News continues to come through from Las Vegas, USA, where one or more gunmen have opened fire on the open-air Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival which was being held outside The Mandalay Casino.
Confusion remains rife amongst the ongoing situation, with local hospital’s intensive care units at capacity and at least two victims confirmed dead, but with some reports putting the number of dead at 20 to 30, and the injuries in the hundreds.
Police have confirmed one gunman has been killed by police.
Confirming that one suspect is down. This is an active investigation. Again, please do not head down to the Strip at this time.
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017
The famous Las Vegas strip continues to be under lockdown. More video of the attack has surfaced with sounds of a high-powered assault weapon clearly heard.
Stay safe everyone who is at Las Vegas. My prayers go out to everyone out there. 🙏🏼
pic.twitter.com/Bk9C0K5NkT— Ebad (@simplyebad) October 2, 2017
More to come.