Active shooter at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas...

[HubertGummer]

Unreal how mentally screwed up some people are.

 

[nra4ever]

Better load up on bump fire and green tip.

Condolences for those affected.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Absolutely horrible. There are so really deranged people in this world. Prayers to all.

 

[Mgderf]

Fox news has been showing what looks like areal photos of the scene.
It appears the shooters perch was about a block away from the venue.
Not much chance he was targeting individuals.
More likely just spraying into the crowd.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Did you guys read a lady had been in the crowd telling everyone they were going to die? She was escorted out 45 mins prior to shooting, and was with a guy.

any word on profile of the shooter? Usually we know everything once a name is released

 

[Kutnupe14]

There is obviously going to be LOTS of video of this event.... don't want to see any of it.

 

[Ruffnek]

There is obviously going to be LOTS of video of this event.... don't want to see any of it.

The clip I heard on the radio sounded pretty bad.

 

[Ruffnek]

Did you guys read a lady had been in the crowd telling everyone they were going to die? She was escorted out 45 mins prior to shooting, and was with a guy.

any word on profile of the shooter? Usually we know everything once a name is released

My digging isn't turning up much.

 

[Sylvain]

Fox news has been showing what looks like areal photos of the scene.
It appears the shooters perch was about a block away from the venue.
Not much chance he was targeting individuals.
More likely just spraying into the crowd.

 

[T.Lex]

Yeah, I saw some of it to make my own determination about the weapon. My first thought was bumpfire with those 50+ mags/drums. The reload really seemed to take awhile. Alas, I must admit, though, it could be auto, either NFA or DIY.

Prayers for the fallen.

 

[Dirtebiker]

God help us all!!!!!

 

[Brandon]

He identified the gunman as Stephen Paddock, 64

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting.html

 

[ghuns]

I have heard it thrown around that the POS was shooting for about 5 minutes. That's an eternity if you are on the receiving end. But it's incredibly fast work by LEOs to narrow it down to that particular room, blow the door and kill the SOB.

 

[actaeon277]

Sorry, only do political for most part and did not see it.

It happens to everyone.

 

[Mgderf]

They are also reporting that the shooter had multiple weapons in the room.
Mag changes would not be necessary if he had several weapons already loaded.
Drop one, pick up the next...

 

[Kutnupe14]

I have heard it thrown around that the POS was shooting for about 5 minutes. That's an eternity if you are on the receiving end. But it's incredibly fast work by LEOs to narrow it down to that particular room, blow the door and kill the SOB.

Probably wasn't hard to narrow down. I can imagine someone on that floor knew what gunfire sounds like.

 

[jamil]

Here's one perspective for why people do things like this.
[video=youtube_share;qZnKKNdYr60]http://youtu.be/qZnKKNdYr60[/video]

 

[KittySlayer]

I have heard it thrown around that the POS was shooting for about 5 minutes. That's an eternity if you are on the receiving end. But it's incredibly fast work by LEOs to narrow it down to that particular room, blow the door and kill the SOB.

One of the Cub Reporters on the news said the room's smoke alarm was set off.

 

[T.Lex]

FEC doesn't appear to have any federal campaign donations from shooter or his female companion.

 

[SheepDog4Life]

I have heard it thrown around that the POS was shooting for about 5 minutes. That's an eternity if you are on the receiving end. But it's incredibly fast work by LEOs to narrow it down to that particular room, blow the door and kill the SOB.

So true on all counts, but especially the speed in which LEO was able to locate and terminate the shooter. As horrendous as this insanity is, almost unbelievably, it could have been even that much worse absent that lightning fast response by LEO.