i. i. i i i i i i i. i. i i i. i. i i i i are some of the latest comments from local police. beyond that we have numerous victims right now i don't have a number for you have their families and them are in your thoughts but i can't confirm as we do have one suspect now police steer clear of the area we have all the resources for was much more police department as was our partner agencies coming down to bear on the situation. we spoke earlier with tara

a security expert about the incident in las vegas. seems to conform to other patterns of attacking venues where people to gather for reasons of entertainment in this particular case through ninety one harvest festival so it does seem to conform to some of the things that seem to been happening of europe of late namely of course it instances where people are visiting a particular venue on mass and of course the spontaneous and incredibly damaging infliction of violence just seems to be quite an extraordinary thing and certainly when we have the attack of this scale and the nature of how it seems to be coordinated and understandably the police want to be sure. whether they know it or not whether they say that they know that there are several individuals at me to have been noted one who's possibly been wounded but it's something to be sure to be precautious about as to whether there are in fact more individuals who are

participating in this but it does remain to be seen whether the individuals who are connected do have. you know some similar to such a method and strategy the individuals in the particular massacre of course they had these suicide bells as well in addition to being heavily armed so it depends and remains to be seen whether it is of that order at the problem of course for this particular instance with the individuals concerned with at the the operator as it were the some one suspect is down another may be at large and they may be more is of course that they have free reign. the building the reality of. it is in fact an incident.

but either way if. there is a political motivation behind. the morning. we have not located her at this time and we are. talking to.

her at this time. at the police department. to receive calls from family members who are trying to. size it here shortly additionally anybody that may have cell phone video or any type of video associated with this event that would be a benefit to the investigation please respond to the las vegas much bomb police department headquarters at four hundred south martin luther king and we will take custody of that video so if you have it you evaluate it and you think it would be

a benefit please bring that down to the headquarters so family members if you are unable to call are you do not want to wait for a call and you want to respond in person we have set up a family retreat area for you to respond so we can help you locate your loved ones here at the headquarters so you will be contacted by a police officer here at the headquarters and they will direct you to where you need to go. standing with me is the special agent in charge of the f.b.i. aaron rouse he is assisting with the investigation which is ongoing and then we have fire chief greg castle from clark county fire and they are assisting with all the victims now as far as number of victims i cannot give you an accurate number at this point we have well in excess of one hundred plus injured an excess of twenty plus. that have died at this point so we will get those numbers to you

accurately as soon as we can but please bear with us this is an ongoing investigation but we are comfortable that the primary aggressor in this event is has expired or passed away and is no longer a threat there has been multiple multiple phone calls and accusations or conjecture coming through social media that there is multiple shooters at other result resorts that has been proven to be false additionally there has been accusations or belief there's some explosives going off that is also false the only explosive contained in this event was. from our swat team breaching the room so please we are pretty confident that there is no longer a threat other than we are attempting to locate the person of interest. no not at this point we believe it's a local individual he resides here locally i'm not at liberty to give you his place

of residence yet because it's an ongoing investigation we don't know what his belief system was at this time. i'm sorry i can't hear you. know we have no idea at this point it's an ongoing investigation as you can imagine it just happened so please bear with us but we have all the forces to bear from public safety handling the situation. ok i'm going to say this one more time we do not know it's an ongoing investigation right now we believe he is the sole aggressor at this point and the scene is static we are attempting to locate the person of interest. we. we have a i have two police officers that are currently at the hospital one in critical condition the other one minor injuries but there are other police officers that were off duty attending the concert that have expired we have no we don't have

those individuals identified at this point. i don't know the sequence of events on that. right now we believe it's one hundred plus injured and twenty plus dead ok and i don't want to give you an accurate number because i do not have at this point. i still want them to shelter in place they will be contacted by first responders and they are. when they're free to go it's better to shelter in place than the beyond where. i'm sorry ma'am. we believe there's a couple off duty officers that were attending the concert that may have died we don't have them identified yet. i know at

this point there is they are roommates. i can give you that now. yes we believe so. yes absolutely. we are looking for a hyundai tucson unknown caller nevada plate one one four b. four zero additionally we're looking for a chrysler pacifica touring unknown caller nevada plate. one nine d four zero one. it is it's devastating time and some fortunate and you know we have been talking about active shooters in the past and it's unfortunate did occur here but we we have responded to the scene and we're doing the best we can to provide safety for

the survivors and right now we believe it's a soul after a lone wolf type actor and we have the place under control. no i cannot all right thank you very much we'll be able do regular briefings. of the schedule as they come forward thank you. live from the las vegas metropolitan police department it's nearly one forty in the morning there in las vegas on real research on your whole can some interesting comments being made in the wake of this what is a mass shooting outside the. country music festival the police saying that the shooter was a. sole actor he is a local man and he is not a terrorist indeed they are also looking for someone else in connection with the shooting they describe as an asian female who is a person of interest not necessarily a suspect the police are saying but somebody who they are interested in talking to also a dramatic increase role of course in the casualty figures there what the police

