for the people that are there experiencing it, beyond horrific for people that

every one of us watching this today, you know, vegas is one of those iconic american cities, everybody is having to process it on some level. >> right. >> that this is the world that we live in and that's hard. that's hard to wrap your mind around. >> especially when you think about a venue -- open venue where you're in vegas, this is a concert, it's out in the open like this and this is i heard one expert talking about this this morning, when you have aa free society where people can come and go as they please and you have these mass gatherings then there's really only so much you can do to protect yourself when it comes to mass murders like this. there's only so much you can do and that's just the way it is in our society today. >> well, wisdom, we we were talking about it. everybody walks into a hotel with a suitcase. every hotel can't check every person's suitcase where they check in and live in a free society like you said. >> you can't put a roof over everything, you can't put a roof over life. >> exactly. >> and you just -- your heart

who you know in one split second went from having one of the best times of their weekend, their month, their year, their life and all of a sudden life is over in just a flash. >> you're absoluely right. >> somebody decided to take those lives. >> you're absolutely right. goes from having a good time to tragedy just like that. just like that. and it's sad. >> wisdom thanks much. wisdom is going to keep an eye on what's happening on social media and will rejoin us in good day in a bit. we have a couple colleagues who happened to be in las vegas probably like one of your coworkers. one literally two resorts down, two hotels down from reasonable happened. another was at the las vegas airport and of course the airport was interrupted as well because its property is almost adjacent to the vegas strip right in the area of the mandalay bay. kristyn leon one of our reporters was there at the airport when everything happened. >> yeah, there was a brief ground stop there that has since been lifted now and she's on her way back to d.c. but before she left, s

situation at the airport. >> reporter: it was just scary you guys. i want to show you really quickly my vantage point. the mandalay bay, it's hard to tell, but you can see -- i don't know if you -- how well you can see the strip. the strip is there. it's kind of hard. i don't know -- anyway, there's a window that's outside -- or there's a window that's right there obviously and, yeah, the strip is just right there and it was crazy seeing all the helicopters and i saw multiple ambulance vehicles and i just, you know -- from, again, my vantage point, i'm just glad that we're all safe here today and -- i mean, we're at the safest place that we could possibly be at the airport. so, at one point i was told that police were starting to evacuate people over here to the airport that were over on the strip tonight but again really, really scary. catching up with some of my friends

concert, one of them actually -- she took off right weigh when she heard the sounds of gunfire, she hopped a fence with another couple she didn't know ended up hiding under a car and then making a run for it to the mgm grand hotel and she's there hiding right now still. so, it's just really scary. it's crazy being on the receiving end just wondering what's unfolding and again, you know, turning to twitter, turning to the news to get the latest updates. >> kristyn leon there one of our reporters who happened to be out there just on a pleasure trip for a good time and now this is forever part of her memory. >> let's recast a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel resort casino. and fired on a cro crowd of country music fair and the carnage is unbelievable. at least 50 people killed. holly when you came in it was a couple. >> yeah, two

>> we found out about 5 o'clock it was potentially 20 people, perhaps more and then in the 7 o'clock hour or the 6 o'clock hour found that that number had jumped up to at least 50 dead and more than 200 injured. now, the threat has been neutralized at this point. we have a gunman in custody. they do believe he was working alone although they are still searching for his roommate a person of interest -- well, i take it back. they're searching for information. twthey did that locate her this person of interest. she has been detained but we haven't heard if police gained any information from her as to what sparked the attack. >> the suspect's name system stephen paddock 64 years old local resident, his home is actually about 70, 80 miles outside of las vegas proper. he lives in an area called mesquite nevada. like steve said they are searching his home. he had some kind of relationship with this marilu danley. they found her player's card in the hotel room from which he was shooting. when the s.w.a.t. team breached the door and took down the shooter. so, lots of questions about possibly her involvement, what she knew, if anything. other than

just inexplicable at this point. we know this is a developing situation and that everyone's worst fear is that the death toll will continue to rise. >> we should get another update from las vegas police. the las vegas police, dark county sheriff's department has been keeping us up to date for the most part as best they can. they did promise another update within most likely the next hour so we hope to have that for you in the 8 o'clock hour as we hear from them we'll of course get back in and we'll bring you live coverage of everything that the police have to say at this point. we understand that business on the strip except for right outside of the mandalay bay is starting to get back to normal for las vegas. some of the casinos have reopened. some of the hotels are welcoming guests that can't get back into the mandalay bay saying we'll try to get you a room because you can imagine it's just shy of 5:00 a.m. and a lot of people have been up all night. >> we'll have an update on the investigation, we're going to have an update on the victims. we

give out if you have a loved one that was in vegas and you're still trying to get ahold of them. we have multiple people working as many sources as possible so that we can stay on top of this major developing story. a mass shooting in las vegas on the strip. the worst shooting in u.s. history. 7:57 is our time right now. you're watching fox5 news morning. we'll be right back. >> ♪ you can't have this frenchie. sam just snagged it from homegoods. it reminds him of bennie. only quieter. you can't have this frenchie. but new finds are always arriving. so you can find something so you, for less. at homegoods.

♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. just absolutely horrible start to the day but good morning and thanks for joining us. we'll try to get up to speed on this monday among. >> 8:00 a.m. on this monday, october 2nd, 2017. here's what's on the fox5 news morning menu. ♪ >> started with kick drum and jason aldeen singing ended with hundreds of gunshots. mass shooting in las vegas claimed more than 50 lives. makes it the worst mass shooting this country has ever seen. complete coverage of the chaotic moment. >> the gunman has been identified and police have locate add person of interest in that shooting that woman on the screen you are looking at what we know about her and the gunman so far, those details coming up. we have a life report from las vegas coming up too. we'll get you the latest on the investigation this morning. >> let's get right to it. the investigation into the mass shooting where hundreds of bullets were fired outdoor concert in las

the las vegas strip. more than 50 people confirmed dead. more than 200 others hurt. worst mass shooting in recent history. gunman has been identified by police stephen craig paddock, 64 years old from mesquite, never nest outside of las vegas. >> melanie alnwick has been following the updates. trying learn about the person of interest and the gunman and their alleged connection. mel, good morning. >> good morning. 30,000 people at outdoor concert venue and you have a heavily armed gunman able to basically fire at will from above. this is a terrifying scenario that became all too real. jason aldeen was on stage closing out the route 91 harvest festival this is yearly festival around 10:00 o'clock last night in the video obtained by one our partners at sky news. you can hear that rapid gunfire. some people thought it was firework. music stops and realization there's an active shooter sets in. gunfire starts up again and again as people

get down or get out. people at the concert saw what looked like muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the mandalay hotel it's called las vegas village 15-acre fairground across las vegas boulevard. mgm property. concert goers say they were jumping gates and fences to try to get to safety. we have video of that as well from the ground just really a horrifying place to be trapped into. swat teams located the shooter in a room on the 32nd floor and used explosive blasts to get to him. police say there were numerous firearms inside. going to be a long and tedious investigation. >> obviously, this is a tragic incident one we've never experienced in this valley. so what we're going to try to do is the best we can to get our first responders back on their feet and responding

conducting proper investigation and assure that we have the safety of this community at heart. >> reporter: some of the victims have been identified as off duty police officers who were attend the concert. two other on duty officers were injured as well. sadly hearing more stories about the victims in the hours and days to come. we a did quick background check for stephen paddock. no criminal records have come up. he is listed as manager of an apartment complex in mesquite and he does share an address with that woman police were looking for marilou dan. sources tell fox news her players card was found in his hotel room. i fine it interesting i just want to mention when police located the person of interest, the sheriff said i'm confident but not a hundred% sent sure that leads me to believe that there may be yet more to her story as well. >> back to you. >> indeed. indeed. >> all right. >> mel staying on at

listening to various reports about the shoot brag i came up here a lot of the experts are saying that this person really thought out this attack. it wasn't random he went into a many roo and started shooting. he took a lot of care. >> the right room, the right angle, right ammunition. >> when you look at that map where the mandalay bay is where the concert goers he had to shoot across and over to fire into that this crowd. this is not someone who said i'm nilly willie going to do this. thought this through and carried out the worse mat shooting in america modern history. >> trying to find what may have been happening in his life that could have tipped off such a horrific attack. staying on top of it. i want to check in with bob barnard he continues our team coverage witness first hasn't accounts and some of the things that are coming into the newsroom in scatter the bits and pieces. >> reporter: you can tell from listening from the eyewitness accounts of reality what was happening became apparent quickly as bodies started

of gunfire. here are some of those eyewitness accounts and another cell phone video that recorded the deadliest mass shooting in american history got to warn you it is disturbing. >> people started piling out towards the exit. and we all ran out down the street here towards the mgm. >> it sounded like machine guns just didn't stop. [ gunfire ] >> i thought the shots would never end. even when i was trying to run like get as far away as i can, it seemed like there was someone constantly right behind me. it was non-stop. >> then just kept happening and happening and there was very short increments where there was breaks in between the shots but it literally felt like it just continued for

