different >> well, i -- i didn't know where to what we had available to us were the bleachers and there was black netting around the bottom. so i felt it was congealed enough we would be able to hide tlurnd if the gunman was in. >> and everyone is just down on the ground underneath those bleachers that you can hear out in the field of the venue because there was a lot of screaming and there was a lot of chaos, and people were running. >> have all your friends and co-workers been accounted for? >> my co-workers are all accounted for. my co-worker and i are in her hotel room.

i can't get back to my hotel room, because i stayed in mandalay bay. the friends that we met that were here, shot in the leg, and we don't know how they are doing, but we are keeping him in our prayer. >> what are the security teams saying? >> security team came by making sure we weren't injured and told us to stay put in our room. >> until further notice, we thank you very much, courtney, for joining us. it's a very upsetting morning. thank you very much. this is a cbs news special report continuing coverage of the attack in las vegas. and we will bring you up with the latest -- what we know so far. we have heard that 50 people have been killed, 200 others have been injured. some of them in critical condition. this is now being called the deadliest mass shooting in american history, but the good news is if you can call it good

news, the suspect in this case is dead. they have his identity, and they have his -- what we're being told is his wife. she was the person of interest who they issued a bulletin for this morning. she is described as his wife? >> correct. it is his wife, and they found her again, the shooter lives about 90 minutes outside las vegas. they were looking for marilou danley for a couple of hours to find out whether she was all right, "a," whether she had any information about this, "b," and they say they have located her now, but have not said anything beyond that. >> they have the two cars in custody too. from the bulletin, within a 2 1/2-hour period, they have located aher and the cars they were looking for. >> and gotten a lot of folvideo

from the folks who were recording, if they have recordings that may be salient to turn them into police so they can gather as much invest forma as possible. we know what police began on the scene, once rounds really began, they had to isolate what room they were coming from. they found that on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay, breached that room and then killed 64-year-old stephen paddock. >> we heard they found a lot of fire power in that room when they entered room. 64 years old, as jeff mentioned, with no criminal record, who lived in a retirement community. not the typical profile. >> as the sheriff said, no one is paid to do what we are dealing with as a community. >> much more on the breaking news story on cbs this morning. coverage will continue

throughout the day on this cbs station, and on our 24-hour streaming network at cbsnews.com. >> announcer: for news 24 hours a day, go to cbsnews.com. welcome to cbs this morning with continuing coverage of that terrible attack in las vegas. it is now the deadliest mass shooting in american history. a gunman firing from an upper floor of a resort, mandalay bay on the las vegas strip has killed more than 50 people last night at an outdoor country music festival. that death toll is preliminary and it could increase. >> the suspect was shot and killed by police on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort

and casino. he is identified as 64-year-old stephen paddock. police are searching his home in mesquite, nevada. the latest from the clark county sheriffs is 200 other people are hurt including two off-duty police officers, at least reported to be among the dead this morning. police said they also believe they have found paddock's wife, marilou danley who has been wanted for questioning this morning. >> the shooting began late last night during the performance of jason aldean at the country music festival. it was across the street from the mandalay bay, and john is just south of the strip. john, good morning. >> reporter: while police searching the mandalay bay hotel here say they have found several weapons in the room on the 32nd floor that the gunman used to fire down into this crowd of

concert-goers. cell phone video helping police piece together what many of these people are calling the scariest time of their life. initially many people thought the cracks they were hearing are fireworks, but it quickly became clear that this was an attack. what sounded like automatic gunfire rang out late sunday night. the bullets spraying into a crowd of roughly 40,000 concert-goers on the las vegas strip. these videos captured the chaos unfolding on the ground. there was confusion about where the bullets were coming from, or even if they were bullets. some were frozen in panic. others fled for their lives. >> and all of a sudden, we heard, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. countless times and we all thought it was firecrackers. and then it kept ongoing, and

then he fired for a bit, and then he fired another 15, 20 rounds and we realized it was fully automatic. >> reporter: police say the gunshots came from above. >> we determined there was a shooter on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. the police engaged the suspect at that location. >> reporter: the suspect is now dead, and authorities are still trying to piece together the scope of the carnage. >> right now, we need your truck. we just need to get people over to the hospital, okay? >> okay. >> reporter: the people were ska scattered, and bystanders were trying to get those hit by gunfire to the hospital. >> some were falling and screaming and yelling and running, and everybody was literally laying on top of each other trying to get out of the way. >> reporter: and here sadly, we're bracing for what could be worse with the hospital's pact with the wounded. the sheriff has warned that death toll of 50 may well go higher, jeff.

