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Las Vegas Shooting (Sunday night Oct. 1)

ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
edited October 2017 in Social Entropy++
Hey guys,

I don't know if anyone else who posts here is in the Las Vegas Valley right now, but if you're on the strip or nearby get yourself safe.

Clark County's FB post:
https://www.facebook.com/ClarkCountyNV/photos/a.228551981547.144419.86162766547/10154649865736548/?type=3

Live feed from KSNV News:
https://www.facebook.com/News3LasVegas/videos/1448873788500359/?permPage=1

Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/las-vegas-mandalay-bay-festival-shooting_us_59d1cee7e4b05f005d352095

2 confirmed dead, 24 injured, 12 critical last I saw.

And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    edited October 2017
    BBC story, still very early reporting, not a lot known yet.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41466116
    At least one gunman is reported to have opened fire at a country music festival being held on the Las Vegas strip.

    Videos on social media show hundreds of people fleeing the scene and the sound of what appears to be prolonged automatic gunfire can be heard.

    Live footage from the scene shows a heavily armed police presence down the Las Vegas strip.

    The shooting took place at around 22:30 (05:30 GMT) and there are reports of multiple casualties. Police have advised people to avoid the area.

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  • Temporal ParadoxTemporal Paradox Registered User regular
    edited October 2017
    Holy shit, CNN's footage they are showing from social media. Frightening as fuck.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Fuck

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  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    Another local news livestream http://www.ktnv.com/livestream

  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    My friend is an ER doc there, lives and works in the suburbs though

    I wonder if he gets called out tonight :(

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    I haven't listened to much in the way of audio because my kids are asleep in the next room and.. you know. People are saying it had to be more than one person, just because there were so much rapid fire, but now the police are apparently saying that it was just one person.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Of course they've also been saying 'stop posting pictures of us you assholes, everyone can see exactly where we are' :P

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    All my Vegas family is safe at home luckily. My brothers girlfriend works down on the strip but on the other side from this.

    Nothing. Matters.
  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    I was on the casino floor of Mandalay Bay when this happened. I’m fine and have since been evacuated and picked up by my brother, so I’m fine. I hope everyone near here stays safe.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2017
    LVPD supposedly just told the media that they don't believe any other shooters remain in the area. Just the one guy down, no identity or motive known.

    We're about 15, 20 minutes away from the Strip, safe. Couldn't hear any of the shooting, not close enough, but the emergency response going to the scene was loud as hell.

    Edit - LVPD official Twitter (yes it is 2017):

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Six wrote: »
    I was on the casino floor of Mandalay Bay when this happened. I’m fine and have since been evacuated and picked up by my brother, so I’m fine. I hope everyone near here stays safe.
    Thank god, man. That is way too fucking close.

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    They're literally busing people south off the strip.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    edited October 2017
    I am terrified of whatever this story could become in the national media right now.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Label wrote: »
    I am terrified of whatever this story could become in the national media right now.

    Don't read the comments.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    ceres wrote: »
    Label wrote: »
    I am terrified of whatever this story could become in the national media right now.

    Don't read the comments.
    And don't listen to Infowars.

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    They're letting planes move now, so that's progress.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    Too many times, people assume there are multiple shooters because of the sheer amount of havoc caused and the number of bullets fired in quick succession. Nope. Just America and our insane gun laws that make it trivially easy for one person to do this kind of thing.

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    From the sound of it, this was done with automatic weapons, so gun laws aren't really in it-- odds are high that the weaponry used here was illegal.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    The number of victims they keep throwing out is from the hospital, from hours ago

    I wish there was an updated number available. Most of my friends around here have checked in.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Thankfully everyone I know who lives in or is visiting Las Vegas is accounted for.

    Do we know if the gunman is still at large? I'm not finding much info on that

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  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    There are multiple places in Vegas that let you shoot fully automatic weapons. And the legal gun trade provides cover for the illegal gun trade in America.

    High capacity magazines, folding stocks, military-style attachments...gun lobbyists fight against restrictions on these things tooth and nail because their silly goose customers want to play soldier.

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2017
    Police are having a press conference.

    Shots were fired from the 32nd floor, suspect dead. Local resident, no name disclosed. The police are looking for a lady 'companion' he was with, they gave her name and description out. There's also a vehicle (two?) registered to the shooter that the police need to find and they gave the plate number / vehicle model out.

    Edit - Shit, over 20 dead but no specific number. Same with the injured count, "well over 100."

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Holy shit 20+ dead, over 100 injured

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Thankfully everyone I know who lives in or is visiting Las Vegas is accounted for.

    Do we know if the gunman is still at large? I'm not finding much info on that

    Dead. Local guy, they're searching for a woman with him as a POI

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    ceres wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Thankfully everyone I know who lives in or is visiting Las Vegas is accounted for.

    Do we know if the gunman is still at large? I'm not finding much info on that

    Dead. Local guy, they're searching for a woman with him as a POI

    Well at least the shooting part is (hopefully) over.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Hoooo boy, social media has exploded in a frenzy with the lady the cops are looking for. I'm not gonna post any of the info because who knows if it's the right person.

    Fucking internet sleuthing.

  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    People need to cut that shit out. I get wanting to help, but let the authorities handle this stuff

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Well, there's no new info and I've read just about all the anti-Islam and false-flag garbage I can handle for one... lifetime, so I guess I can go to bed.

    @Six Stay safe.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    Shooter was a 64 year old white guy from Nevada...so yea, totally ISIS.

    Annnnnd apparently count's up to 50 now. :bigfrown:

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Fucking hell.

    It's incredibly sad that my first thoughts are that I'm glad it was a white guy shooting white people at least.

    Fuck this world for making me feel relieved at this notion.

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    50. Holy shit.

  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Christ above mate fifty people are dead

    There's nothing to be glad about

  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    This is the deadliest mass shooting in modern America

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Solar wrote: »
    Christ above mate fifty people are dead

    There's nothing to be glad about

    I'm not glad. I'm slightly relieved because otherwise this could literally have been the start of WWIII.

    That's the climate we live in right now. It's bullshit and I hate it but that's where my mind goes to first.

  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    Yea, tbh I thought the same. Under the current president, if a Muslim were to do something like this there'd probably be roundups by the end of the week and a new war by the end of the month.

  • furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    That was one of my first thoughts as well. I hope he's white at least. Can't help it. The climate here is that hostile to every minority with the tacit approval of our fucking president.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    I didn't realise bullets could travel that far as they did in this scenario. I know that comes from a cultural thing of ignorance, but I didn't realise at all. Thats mad.

  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    I didn't realise bullets could travel that far as they did in this scenario. I know that comes from a cultural thing of ignorance, but I didn't realise at all. Thats mad.

    Apparently he was firing from a 32nd floor hotel room, so yea, even gravity wouldn't have hurt his range much.

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Watch Trump not say a goddamn thing about this.

  • EinzelEinzel Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Watch Trump not say a goddamn thing about this.

    Or that he was probably a good person.

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