straight. and every time there was a break, we ran and we ran and i so wasn't sure if it was bullets until one of the times we paused our friend was like the guy next to us got shot. >> obviously people there still stunned now president president donald trump has tweeted about the las vegas shooting this morning. ed president offering "my warmest condo condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you guys ♪ >> bob barnard with round up. i know social media a lot of people reacting to what's been happening out there. a lot of celebrities tweeting their condolences. mariah carey and celine dion saying it could have happened to one anyone of us at our con concerts. people trying to digest this ugliness. how do you describe it? >> how do you wrap your head around. >> we can connect some of the dots at least from

heard. if you take look at the map on the big side of the screen right here and maureen talk about the calculated nature of this apparent shooting that gold colored hotel there, the kind of three-pronged hotel on the bottom left that's the mandalay bay and where it says route 91 festival concert venue in the middle of the screen right there, that open space that screen green part is part of the stage all those fans would be in that area of gray where that would be the concrete area where the fans would be. so the way that it appears from police is that that gunman was in one of the top floors of that gold hotel firing across that street which is las vegas boulevard. firing from that hotel all the way across that street and then across the stage to the, w the fans were. >> that's unbelievable. >> at least a city block when it comes to length. that's how far away from the venue the gunman was. >> right. >> which gives you the idea the power of the we were pennsylvania he was using and have those weapo i

mode for all those shots to go off. >> for me i've only been to vegas one time. it gives me and those of you out there too perspective how far she was hoot shooting. shot across the street and over. reloading his automatic rifle and victims saying they had maybe five to eight seconds in between him reloading to try to run not knowing what was going on. were these fireworks, no, they see bodies dropping all around them. the unimaginable terror that this man reigned down on these innocent concert goers last night in las vegas. unbelievable a cash of weapons found in his room when police were finally able to discern where he was get up there to that room, storm that room and take him down. a 64-year-old man carrying out this heinous attack on innocent people in las vegas last neat. >> again, 50 plus people dead. 200 plus injured. those numbers bound to change. police still investigating. they are searching that gunman stephen paddock's home, 70 miles away from this vegas strip. so h

this strip to carry out this evil attack with someone in tow marilou dan al woman said to be his roommate. police have now caught up with her as well but as we said earlier they're making a scene there might be someone else or some other people they think may be involved in this shooting. >> all right. back to the map on the right side of the screen. bottom right there is part of the area adjacent to las vegas main airport. thousands of flights people coming and out of vegas every day. you can see why that area was under such tight restriction when this shooting happened they basically locked down everything and then to the north of that map if you would continue it up to the top just before the lucks sore casino is new york new york and above the concert festival is the area where the mgm grand famous for big fights they have there and big events and everything else. so this area we have a couple of colleagues who las vegas. christine leone was at the airport when this happened. our news operations

buyer was just above the area north of the lucks sore where new york new york and the mgm are connected by big pedestrian bridge much that's where he was when he herds shots ringing out. we have several people there and of course lauren blanchard is there. we'll check in with her in just a minute. she's at the bottom of the the screen which is where that famous welcome to las vegas sign is a lot of people will take pictures when they come in or out of town when they get there to get their picture taken. let's check in with lauren and find out more what's happening in las vegas where it's ten minutes past five. good morning, lauren. >> good morning. things have definitely calmed over the last couple of hours at least where we are. this as we have still watched a number of ambulances and police cars coming up and down this boulevard presumably bringing a lot of those folks who were injured or were killed. those latest numbers at this point more than 50 people are dead.

more than 200 have been injured this after the alleged gunman according to officials his name is steven paddock. 64 years old of the las vegas area. they say he is dead. he was killed up in the room where he had numerous firearms according to officials and he just reigned down on this country festival where people were just watching some music. now, we have heard just a lot of stories from all of these people. that have been coming out of this area. they have been trying to find family. some of these folks are just kids, 25-year-olds. i was talking to they were just absolutely stunned. had no idea what to make of this. a lot of people had no idea this was shooting to begin with, until, of course, things just really got chaotic. so steve, maureen even though it's early in the morning hours after this has happened, people still quite stunned a lot of folks also just trying to figure out, you know

are. a lot of this activity now moving over towards the hos hospitals because that is now where folks are looking for their loved ones. >> lauren blank charred in las vegas. we want to give you a number for information. one-86 sick-fief 35-5654. >> people are tweeting one woman tweeting she's been calling her mother's cell phone and her mother is not picking up. i can't even imagine the heart ache the fear that's going -- that she's experiencing right now not knowing what's happened to her mother at that concert. >> another update from las vegas police later this hour. we'll get up to speed on some other news around here as well and more on the las vegas shooting after the break. much more when we come right back. back.

