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Las Vegas Shooting Update: Death Toll Rises To 20, Over 100 Injured
More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured in a horrific shooting near the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, during a country music concert by Jason Aldean.
In the wake of the shooting, the Las Vegas Police Department said that “one suspect is down”.
The shooter’s companion Marilou Danley is still at large, according to Joseph Lombardo, the sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan police department.
Lombardo would not give a name for the dead shooter but confirmed he open fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.
At least 14 of those taken to hospital after the shooting are critically wounded, a hospital spokesman said.