chief was saying there now the latest figure of twenty plus dead one hundred more injured the police officer there was who was pressed by media to give more accurate figures of course as it's an ongoing incident still hard to give a total accurate figure for those in hospital he did he did make a comment if i heard him correctly suggesting that true off duty police officers who were at the concert are in hospital and may have passed away that's yet to be confirmed by daniel they were initially reports of multiple shooter at the police saying those reports are false there were also reports of the sounds of explosions the police officer just now saying those were also indeed could have been mistaken of course for the swat team that stormed the hotel because you know where the shots came from apparently from a top floor of the hotel targeting the crowd below and or of course this would be one of the worst attacks in california in recent times twenty fifteen san bernardino of course was another one sixteen killed in that attack twenty four injured of these casualty figures are much higher this time of course given by the

sounds of gunfire by the just getting the casualty figures here dwarf that a truck a tragic attack in san bernardino just over two years ago no you know they're saying in this case with this. now in las vegas they're saying that the guy was on the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel one man one local not supposedly linked with terrorism using an automatic or semiautomatic weapon when you think about the number of casualties here over one hundred injured daniel twenty plus dead possibly two off duty policeman confirmed possibly now dead. who were at the concert this kind of shooting this kind of positioning it's unprecedented indeed rorie of course in america it is easier to have access to automatic weapons than it is in europe in the u.k. and many other places nevertheless though the packed nature of the concert the many people attending would have made it a prime target for somebody with an automatic weapon and hence we have seen these

very high casualty figures which sadly of course may rise as more information comes in and we still don't know any potential motives here the police saying that the local local man a sole actor potentially a lone wolf the shooter that is has been killed so when it comes to understanding the motivation police are now looking for who they are calling a companion of the shooter mary lou danley reportedly still at large a short woman middle aged and police are interested in speaking with her indeed also two vehicles the police do want to trace that have been linked to the suspect who was killed by swat officers when they raided that hotel when they raided that. number plates right out there earlier but registered to nevada as far as they know so one person of interest outstanding two vehicles outstanding and those two officers who may have been killed the off duty officers still to be identified

a crisis center has also been set up for relatives and friends who are concerned about the victims of the attack that has been set up in police headquarters the police will release a number to it out shortly but friends relatives can call facebook also of course as in these terror incidents has set up a safety check for people to check themselves in to calm the nerves of anyone who may be worried about people they know falling victim to that attack as police are saying at this saying this is a potentially a type of lone wolf type attack only one perpetrator los vegas police now saying they do believe that a pair of off duty officers who were at the concert have been killed. in the shooting let's get some and alice is on this now i guess doug weeks can join us here on r.t. international an analyst and expert on terror of security mr doug weeks thanks for joining us here on r.t. international i'm sure you've you've been seeing the pictures we've been showing the videos from las vegas essentially a lone gunman suspected of being thirty two floors up at

a nearby hotel spraying gunfire across thousands of go was your initial thoughts please. well i think it will be important to finally understand what the motivation behind this attack was unfortunately came from the shooter he has been killed in a sense that will in no way in the poison mask for some period while they try and uncover the facts about this case. certainly when the numbers are mean reported recently in the last press conference by the authorities there. to me. and one of the worst mass shooting in the u.s. . dog done hole consume the shooter as well alongside we do have this information saying the shooter was on the thirty second full floor of the hotel nearby using at

least one automatic weapon possibly more weapons as well is this an indication of a lapse of security how can somebody get at least one of multiple automatic weapons laws rifles through actual security and all devolve this point to have those people in target. well in most tells in the u.s. . on their own across the world during this. new economy. the. buying of people taking from the hotel. at the risk of being quite obvious there you know i'm i'm sure that he didn't walk in with a you know when the gun that was on display so it was my helmet and there are some . that he have or perhaps you know one. concealed manner in which that he was able to get it and that will tell one of the things that i think worthwhile.

is that this one is clearly if you listen to me. watching and listening to the video this woman is purely a fully automatic weapon which are the only us. it's likely that. he either purchased this. time with the one thing in this manner or and you have another weapon able to modify make it fully automatic and tell the police investigation concluded and we know more than colton speculate on something like that one other thing that i think of perhaps relevant here and i don't know exactly the full details of the concert that was taking place in las vegas but it was billed as

a harvest. in the u.s. many times to harvest. christian events so there is a potential that if that was the case that could have been a room. attack too but again we just don't know and it's going to take some time before any at all in this area to try to even begin to get to the bottom of it and hopefully we will know more soon and i suggesting that you bring in a possible religious aspect to this it's interesting that these people will be targeted in such. in an indiscriminate manner you see thousands of people families parents children enjoying this outdoor concert just off the las vegas strip there by mandalay bay when you listen when you watch the videos and you listen to the gunfire to me it sounds like there's more than one weapon and i'm in the initial gunfire begins as you say it's an automatic it sounds like an automatic machine gun i doubt the police will already shooting back and is it possible then that the man