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♪ back now 8:15 with more on the breaking news from las ve vegas. more than 50 people dead. more than 200 others injured after gunman opened fire on a country concert. >> horrific scene all the way around here's what we know at this point. let's get you some of the headline factor when it comes to this. at least 50 people killed. at least 200 people injured after one what police believe is one gunman fired into the crowd of country music fans enjoying a last act of three-day

music festival. that's the mandalay bay in gold. it looks like it's next to the stage it's actually about a block away. they believe that gunman fired from the 32nd floor one of the upper floors of the mandalay bay into the crowd firing off hundreds if not thousands of rounds. that gunman 64-year-old stephen paddock is deceased. police took him down signed the hotel. we believe he's the manager of a app complex in mesquite, nevada 70 miles away. he was parent until las vegas with a woman who police have been able to find this is that woman right here marilou danley and they found her player's card inside of his hotel room last we heard from police maureen police said we think we have her. >> absolutely. >> we're working on identification questions to make sure that this is indeed the person we were looking for. >> indeed police also saying they've located two vehicles looking for in connection to stephen paddock, hyundai tucson and chrysler pacifica

stephen paddock must have planned this attack. police found a cash of weapons inside his hotel room. they are now search searching his home 80 miles away to see if they can find if you more weapons happens a motive that would prompt somebody to do t this. >> we want to talk about the reaction here in washington everything of course is political and full of power and we heard from the president earlier this morning he said in tweet, by warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you ♪ >> as for congress, you know the gundy bait will come up every time we have one of these mass shootings and incident like this. the debates internally in the office in the families in the

their schedule this week. we just celebrated the return to congress, steve scalise when he was shot. he came back and big celebration to welcome him back and republicans were taking that opportunity to try to pass through some changes of the gun laws. >> two gun laws supposed to be on the house floor may get pulled in light of events today. one make to purchase silencer and carry concealed weapons across state lines. >> the ability to have a silencer, can you imagine if this gunman had a silencer much more carnage he would have caused. that's the argument i'm seeing on twitter people are saying this. >> i think that's debate that will come up a lot on the hill. after numerous shootings like this, the focus of the republicans in congress has not been to crosswalk down not a political will. congress will try to learn about why this suspect did this. what caused him to take these kinds of actions mental illness issues, was he known to police already. maybe on some list they didn'

act. that tends to be the direction this goes in. one variable what president trump will say. i fully expect we'll hear from him at some point today. >> we've only heard from him one time via twitter to pass along condolences. the gundy bait is a sticky one. and those who are pushing for the passage of these bills are drawing that line between what works for sportsman and illegal use of guns we see here in this case. >> these lines politically have not moved go back to the sandy hack massacre when president obama called for more legislation that died in the senate. we haven't seen actions change. what president trump says will be very interesting. he didn't take tra traditional stances. if he comes out to calls for gun control it will be interesting. >> the fact that he seems to again sort of attack

random. how much sway would he have. >> republicans would who resist that. with a deal as he says with chuck and nancy. the democrats. if he can find a place where they can move forward it will be interesting to see how republicans react particularly in light the largest mass shooting in u.s. history. >> those obviously who would not be favor of these bills being passed would point to that and say what more would it take to some type of restrictive measures put on the gun lobby in this country. >> same debate we've every time. politics haven't moved. i think back to the point of mental illness issues sort of figuring what drove the suspect to do that and then again watch president trump this afternoon. >> these votes were set to be this week. will they get pulled this week, delayed, what do you expect to happen. >> its i think it's very likely they'll change what they'll be doing in congress in spite of what happened in las vegas. >> we'll have to see. nick johnson access editor thanks for coming in and breaking it down for u

they've got to do something. this cannot continue to happen. >> nick, the bigger question when you said it will depend on what the president has to say. >> right. >> we know the relationship between the president and what's happening in congress right now. and there have been decisions like you said you got to deal with chuck and nancy the president wants to hear people say i like what he did here. >> right, right. >> but if that happens, and this is conjecture at this point, if he would go in that direction that would happen, what does that do with the relationship with republicans in congress. >> he's already tweeting against some of them. already attacking paul ryan and mitch mcconnell that relationship isn't great. like you said donald trump likes the great press he got on the deal with the democrats an opportunity looking at it where i can crack another deal. >> leave it up to congress and republicans specifically in congress to say, okay, it's in your hands now, are you going to do what i say or do what constituents say. >> that's right. >> if we believe his daughter has any, you know, has his ear so

condolences the you get the sense they're involved here perhaps again this may have some influence on the president and what he decided to in this case. >> it's very earl in the process focusing on the victim. there will be political ramifications this week, absolutely. >> keep an eye on. nick johnson an editor with ax sews. there's the tweet from the president earlier this morning. only tweet we've gotten so far an hour and 11 minutes ago. president tweeted cone dole lenses and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you ♪ we'll stay on top of the story in las vegas it is the big story not just here in washington but across the country and around the world. we have team coverage of the situation unfol unfolding in vai gas. that investigation. more when we come back. you're watching fox5 news morning.

