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It was 10:08 last night. here in las vegas, it was a warm night. it may be the especially of september, but it was a warm temperature. it was app outdoor concert is. thousands were watching is and listen to go jason aldean. that is the mandalay bay. that large hotel right there. the concert was crease from the mandalay bay, across the las vegas boulevard. and all of a sudden people tell me they started hearing these shots. and one person told me they happened to look at the mapped lay b mandalay...

Donate blood. were getting a few more details. apparently, there were 22,000 people in that open area at 10:08 when this gunman started shooting. adam has been there all night long. hes been talking to the folks. you know, adam one of the things about this particular event is the fact that there are so many cell phones that were recording it, and i understand the fbi is asking anybody who has any of the images -- any of the video to send it to 1800 call fbi because theyre just trying to figure i...

Something to explain what he did. they did a search of the hotel room and his home in mesquite which is in another part of the state. several hours away. again, nothing jumped out at them. one of the things they are doing is going through looking at any computer or social media that he may have posted beforehand. they are looking at the gun purchases and they want to know about when he purchases the firearms. we he has multiple gun purchases and none of those appear to be the ones recovered here...

Especially forcement. >> the concertgoers were pinned in with no way to go get out. we do this all the time. we put everybody in there. talk about a kill zone you create. no one thought about this until now. every law enforcement agency has to think about this. at times square, you cant go anywhere. you cant move. we teach people to run, hide. youre out in the middle of a field. there is no place to run and hide. you could be stampeded. you cant win. >> horrifying. this person of interest, maril...

California. >> thank you. >> well, i want to thank everybody for coming. so just one more clarification. besides the vigil at city hall, theres an additional vigil at 5:00 p.m. at the guardian angel cathedral. and that is adjacent to the encore hotel. guardian angel cathedral at 5:00 p.m. so im happy to answer some questions at this time. >> did you find a manifesto or anything like that? >> we havent located anything of that description yet. >> sheriff, can you tell us how many guns were found ...

>> we will do regular briefings, and advise you of the schedule as they come forward. thank you. >> recap for you, you were listening to sheriff lombardo. who briefed reporters, a lot of information coming out about what took place, and where the investigation is going forward from this point on. we want to start with what he was able to tell us, notably, that the number of fatalities, the number of injured. initially, two people dead, 24 injured. 100 plus more are injured. that is according to ...

So fortunate to have you there reporting for us. i want to just remind our viewers of something that sheriff joe lumbar dough mentioned. misinformation. there is one situation here. there was an active shooter on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. he is dead. he fired into that crowd at the jason aldean concert towards the end of his set. and at least 20 people are dead. and at least 100 people wounded. >> the confusion, hysteria, understandable. there are several hotels and casinos in h the di...

Means in terms of the members of the family. >> well, the answer is that we contacted relatives of steven paddock and said what do you know. they said they would have a statement later today, that they would issue it through the police. >> okay. pete williams, thank you. if youre just joining us were covering the worst mass casualty shooting in u.s. history. it took place on the las vegas strip at 10:08 local las vegas time more than 50 dead. more than 200 injured. about a dozen or so are in the...

Its very plane to the look at the broken windows now during the day, but at night it was hard to tell where the shots were coming from. the police eventually figure out its the hotel, got into the hotel. the question is with which floor. based in part on phone calls from people in the hotel, and o going floor to floor, they started on the 29th floor and worked up to the 32nd floor. when they realized what room the shots were coming from, they blew the door open and realized he had shot himself. ...

Msnms msnbcs live coverage of this shooting on the las vegas strip continues. if youre just joining us, last night in nevada the deadliest mass shooting in american history took place. >> the number of injuries, i do not know yet, but we are looking at in excess of 50 individuals dead and over 200 individuals injured at this point. >> again, at least 50 dead. more than 200 wounded. it happened last night at around 10:08:00 p.m. local time. gunfire rained down onto an outdoor concert at the manda...