didn't just sneak a automatic rifle but actually he may have had a few that he had taken up to the thirty second floor. so i think an entirely possible and when you listen to in the video i want to see them you know i'm listening to the sound. i think difficult to tell precisely one rottener one from one or more than one new in the event that there was more than one. of course that brings up the noise a second issue no one right or not that was perhaps it was companion. known and at me hearing it would be impossible for. me on the side of the menu that he was targeting now. more than one wife and

queen held one in one hand and one another again and we know part of their point start releasing more and then. you can conclude. of course this is a debate that is required off every single shooting a mass shooting in the united states i'm sure you know which question when it was one of gun control do you think this event will be one that does spark another debate about the budget solve automatic weapons have been altered states saw do you think perhaps this will lead to other debates perhaps on terrorism on security checks i mean is this really to do with gun control. well i think it will to answer your question the first one i can think that it will spark another going to be gun control and how that can be perhaps more effectively manage in the u.s. as you know i mean the in the u.s.

guns are legal to have confirmed to us. perhaps more so than in other countries around the world at least. in the west however is also an issue which is protected by the u.s. constitution so there are constitutional elements that come into play in there are strong the law means on both sides of the issue and i do think that this will again bring about that campaign whether or not anything. push forward on that issue is yes in the sermon with regard to your second question will. hotels and perhaps other points of interest. maybe you want to. be hearing using more of cyrene when you go to stablish months i think that is entirely possible. but it will have to be one of those things where i think people wait and

see but i think it's also important to note that this move by all means attract a tragic event and one can look you know perhaps retrospectively and say well. you know a metal detector or or something else in point could perhaps been prevented and clearly the answer to that. you know likely yes however i think it's also important to realize that at least in the. situation when i'm not talking about mass shootings in general i'm talking about where somebody actually cohn's to a hotel and i open fire on a crowd of a very rare event so at what point you would want to target. the security in any number of places i think. that would be

a monumental task try and pass anticipate what might be perhaps more prone to that where are. again perhaps more and man. and it kind of quite honestly a very very large discussion in terms of how it can turn tail that doc weeks terrorism expert joining us live here on the international we're going to covering this breaking news of a mass shooting in las vegas nevada doug thank you very much for your time thank you for your insight. and i thank you for joining us here now it's an international the very latest as well just. fifty minutes ago in fact the police gave updates on that ongoing investigation the incident has left at least twenty people dead and over one hundred more injured and the police are treating this as a lone wolf attack they say the man is a local resident without revealing his name or any further details this is back to

the shooter has been killed however police do say his companion what they're calling this companion a person of interest who they want to trace and speak to is still at large. i. think. the local hospitals that it's receiving patients with gunshot wounds many videos have emerged which show the attack and its aftermath this one you're about to see shows people fleeing the venue as shots heard in the background.

let's show you a firsthand account from one witness of the deadly shooting. i was inside. we refused to believe it was a shooting. until it just kept going and going and then. the stage and then everybody started flying and we started we had to have a gate to get out. it was crazy i've never seen anything like that now and i heard it. and they kept going even even after we were off they just kept going and going is it was the same. or that we can i think we can show another video from just at the concert venue one of the many videos quickly appearing on line ninety five to warn you you may find this disturbing. i i i i.

i i i. i i i i i. i. i go out i well for those of you who have to join us a quick recap of what's been going on over the last couple of hours in l.a. california united states at least twenty people have been injured with over twenty

people have been killed all with over one hundred injured at a shooting at a concert in. the county police say one suspect is believed to have conducted this attack and he has now been neutralized you know showing you pictures are just there a moment ago of mandalay because you know las vegas strip this is where it all happened now you're seeing the venue outside with thousands of people walter mosley enjoying the final night of the route ninety one harvest country music festival we understand now that a lone gunman calling him a lone wolf no link to terror shoulder local actor reportedly went up to the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel and started spraying automatic gunfire into the crowd for the police have given a press conference in which they say that attacker as we said earlier has been neutralized they are still looking over what they describe as a companion of the gunman a female the same middle aged short of apparently asian appearance who is someone

they want to speak to and trace also two vehicles registered to nevada another another bit of evidence in this puzzle they want to try to complete finally two off duty officers who were taken in the consulate may have also been killed in this attack as well so we understand the death toll stands now over twenty dead and well over one hundred. down horgan's we'll continue the breaking news here on r.t. international in just a moment. oh . in the us a child can choose an army course in school. with retired officers as teachers we don't. recruit will says to you if the cadet is interested in going in the military but we don't recruit ourselves. the pentagon is funding

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