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♪ 8:25 right now. back to our coverage of the breaking news from las vegas, nevada this morning. the mass shoot tag country concert in las vegas being called the deed lee yesterday mass shooting in u.s. history. >> we've been following the situation all morning long. the death toll more than 50 people confirmed dead. more than 200 others injured. we do have team of reporters fanned out gathering information for you on this story. we know that the gunman was taken down by police soon after that shooting. identified as 64-year-old stephen paddock a person of interest

connection to this woman believed to be his roommate. has also been -- she's been found and police have her in custody. marilou dan system her name. police hinting and talking about her there might be others involved here. we're not quite sure if it was just the two people. >> i don't know if they were saying that. or just saying when they found her they weren't sure if they had completely positively identified her. police did say they did not feel there was any more threat at this point. >> right, right. >> they do believe the people they detained are the people who had information about this. >> okay. >> they didn't think people to think there might still be someone out there toho could do something horrific in connection with this. >> obviously breaking news situations the information comes out initially and some of it obviously is wrong. thought to be multiple sho shoo. multiple gunshots and explosions going off. just a lone gunman who opened fire from the 32 floor of the mandalay bay hotel firing over the concert goers across the street at a venue on the las

more than 50 people dead. more than 50 people dead. more than 200 others injured jut wrapping your head around that tragedy unimaginable. >> just impossible to imagine somebody could inflect that much harm on so many other people. we don't know about the motive at this point. know very little about the gunman, he's skier years old he lived about 70 miles from las vegas in mesquite, nevada on the arizona/utah//nevada border. he he was known to police in the past we don't know exactly what for at this point. don't know much about his background. melanie alnwick saying he managed an apartment complex in mesquite. he apparently lived with this marilou danley woman although we also heard she was married we don't know what connection might be between all of those people who were involved. we also believe that she was named a person of interest because her casino player's card was found in his hotel room in the mandalay bay which led police to find her. apparently

they believe they found the vehicles that both of these people may have had. and they have begun a search of his home in met mesquite. that's what we know at this point. we dope have any clue what might have set him off and why he orchestrated this attack did not appear like it was a random spur of the moment attack. this attack that had been planned in advance. >> so much still to come out police investigating this continuing story. the motive really the big thing here what in the world prompted him to do this. as you know that shooting happened right in the middle of performance by country music singer jason aldeen. several hours after that shooting he sent out this tweet. he did it on instagram. this is what he had to say. "tonight has been horrific. i still don't know what to say but wanting to let everyone know me and my crew are safe. me thoughts and prayers go out to every involved tonight. this hurts my heart this would happen to anyone just coming out to enjoy what would have been a fun night ♪ >> it could have been a fun night. it sho

for people to escape whatever it was they felt troubled by in their lives to go out haven't great night of fun and music with their friends and it turned into one of the most horrific tragedies of our time here in this country. the third night avenue three-date night music festival. jason aldeen was the headliner on the third night he was the last act of the entire festival. >> okay. we'll stay on top of this. so much more coming up. stay with us fox5 news morning. we're sorting out the details in this mass shooting at the vegas strip. back after this. this. what can you do with two bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches for $5 from dunkin'? settle a debt. make a friend. save the day. or keep 'em both for this handsome devil. with two bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches for $5

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♪ hundreds of shots fired outdoor couldn't senate in las vegas. more than 50 killed. 200 hurt. we'll get an update in 30 minutes. >> gunman has been identified by police. steven craig paddock 64 years old from mesquite, nevada just outside of las vegas. >> melanie alnwick has been following the updates from nevada and us from the newsroom with the very latest as we continue to try the connect the dots. >> number one is why would he do this. you have 30,000 people at outdoor convert venue and a heavily armed gunman able to basically fire at will from above and absolutely absolutelyr scenario. hotline has been set u t

loved ones. lots of people visit las vegas. one-866-535- -- >> jason aldeen around 10:00 o'clock last night. you can hear rapid gunfire almost sounds like helicopters overhead. then the music stops. the realization that there's an active shooter sets. gunfire starts again. as people start to yell to get down or get out. people at the concert saw what looked like muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the mandalay bay hotel across the las vegas strip. venue is called las vegas village a 15-acre fairground across the boulevard from the mandalay bay hotel. concert goers were jumping gates and fences to try to get to safety. now we have new video in as well we want to show you. this is the video also of people just either getting down on the ground or trying to flee the scene

