we also heard ksnv saying that the shootings were possibly on . there would be thousands of people there being moved out. we will go back to jim cavanaugh who is an msnbc analyst and speciaagent. you have seen these scenes before and you are the s.w.a. teams move in and clear the area. this large, large area in the mandal bay area. acres of property. this i just a large area where they have to clear off. how are they distinguishing where they can look for the shoote versus where the popula is? >> you know, when you saw the images of metro s.w.a.t. moving in in front of the mandalay bay casino what the tactical operat are doing is keeping office on thely ward side of mapped lay bay and trying to stay off and use the vehicle as protec from the casino. they believe shooters are locate one or more in the casino and exposed on the other side. can see what they know. they know that the threat to them is on the left side of the vehicl and moving on the right side to take a different positi to coordinate with theirther tactical te operat in there. early r

. >> we're hearing from our ksnv, our local affiliate. someone talking to them, relieved to be safe and sound after the tragic situation, talking to family. and steve patterson is on the vegas strip. i want to resume our conversation. talking about how authorities are securing the primmer to make sure people aren't walking into this -- the perimeter to make sure people aren't walking into this situation. >> reporter: we have multiple teams on the ground. we have one team that is trying to come to our -- close to our location. they were told by police that's not going to happen. you see police have a large lockdown on a wide swath of the vegas strip. it stems at least from my vantage point from this location. again, we saw teams in place more than an hour ago when it was active, teeming with activity. police were swarming in multiple locations trying to push people out as far back as possible and keep a lock on the scene. obviously for safety reasons, but obviously to keep the operation flowing from not only where this is but back to where

and that's as a result of -- >> listening to our affiliate there, ksnv. very disturbing developments there as we hear multiple reports of injuries and casualties. we heard the reporter there on the ground. she had talked to a witness who had said that friends of his had been killed. there were apparently scenes of dead bodies. no confirmation of this. we're just getting this from our affiliate ksnv. we're going to continue to follow this. we'll take a very short break, but continue our breaking news when we return. ust got to take t one game at a time. next question. odell. odell. can you repeat everything you just said? my livestream won't load. (blows whistle). technical foul. wrong sport. wrong network. see you need unlimited on verizon it's america's largest most reliable 4g lte network. it won't let you down in places like this. even in the strike zone. (laughs). it's the red zone. pretty sure it is the strike zone. here use mine. alright. see you on the court champ. heads up! when it really, really matters you need the best network and the best unli

listening there to ksnv. before that to klas. these are all our affiliates bringing us reports on the ground there in the aftermath of this las vegas strip shooting. we heard from the las vegas metropolitan police department just a few minutes ago. one suspect dead. 24 bound wounded. 12 of those people in critical condition. no confirmation whether there is any another shooter involved with this. again, if you are just now joining us, we haven't said this in a while. the witnesses were telling reporter there's on the scene that the shooter was shooting from a high floor from a hotel out on to this open concert three-day concert. a crowd of people there, thousands of people there. >> yeah, this route 91 harvest festival is where this happened. we want to listen again to an eyewitness report. >> after a little bit, they of the people, customers were running toward the become of the casino, toward the garage. what was going through your head at that time? >> i said something is going on, something big. and you saw s.w.a.t. running t