>> oh,boy, john. we are dreading this new. thank you very much. we'll check in with you. gail davis was at the concert when the shooting started. she joins us from las vegas. i can't imagine how you are feeling at this second. i'm so glad that you can join us right now. what can you tell us about what you saw and what happened? >> well, it's kind of just shocking, but, you know, you don't expect something like this. we went there to see jason aldean really. it was a three-day show, and we went to see jason. he is my favorite singer, and we got there, and we were standing, like, maybe halfway up, and just waiting for him to come on stage. he came on and about 20 to 10:00, and he sang about five songs and we heard about three or four little pop, pop, pops, and everything looked around and said, oh, it's just firecrackers, and then we heard

pop, pop, pop, and it just kept going and going, and my husband said, that's not firecrackers. that sounds like a semi-automatic rifle, and then everybody started screaming and started to run, and i looked over to my right where this girl had been standing right beside me, and she had fallen -- first, she stood there and grabbed her stomach and she looked at her hands and her hands were all bloody, and she was wearing, like, a little crop top and, you know, blue jean shorts and cowboy boots and she looked at her hands and her hands were bloody, and she just kind of screamed and fell back, and everybody started yelling and there were guys there, and we rt s started jumping up and down waving for help, and we heard a whole bunch of shots fired, and people started running and so my husband said, get down, get down. we bent down, and everybody was running straight up, and you could see people getting shot and people falling and then my

husband said, gail, we have got to go. we have got to go. we have to get out of here or we're going to get shot. we started running and there was the little -- i don't know where the concession stands are, a little cubicle kind of things of tents and we started to run and a met ro officer who you owe my life to, he said, come here. and we went inside and the lights were on, and everything else was dark. they turned the stage lights off, and we went running in there, and he said, get down. so we got down and i was there. my husband was in front of me, and there was another two ladies behind us, and the officer actually cover med up to protect me from being shot because i couldn't get out all the way, and it was, like, you could hear the shots just, like, going back and forth and ricochetting, and -- and then they would stop, and then we thought, okay. it's over. it's over, and then it would start again, and this happened a

couple of times, and the officer stood up and i heard op his radio say, we have active shooters, and i heard him say, oh, god. and he walked out to look around, and he had his gun out, and he was looking around, and then it started shooting again, and he came running back in and covered me up again, and the shooting would just stop. like he or she or whatever was refilling or whatever you call it, reloading, and he said, we need to get you out of here. so we went to another little tent and stood in there or we laid down in there, and that officer was with me. he was like my guardian angel, and he never left me. we could hear the shots getting closer it seemed, and my husband got hit with shrapnel. he goes, gail, i think i got some of the -- i don't know what

you call it. lead or something, and feel how hot it is. the shooting kind of stopped and it kept stopping like they were refilling or something, or reloading and the officer said, we need to get you it out of here. we have to get you out of here, but stay low, but we went to get out the back but we couldn't because there was a door, and we pushed it down and we ran out. he said, stay out of the light. just run. just run and keep down. keep down, and as we're running, there's people laying everywhere. people were bleeding and one guy was holding his girlfriend or wife, or. he was crying and saying, i'm so sorry. it's my fault, and she had been shot in the head and covered with blood. we ran and there was just ambulances and police cars everywhere. it was heartbreaking. it was unreal. >> you are painting an incredible story.

we are so sorry you had to go through something like this. it sounds absolutely terrifying. how long did this shooting seem to last to you? >> well, it seemed like a long time, but maybe only ten minutes, it seemed. you know, maybe 15 minutes. it seemed forever, but then again, it was, like, so fast. your mind plays tricks on you and it's hard to say, but i have never been that scared in my life. >> gail, how many people were in the area where were watching? >> oh, it was packed. it was packed because jason aldean is the number one singer and he was the last singer for the venue, and for the show, and so everybody was there having a good time. it was packed. i don't know, thousands. it was just packed, you know. everywhere. >> gail, where is the officer who helped you? do you know where he is now? >> no. i saw his face, and i'm going to try to go down to metro and see if i can find him and look it a

his pictures because he saved me. i know. i just -- the girl that got shot was right next to me. i don't know. i wish i can find them. i'm going to try to find him and tell him thank you. >> that police officer like you said, a guardian angel for you and your husband there. can you describe the rest of the scene though, in terms of security? how quickly did you see first responders run towards the scene and start helping the wounded? >> almost immediately. the metro was there. they are always right there, you know? the metro is such an amazing police force, and they were right there. ambulances were coming. we had ambulances everywhere. there were police cars everywhere, and the police officers were helping the other concert-goers were helping everybody. it was just amazing. we all came together, and everybody was helping everybody. it was wonderful to see,and i just love metro.