but also wanted to show you video of swat teams. they located the shooter in room on the 32nd floor of mandalay bay hotel apparently they used explosive blasts to get to them him. this is when the threat had been neutralized you can see them going up and down the hallways there. police say there were numerous firearm inside that room. we're told it will be a long and tedious investigation fox news sources are saying that in fact there were so much gunfire coming from that room that it set off the smoke alarms and that is how hotel staff were able to pinpoint exactly where the problem was coming. we want to show that you phone number again. one-86 segment-535-5654. we did a quick background check for stephen paddock. so far no criminal records came up much. he's listed as the manager of a apartment complex in mesquite he shares an address with that woman police were looking for marilou danley of. she's been located sources tell fox news her player's card

found in his hotel room why they wanted to find her and talk to her. we're expecting another update from las vegas police at 9:00 o'clock this morning. here in d.c., want to let you also know d.c. police are monitoring that situation very closely. back to you in the studio. >> melanie alnwick with update for us from the newsroom. more to come as we get it. >> interesting fact about the smoke alarms and wondering how they were able to narrow this down aside from concert goers seeing the flashes coming from one of the top floors of the mapped lay bay. let's stay top of the story. deadly mass shooting in las vegas. >> bob bernard continues our team with brand new first hand accounts. >> concert goers using metal barricades as make shift stretchers to carry the dead and wounded out of the kill zone there on the las vegas strip overnight. some of those who were there and lived through this deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. >> it was really crazy. there was muzzle fire and smoke coming out of the

was just rapid fire. a couple hundred rounds were fired out there and the curtains from the window -- the wind was drawing them out and the gunfire was tattering the curtains kept coming out of that window again and again. really just frightening. >> it was pretty much like a war seen inside i'm seen a lot stuff in my day with the fire depth. it was hard to see, um, even the bodies that are outside down the street here that were carried probably half a mile from the incident honestly i probably pronounced 15 to 20 people inside. it's a very sad day on an event like this that something never should have happened. [ gunfire ] >> catching up with my friends at the country concert one of them actually, she took off right away when she her the sounds of gunfire. she hopped a fence with another couple that she didn't know and ended up hiding under a car and then making a run for it to the mgm grand

hiding right now still. >> myself and few other security guards some of the civilians we all gave hands helping transport bodies. a lot of people shot unfortunately. >> one girl had shrapnel mark on the side of her face and she said it appeared the bullets were coming from mandalay bay into the concert, and they were just dropping. the people were just dropping. >> reporter: now, president donald trump has tweeted about the las vegas shooting this morning the president offering "here my warmest couldn't dell lenses and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you ". >> some of the tweets that are out there coming from vips and others responding to what has happened here. here's mayor buddy dire he's the mayor of orlando, florida where they had that terrible nightclub shooting. terrible to wake up to the horrific news from las vegas our community stands with las vegas during this difficult time. this from celine dion who regularly performs in las vegas. pr

victims and their families in las vegas. and this is the nevada governor sandoval saying a tragic and heinous act of violence has taken the nevada family. our prayers with the victims. jake owen also performing at the concert praying for everyone here in vegas eyewitness the most unimaginable event tonight. we're okay. others aren't. please pray. and guys, there's a lot of stuff coming in from our fox affi affiliate. it's fox5 in las vegas from fox news and people on social media when you see these images lit literally people are carrying others concert goers who survived acting as first responders helping to get others out who have been wounded. some who were dead. on these metal barricades just thinking quickly to get out of there after initially some of the video you see the people are just like piled on top of each other because they're hearing the gunshots, they realize what it is, but where can they go? just a horrible scene there on the very

last night, guys. >> it's so tough, bob. when you talk about that concert venue and look this was a big festival. we know that concert festivals are big throughout the summertime season, really become a year round thing it's more than what you would get at your local concert venue 15,000 people in place. bigger venues bigger people. long three day festivals. this particular one was sold out. they have to put that security up to protect the people inside the festival to make sure people aren't coming in that aren't supposed to be in there, but in this case it also hampered the efforts for people to get out something i'm sure no one would ever expect a person obviously unstable in some way would be firing at them from above. >> i'll tell you just in the wake of all these things had a happened in this case these people were sitting duck you heard the descriptions of the gunshots from the 32nd floor. how are people going to protect themselves from that. i think we've grown to the point whether you're in your place of worship or at the mall, you think, oh -- get ong metro

i'm a sitting duck here that's clearly what's happened in this case. i think what will be fascinating when the information comes out the 64-year-old man what was his beef? why did he star get that crowd? what set him off? i mean this is a cross section of america down there on the street and so he wasn't targeting obviously anyone particular group. country western fans, come on. so i mean hopefully in the hours ahead we'll learn the story of the novation behind this. it doesn't change the facts and yet people are curious. why this time, why this place, and just the idea that so many have been killed overnight it's just you wake up and it's another nightmare. >> that's the strange thing. obviously the focus needs on the victims. the questions to be why? how did somebody do this, and in this case, bob, from everything that the police have said so far, and everything that we've been able to put together, it does not seem like the case where someby

