The injured were moved in wheelbarrows and on luggage carts, and more than 100 people were treated at University Medical Center alone.īefore the sun rose Monday, Sheriff Joe Lombardo stood in the dark parking lot of Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, steeling himself as he explained to the public and global news media that the shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, had acted alone. Civilians did their part, too, taking truckloads of wounded to local trauma units. And they ran.įirst responders descended on the scene. But as the rapid-fire shots continued and people began falling, the crowd collectively realized the horror that was happening. Some attendees thought fireworks were ringing out just as Jason Aldean began singing the first few lines of his hit “When She Says Baby” at the Route 91 Harvest festival.
They rushed to help the wounded donated blood, supplies and money and prayed en masse for victims and their families.Ī Mesquite man perched on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay shot through his corner suite’s windows, then sprayed bullets into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music festival late Sunday, just east of the hotel.
But the staggering carnage - at least 59 dead and 527 injured - brought out the best in Las Vegas Valley residents.
