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by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump declared the United States “a nation in mourning” Wednesday, as he traveled to Las Vegas to meet survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Eulogizing parents and spouses who “used their own bodies to protect their loved ones,” from a ballistic onslaught that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured, Trump visited with survivors and first responders. Trump toured […]
Dramatic police body cam footage shows harrowing moments during the October 1, 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip, which left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 wounded. The video showed a police man and his unit sheltering behind a wall near the Mandalay Bay hotel. He can also be heard asking others to take shelter. (Agence France Presse TV video sourced from Las Vegas Police Department)
by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse MESQUITE, United States (AFP) — In America’s macabre recent history of mass shootings, it has become something of a cliche: the loner who moved silently in his community, never getting too close to neighbors or revealing his hand. Stephen Paddock, the gunman behind the deadliest such attack in modern US history who murdered 59 people in Las Vegas on Sunday, joins that chilling roll call of reclusive killers. Neighbors […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (Reuters) — At least 20 people were in critical condition and more than one hundred were still being treated for injuries ranging from high-caliber gunshot wounds to blunt force trauma at a hospital in Las Vegas on Tuesday (Oct. 3) following the mass shooting on Sunday night. “There are some devastating wounds,” said Dr. Douglas Fraser, vice chair of the University Medical Center trauma division. “This was a very high-caliber weapon […]
by Cyril Julien with Frankie Taggart in Mesquite Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — America mourned victims of the worst gun massacre in recent US history Tuesday as investigators probed the motive behind an apparently senseless attack on Las Vegas concert-goers. President Donald Trump branded the attacker — who raked a crowd with gunfire from a 32nd floor hotel room, leaving 59 dead and at least 527 injured — a “demented man.” […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock’s “regular companion” was an Australian woman who moved to the United States 20 years ago to work on the casino strip, the government confirmed Tuesday. Marilou Danley, 62, was initially said to be a “person of interest” but has since been cleared of any involvement in the shocking shooting that left 59 dead and more than 500 injured. American authorities said she was out of […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Police recovered a huge cache of guns and explosives Monday from the Las Vegas hotel room and home of the man accused of killing at least 59 people and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. US officials reacted cautiously meanwhile to an Islamic State claim that Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, had carried out Sunday night’s massacre on the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than 50 people were killed and 200 wounded when a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, police said on Monday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in US history. “We are looking at in excess of 50 individuals dead and of 200 individuals injured at this point,” Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said after Sunday night’s shooting at a country music concert […]
by Javier Tovar Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A gunman killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100 others Sunday when he opened fire on thousands of fans at a country music concert on the Las Vegas Strip. The gunman, who police said was a local man, was killed after being “engaged” by officers who responded to reports of multiple gunfire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, […]
LOS, ANGELES, United States (AFP) – At least two people were killed and more than 20 wounded when a gunman went on a shooting spree on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, police and US media reports said. Police said that the shooter was taken “down” after officers swarmed over the famous boulevard following reports of multiple shots being fired from the Mandalay Bay casino. “At this time we do have a suspect down,” Las […]
An active shooter is reported near and around the Mandalay Bay Casino, sending people into panic. Police have responded and swarmed the Las Vegas strip late Sunday following reports of multiple shots fired from the Mandalay Bay casino, according to police and US media reported.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republican US lawmaker Steve Scalise made a spirited return to Congress Thursday for the first time since being gravely wounded in a mass shooting at a June baseball practice. A beaming Scalise drew loud cheers, fist bumps, and multiple prolonged standing ovations from colleagues when he walked using crutches onto the floor of the House of Representatives and addressed the chamber, three and a half months after he nearly died in an attack […]