and started firing at will. this seems to be a case someone intentionally got into a place with a great viewpoint to just conduct the absolute most carnage as possible. why at that particular time for that performance, who knows at this point. does seem incredibly calculate gled didn't have to be a good shot. he had a massive of people congregated having a good time and he's shooting from across the street and over. didn't even have to be a good shot. picking off people at will from his perch in the 32nd floor. what would make someone do this. >> reporter: if you listen to the natural sound coming -- you can kind of here it from that the people on their cell phone. there were clearly pauses as he reloaded whatever weapon it was that he used. >> right. >> he emptied the magazine, reloaded and started all over again, and people are hunkered down wondering is it over, is this real and then it happens again. >> what's absolutely

here, aside from the whole thing, if you go back to the very beginning of it, bob where witnesses said they heard a couple of shots fired. it's almost as if he fired a couple of shots to see if he had the range and then after that just completely unloaded on crowd innocent people which is just horrifying to think of. >> is this going to work, oh yeah, it's working and he did it. >> terrible. bob, thanks very. bob will keeping scowering online to see what we can find. melanie is working on the background who've this gunman s we'll get bits and pieces. we'll try to confirm before we gas that news along. >> we have much more on fox5 news morning coming out of vegas and coming into our newsroom. we'll share it all with you when we come right back.

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♪ let's get back to the breaking news coming from las vegas overnight deadly shoot tag country concert outside of the mandalay bay hotel which is that hotel in gold on the right side of the screen. >> as you can see the scene very active. this is not live picture but the scene still very active out there. we do have a couple of colleagues in vegas right now. they are okay but they've been communicating with us all morning long. >> we have a couple of colleagues who are out in las vegas. one them is our director of production and news operations our news ops director bill buyer. we chatted with bill overnight over the last couple of hours. bill actually just to give you a position wise was about one hotel north of the mandalay bay right outside the ngm grand.

vegas strip from mandalay bay if you go up a hotel you have the pyramid hotel and after that you have the new york new york which is across from mgm. empties where he was. right outside of that area. he was able to hear the gunshots from the bridge. we've been talking with bill overnight and he's a recount of what he had to tell us earlier this morning. >> our colleague bill buyer is in las vegas witnessed the mayhem. he joins us on the phone. it's very early 4:00 a.m. one question i think we don't want to jump to too many conclusions here some people are sasaying the dead yesterday shooting in u.s. history. we don't know if all of those victims were shot or a panic situation as well. did you hear anything about that could it have been stampede type conditions in addition to the shooting? >> from what i saw and you guys have i was sought video, it's hard to believe it was stampede. more likely -- again conjecture i think it was from the three magazines that this guy loaded up. what we

this thing had taken place, you know, just people trying to get to their loved ones trying to just get away from the scene. crying and, you know, it was -- it's been chaotic and tragic and just crazy here. these people running around like they didn't know what to do. right now, at the mgm hotel, for the people who wouldn't get back to their hotels they've given blankets and pillows and they're camped out downstairs. excuse me i'm a little tired. they're all camped out downstairs. and probably get back where they got to go in the morning. >> understandably you're tired, bill, yours it's all setting in too what you just witnessed. can you kind of take us back and tell us how it unfoldly for you? >> sure. new york new york and mgm are linked via a bridge

and, you know, musicians hang out on that bridge. people hang out on that bridge. and if you're looking down the street, you'll see mandalay bay three quarters of a mile up the street and the venue not far from there. so i came up for air out of new york new york came up on the bridge. as soon as i walked out, you know, there was a large police presence. ambulance were coming down the industry. hey, what's going on? >> there's been a shooting. they think it's a sniper. so, you know, i went down. i got closer to the scene and when i got down there i took some video and tweeted out this was a staging area for victims, and the ambulance were coming in by six and seven at a time. as they were triaging people in front of the mgm and getting them in ambulances and shipping them out. so, you know, at that point, little bit more with adrenaline hat and trying to get some facts scen

went back up to the escalator to get back up to the bridge, all of a sudden there was panic. there were about 75, 100 people still on that bridge and we heard reports gunshots. that's what they sounded like we all just took off and we got three to four blocks away from mgm off the strip. it was crazy. i think my legs were shaking when i got over there. >> sure. >> i made my way back after awhile. and when i did, the police automatically corralled me and got me into the mgn at that point it was a lock down. friends of my where at new york new york and we were texting each other what was going and. little bit later, here and i got video i sent you folks, while i

