Tag: LAS VEGAS

BELLEVIEW, Fla. (AP) — Sounds of rapid machine gun and cannon fire cut though the Sunday morning quiet, sending members of a nearby Florida church diving for cover as they feared a repeat of the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend, back in the United States after a weekslong trip abroad, will be at the center of the investigation into the shooting deaths of 59 people as authorities try to determine why a man with no known record of violence or crime would open fire on a concert crowd from a high-rise hotel.

Until about 10:05 p.m. local time last night in Las Vegas few people knew that Stephen Paddock would become the most infamous mass murderer in American history. According to records, Paddock lived in Melbourne, Florida from 2013 through 2016, he also lived in Texas and California before moving to Mesquite, a small town about 80 miles south of the Las Vegas area in 2016.

The deadliest mass shooting in recent United States history took place last night on “The Strip,” in Las Vegas. At this point over 50 people were killed and another 200 were injured when a 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a local man took aim at a crowd watching a country music festival from his perch 32 stories above the crowd from his room at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

After what seems like a year of hype and promotion tonight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will be packed to see the super-fight between one of the greatest boxers of his generation Florida’s own Floyd Mayweather and the best UFC fighter on the planet Conor McGregor.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Surrounded by imposing Las Vegas hotel-casinos in the foreground and desert mountains in the background, the group breathed deeply and...