Vegas Strip Shooting

Morning news reporting over 50 dead, 200+ wounded during a country music festival. Shooter, a 64-year-old retiree, was firing into the crowd from a 32-floor room in the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Suspect killed by police.

 

sad state of affairs for the people at that concert and the ones that died.

Looking/Hearing videos, it sounded like a high caliber automatic (shooting kept going for minutes) long arm. He had more long arms in his room with shotguns.
Gunmen died from a self-inflicted wound when he noticed law enforcement coming to his room via self video surveillance.

Hotel Security will change as every bag will be screened(ala TSA) in Vegas for such venues.

 

Janet and I are sending our condolences and also our best wishes for all of you..friends, neighbors and family. When will this ever end?

 

We are in shock here in my office, fortunately the only one in my family affected is my daughter who is a surgical technician. She said the hospital is crazy.

 

my thoughts go out to the families of those killed and further thoughts go out to the 400 plus that still have a fight to fight!!!!

 

please let your daughter know we thank her for her commitment and unsung heroism really.

 

thoughts and prayers of the victims and their families
Horrible just horrible!

 

Craziness, my wife and I stay on the strip every couple of months at various hotels and noticed thatbManadaly Bay is the only hotel we noticed

 

that doesn't check for room keys at the elevator entrances. Not saying it would have helped but you never know.

 

I can't talk about this yet. Too upsetting. Please let everyone who is injured recover fully. That's all I can say.

 

This is incredibly sad news. My condolences to all the families affected and I hope the area hospitals are able to save more lives.

 

Son's in Boston - Switched shift to get status on All Extended Family in LV, particularly Cousin who works "Security/Investigation" - Finally was able to make contact after being in lockdown *wherever* he was.

Multiply that by who-knows-how-many people from all over x who-knows-how-many people from all over & delayed flights. That's a lot of anxiety.

And save for delays, that's just for who-knows-how-many people who *weren't* directly impacted.

For those who were, it's far worse.

As names of victims are released - Seven degrees of separation are going to draw a lot of people out of their comfort zone.


- via iPhone

 

At least three people in my office had family/friends at the concert who were directly affected. One of our legal assistants' daughters was there with a group of friends. Multiple people from her group shot, but her daughter was not hit. One of the girls was in surgery this morning. It didn't sound good.

 

My heart is heavy over this. The stories from my daughter last night when she finally made it home were hard to hear but at the same time I wanted to know. The items my wife's Wal-Mart was donating, some of which items were heart breaking (Things you would never think about). I waited yesterday for many hours to donate blood. The amount of people out to do the same was incredible. Before this it was always someone else with the disaster and I would donate money and move on. Now when things happen I will have some sort of understanding what people/communities are going through. This has not been a good way to learn but a valuable lessen none the less.

 

Hi guys, I apologise, I havent read the thread through, so this may be out in context. we got back today from MGM, I was there the night it happened, casually wandering around at the centrifuge bar part of the resort when people started streaming in from outside. One guy shouted there was shooting on the strip and started a weird half-hearted move of everyone towards the front foyer. That turned into a fast run of people. I walked back to the foyer myself, rang er indoors and told her under no circumstances answer the door to the room, not even to me, and to get the tv on. Then a stampede started through the front doors. I joined up with some ex-military guys and we lent a hand where we could, getting people in, calmed down, helped, and prowled the hotel for a while as the messages were so unclear, some talked of snipers, but some seemed to be indicating there were shooters outside on the strip chasing down groups too, which we now know wasn't true, but on the ground, we decided to ensure we stood ground if we had too. I searched the casino floor for a while concerned that if one got in, they might have planted a bomb somewhere, so checked everywhere I could. One ******* used a ringtone of a gunshot to scare a group he was walking with and I assume the guys that grabbed the smiling jerk may well have pointed out his error of judgement pretty firmly.

Eventually the news came through that it was one sniper, and he was toast, so we all got together to talk about things. They were brave guys, one and all, as were so many I met through the night. We were all prepared to try our best no matter what we faced, terrifying, but true, that night. I eventually went to the room at five, but was back down at 730 as my mind just couldn't comprehend this mother****ers motives.

I pray for those dead, those injured, and those whose lives are touched by the event, and hope they get some answers to all the questions about that night.

One thing I couldn't establish before I left was that the 'country' bar in MGM was still closed Tuesday afternoon as we left, so I hope to god that isn't connected in any way. The MGM staff were great come Monday, making us feel better by doing a great job in extreme circumstances. I spent the whole day at the pool staring at the sun.

Apologies for cutting in

 

Glad to hear you're ok, and thank you for helping others.

 

No problem at all Mark, the heroes were those on the scene itself though, every single person that went through it, attended, and tried to administer treatment. Metro, ambulance and medical staff, hotel staff, normal people turned instant heroes. I couldn't get close enough to do as much as I would have liked to, and it bugs me terribly ever since.

I'm going back to Vegas in march, booked it today, back to the MGM, and if I can get back sooner I will as well. Love the city and the people there.

 

So sorry to hear that, I hope she pulls through, and that everyone else there gets over the emotional stress of it

 

Thanks man, stupidity and bravado make you do crazy stuff, I'm also glad I didn't manage to screw up and get anybody hurt, it's a fine line sometimes too