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Events on that. right now, we believe 100 plus injured and 20 plus dead. i dont want to give you an accurate number, i dont have it at this point. >> i still want them to shelter in place. they will be contacted by 50 responders, and advise them when they are free to go. it is better to shelter in place than to be unaware. [ inaudible ] im sorry. >> we believe there were off duty officers who may have died who were attending the concert. all i know at this point, they are roommates. i cant give ...

What we understand, las vegas, at this point, there are a lot of people they want to secure the frp perimeter as you were talking about. when they say one shooter, we know are you seeing foot traffic? i am seeing people archdiocese you now. surprising, considering the situation there. >> reporter: i mean, you cant push everybody out of a place like the vegas strip. effectivelyush approximating everybody on the again. >> screaming, crying, fences were flipped, there is no v.i.p. seconds, we rap i...

Concert. i want to go to pete williams in washington, d.c. for us. pete is joining us. what are you hearing from your vantage point, having heard the press conference you listened to from the sheriff there? >> the information that i have got from the federal authorit s authorities, they dont know the moti motive. they know the name of the suspect. they are not releasing it at this point. we have heard names, we havent confirmed them. woo know what cars are registered to him. they are asking peop...

>> we have no idea. it is an on-going investigation. it just happened. please bear with us. we have all the forces to bear from public safety handling the situation. i am going to say this one more time. we dont know. it is an on-going investigation. right now, we believe he is the sole aggressor and the scene is static. we are attempting to locate the person of interest. [ inaudible ] >> we have two plof police officers at the hospital. one in critical condition, one in minor injuries, other po...

Unable to call or you do not want to wait and respond in person, we have set up a treat area for you to respond to help you locate your loved ones here at the headquarters. standing with me is special agent in charge of the fbi, aaronerous. and then we have fire chief from clarke county fire. they are assisting with all the victims, as far as the number of victims, i cant give you an accurate number. in excess of 100 plus injured. in excess of 20 plus that have died at this point. those numbers ...

Get in the right way. so, they were orchestrating, and metro was there. directing people. to safe locations, at that point, at mgm. >> how long was the ordeal, from the moment you realized the shooting began, until you were safe and security. >> i started feeting safe and secure now. >> were you there with friends? >> yes, i got a friend that was hit. the people that we were with. safe at the moment at that time. it is more like, i am a local. i have somewhere to go, at home, i know how to get i...

Xwh potential in terms of what police are doing at this point. are you seeing anything from your veptage point. from their to substantial that? >> reporter: what you see is what you get. stand back and show you. this scene has looked like this for miles per hour an hour. police have had a lock on the scene. it is question. compared to this lock, should be at any point in any day. it is an police have locked it down. more than an hour ago, roaming police in squads, they would comb, in every direc...

Relatively calm for the better part of an hour. just like this. police have pushed pedestrians out. police in full riot gear, going property to property. pushing people out with their hands up. at least in this location, back to where the seen is clear. making sure that operation hasnt you can see one lane of traffic remains open here. people are moving. on the vegas strip at this point. it sounds like reports, the flights are now coming in, and some of the activity that you would see at this ti...

Tropicana, where you see the people combing the streets, the squad cars, back beyond that point is toward mandalay bay. where the country music festival took place. we spoke to victims on the ground there, who told us, basically, they were at the concert. performers on stage. enjoying themselves, then they heard of what sounded like bursts and bursts, as you said, it is a festive scene, they thought they were fireworks. the performances, continued until it was clear those were gunshots. those pe...