swat team came in, completely armed, automatic weapons and truck through the hotel up the escalators. i waited for them to come back down and i knew they were going up for something. and when he they came down they a gentleman in a stretcher who seemed to have had a gunshot wound to his left arm which was bandaged and bleeding and they whisked him out. they did stick around a little bit longer out there looking around, and i waited for everybody to leave. that was the last of what the real action i saw besides, you know, folks trying get back to their loved ones and trying to make sure that everybody was okay. >> bill, we want you to definitely get some rest. we want to you get back to your loved run here in the dc area. you're glad you're safe and you were out there for sometime away from work. we appreciate you giving us your account here. >> hart that was bill buyer a colleague out there in las vegas

he saw on the strip right after this mass shooting that left fief me plus people dead. 200 injuries much the gunman taken by police on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel shooting at a group of concert goers there on the strip that gunman town down. police finding a hoard of weapons in his room which he meant to use cause even more harm had he been given the opportunity and not stopped by the swat team that went in. a woman supposed to be connected with him was also taken into cuff custody. heroines name a marilou danley police finding her player's card inside the room. >> fascinating point how they may have been able to track down which room that was. the gunfire set you have off the smoke detectors. therapy able to narrow it down where that room may be so the swat could get in there unnatural lies that us inspect. 8:51. expecting an update around 9:00 o'clock from the sheriff

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>> it will take awhile for to us completely get through the evacuation phase and then eventually we will, um, have an assessment on the injuries associated with that. now our suspect

as stephen craig paddock 64 years old. white male from mesquite, ne nevada. we have no investigative information or background associated with this individual that is derogatory. the only thing we can tell he received a citation several years ago and that citation was handled as a matter of normal practice in the court system. some important things that i need to get out. the family reunification still is taking place here at the las vegas metropolitan police department headquarters. so any individuals that are looking for answers for their family members or friends are welcomed to come here and we will provide that information as we get it. the fbi is vital in assistance of this investigation as a matter of help they are pro providing a one-800. 800 call fbi as the matter of number is

>> now that number to be utilized for any and all information especially video information or evidence that we can provide the fbi and they will be the housing all that critical information. so if you have any body that has knowledge through your media sources and they want to provide that information, that's the avenue to go. once they receive an individual on the other side of the line, they'll walk them threw the process and get them to the online version so they can download that information. additionally, the coroner's office as i repeated before has set up a number for individuals to call and that number is 18665355654. that is for individuals that do not have the ability to come down to the headquarters to discuss their

in person. now the other critical piece associated with this and any mass casualty event the need for blood. so united blood services have services set up currently. they are receiving patients or donors at 6930 west charleston and 601 whitney ranch in henderson. so if you have the ability to donate blood to help the cause, please do so. additionally, the laborers union is offering their facility, medical facility, 7135 west sahara for individuals that want to donate blood. as always, umc has a pod society up for individuals to go to umc to donate blood. that will be the gist of the updates at this time. so i'm happy to answer any questions. >> sheriff, can you talk about what the scene was like in that room when your officers walked

>> um, we believe the individual killed himself prior to our entry. >> how many weapons was he found with. >> we are still going through the essential warrant actively at this time. but it's in excess of ten rifles. >> what's the status of the deadly? >> the woman -- >> we have located her out of the country. she was not with him when he checked in. we have diss he was utilizing some of her identification, and we have had conversations with her and we believe her not to be involved at this time. obviously that will be -- that investigation will continue. as far as his residence in mesquite we have officers now there serving a search warrant. >> anything yielded by that essential warrant at his home at this point? >> we just entry just a matter of minutes ago. so that's going to be quite some time. we're going in

residence first for any possible explosives. so that will be slow and methodical and take us quite sometime before we conduct a search base. >> mary lee danley said she was found out of can you country. did you fine any weapons on her. >> no, ma'am. i don't know what has taken place as far as the interview with her. >> okay? i think it's important for you to notice who is standing behind me. we have chief mark -- greg castle i'm sorry. >> that's all right. >> i get caught up with your family. greg castle has been integral in the saving of lives. they paired up with our officers our at the scene and their actions and heroic acts were instrumental in saving self hundred lives associated with this event and then out of our attorney general adam lacks salt brought forth his office to help us in any future prosecution associated with the case. and you have the special agent in charge of the fbi as i mentioned the fbi has been standing next to us from the

providing all the resources available the federal government to help us in this endeavor. and then you have the steve sis sill lack he's been instrumental in getting usure sources to the first responders. as far as refreshments and food and support of the county commissioner. i have been on the phone with the mayor carolyn goodman and she responded to umc to check on the patients and she's in the process of visiting the other hospitals and showing support of you are its steer. korman is ruben is in town to show us support. any on the questions. >> at one point you said this was not terror related m people argue this is domestic terr terrorism. how did you differentiate this to people. >> we have to establish what is his motivation is. there's motivating factors associated with terrorism