i'm just so proud of them. >> a lot of people are giving big kudos to the las vegas police department. it would not have made a difference in this particular shooting, but did you have to go through a security device when you went into the concert today? >> yeah, when walk through. i didn't have anything because i, you know, i don't carry anything. they all look at your backpacks and stuff, but it's very secure, and my husband saw the shots from mandalay bay. they were, like, a little bit above, halfway higher up. he could see lights flashing. they said -- he saw where the shooter was. so yeah. >> i can tell, and i know this is traumatic. i'm sure you are still in quite a bit of shock, but have you been able to wrap your brain around you went to a concert of

all things, and this sounds like a terrible movie? >> i saw jason in san bernardino, and he is amazing and my husband surprised me. we didn't go the first two days and he said, let's go see jason and it was a wonderful surprise, and to have this happen, you know, i just -- i just can't wrap my mind around it like you said. it's just hard. >> jason posted a facebook message to all those fans like yourself who were there to see him, and we spoke with another performer who was on stage right before him, jake owen, who had seen children in the crowds sitting on their parents' shoulders. did you get a sense of how many children were at the concert? we know it was around 10:00 p.m., but clearly they are music fans in all ages and parents bring them to these kind of concerts. >> jason is just a great all around singer and he is such a

good guy and he has two daughters himself, and his wife is expecting a baby in a couple of months, and everybody -- he is so wholesome, and everybody loves him. there were kids there, and one lady was just screaming and going, i can't find my daughter. i can't find my daughter, and i don't know if she found her or made it or anything. it was just chaos. it was just where crazy. >> when we talked to jake owen earlier today, he said he hopes that people will still continue. that he is going to get back on stage and perform and he hopes anybody who was at the concert will continue to do so, and we won't let a coward as he says, change our way of life. how are you feeling about that? >> oh, no. i'll still go. of course, i'll go. i'll be a little more on guard, but you can't foresee something like this or expect this. i'll go again, and i'm sure we love and support our country artists. especially jason.

>> it sounds like your husband was a hero as well very having a peace of mind and recognizing those firecrackers were, in fact, gunshots and we wish him the best of recovery from the shrapn shrapnel wounds. >> thank you. thank you. i appreciate pitch. the president has been briefed on this. margaret brennan is at the white house. the president has released his first tweet about the shooting. >> reporter: that's right. the president has been awake for some time, and he just posted his first response to this horrific mass shooting saying, he sends his warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you. we also moments ago, got a statement from the white house saying it was -- chief of staff john kelly who first briefed the president on what was unfolding in las vegas. the chief of staff formerly

homeland security he is the first point of contact for the president, though in these circumstances, you would have expected tom bossert, the counterterrorism adviser to have done this. he is leading the hurricane response effort, and it was john kelly this morning who first told the president. the white house telling us they are viewing this as just a horrific tragedy. they are monitoring closely, and they have offered a full assi assistance to state and local authorities. at this point, not saying this is being taken over as some sort of federal investigation, but reasserting they are offering support to the local people on the ground in las vegas. and while we are just now getting this response, we do know throughout the morning, the president has been monitoring media. his social media director has been retweeting and sending out local information from the police there about what looks to be the deadliest mass shooting. >> it is the deadliest mass

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and i'm michelle griego. we're following developments in las vegas - where at least 50 people were killed in a mass shooting that's left at least 200 others injured. it happened around 11 last night at a country music festival across from the "mandalay bay." local police say they have fatally shot the suspected shooter, 64-year- old stephen paddock. authorities say they've just located a woman named "marilou danley" - who he was allegedly traveling with - before the shooting. o-j simpson is starting the week as a free man - after spending nine years in a nevada prison. cbs reporter mireya villarreal shows us the san francisco native's next steps - as he faces life on the outside. (nats) "ok go. come on out. oj: ok." (narr) the only footage of oj simpson being released from prison... just after midnight on sunday morning... was captured by the nevada department of corrections. (natsot - parole hearing, blackstone/satmo) "it was my property. i wasn't there to steal from anybody" (narr) simpson served 9 years behind bars... for a 2007 botched robbery in las vegas. (narr) but before his vegas conviction.. simpson was the prime suspect in the double murder of his ex-wife, nicole brown- simpson, and her friend ronald goldman. his infamous car chase played out on los angeles

highways... and on tv sets around the country. (nats - trial) "if it doesn't fit... you must acquit." (narr) legal expert laurie levenson has closely followed all of simpson's cases. (sot - laurie levenson, 9:21:54:15) "..oj is not out scot free, he will be monitored for at least the next 5 years. and given his prior conduct, it might rather be close monitoring as well... " (narr) after decades in the national spotlight... levenson says simpson should avoid *this type of attention.. (sot - laurie levenson 09;26;27;11) ll: i think the best thing oj can do for oj is lay low. t stay with his friends, don is simpson was the prime suspect in the double murder of his ex-wife and her friend. his infamous car chase played out on highways and tv sets across the country. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> legal expert laurie levenson has closely followed all of his cases. >> he is not out scot-free. he will be monitored for at least the next five years and given his prior conduct, it might be rather close monitoring as well. >> after decades in the national spotlight, levenson says simpson should avoid this type of attention. >> i think the best thing o.j. can do for o.j. is to lay low, to stay with his family, stay with friends, don't be caught up in the media, don't go back to being the old o.j. >>