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Place. currently taking place at the mandalay bay. we experienced an active shooter situation approximately 10:08 p.m. tonight. we had calls come into dispatch of multiple shots being fired from the direction of the mandalay bay towards the route 91 concert that was taking place on the east side of las vegas boulevard. through investigation and response, we determined there was a shooter on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. officers responded to that location, and engaged the suspect at that l...

Shooting began at 10:08. we actually have an eyewitness to the concert. this attorney was at the concert. where the shooting took place. brian thanks for being with us. tell us what you heard and what you saw. >> i can tell you right now for the first time about 40 minutes ago, is the first time i felt safe from when the shooting stted. i will tellou my heart is still racing. its still palpy tating. i was sitting in the -- jason aldean is looking out into the crowd, an area called the neon loung...

Horrific as any we have seen. you have been there for hours on the scene. what time did happen last night? >> reporter: 10:is when it started. 10:08 is when the shots started coming. police are asking and appealing to anyone around the concert or mapped lay bay, if they have cell phone video, they want to see. they are asking that they take it to las vegas police headquarters. its just a call out. there is a person of interest. marilou danley is a person of interest they are looking for. they be...

Strip. we mind me is the mandalay bay. were about a mile away from the where the hotel is. the right across the street here is one of the runways of the international airport. as you can see, its all very close together but it was just about 10:08 tonight that shots were being fired from across the street from the don certificate where thousands of people were listening to jason aldean. it was obvious to the concert goers i spoke with that the shots were coming from the hotel. one telling me t...

Situation. approximately 10 dln 08:00 p.m. tonight, this evening. the we had calls come into dis patch of multiple shots being fired from the direction of the mandalay bay towards the route 91 concert that was taking place on the east side of las vegas boulevard. through investigation and response, we determined there was a shooter on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. officers responded to that location and engaged the suspect at that location. he is dead. currently. he has been identified. he...

They wont say wa what the mans name is but her name is marylu rfrmt danley and they need to talk to her. >>. >> reporter: theyre talking about the mandalay hotel. that is the very large building you see behind me, sort of the beginning of this end of the las vegas strip. it was at 10:08 and they soon realized as the shots started coming that they were coming from the mandalay bay across to where the country music concert was, and it believed on the 32nd floor. so at that point of time, officers ...

And as the gunman fired on the crowd, police told cnn officers on the ground that pinpointed where the shots came from. jump sciutto joins me now. how long did it take to move in? >> short answer, 72 minutes. >> we know the first shots were fired sometime after 10:00 local time. first 911 calls came in at 10:08 and the s.w.a.t. scanner that they finally breached the room and went in at 11:20 p.m. have a listen to this. this is when the officers were inside trying to pinpoint which room the shoot...

As it turned out two windows appeared to be the same suite, one shooter, but moving from one window to the other. wolf, early on they thought there might be two shooters. this is many questions they answered over time. and ill tell you this as well, high shooter position, something they didnt prepare for, thats something theyll have to factor in in the future. >> they will. so basically what i hear you saying, jim, this shooter spent more than an hour aiming those rifles at all those innocent pe...

Surveillance video to find out how many times this guy came back and forth and how many suitcases. 16 guns inside the hotel room at mandalay bay. the sheriff said there was a handgun on top of that. what he didnt understand or tell us was the number of ar-15 assault weapons that were in there. we have been told there were at least two and that they had been modified to become fully automatic weapons. the sheriff talked about the calibers. .223 and .308. means the guns were modified to do more da...

Its inse. >> ayou reflect, on this terrible event, what sticks out right now? >> i want to be with my family. >> we have a person of interest theyre looking for, a woman, released her picture. what do law enforcement -- what are they doing right now trying to find her? >> first and most important thin is to set up a perimeter as far out as you think that he person could have gotten from the time the gunshots started around 10:08. then collect all -- harvesting of all the forensic intelligence th...