On Sunday 1 October 2017 in Las Vegas, USA, a gunman opened fire at concert killing at least 50 people while also injuring more than 100 others.
The shooting took place near the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino where country singer Jason Aldean was performing outside the hotel at Route 91 Harvest, a country music festival.
According to a report from the New York Times, immediately after the shooting several SWAT teams were sent to the hotel as the first reports of the shooting came in at 10:08 pm. As the officers arrived they were pinned down by gunfire and the just before midnight the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported that “one suspect is down,” and soon thereafter the police said they did not believe there were any more active gunmen.
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of Clark County told reporters early Monday morning that 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured. He also identified the gunman as Stephen Paddock (64) and confirming that the police were seeking “a companion” named Marilou Danley, a woman he described as Asian and 4-foot-11.
As news of the shooting made its way around the world, many Africans took to Twitter to share their thoughts and reactions on the devastating shooting.
Here are the Twitter reactions:
A gunman gets on a stage in Hillbrow Theatre, shoots, kills and injures. Next to no media. Las Vegas. Same shit. Massive media #WhiteDrama
— Warren Nebe (@WarrenNebe) October 2, 2017
Damn Las Vegas…😢
— #DiSax (@SakhiDiSax) October 2, 2017
Extremists have no grasp of reality. But they can be dangerous as witnessed this morning in Las Vegas. Crap they say can be funny.
— Tat'uRadebe (@hlubizer) October 2, 2017
Gunmen reported to have opened fire on the public in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/FPGvbL0TP5
— Michael Sun MPL (@MichaelSun168) October 2, 2017
God… please pray for Las Vegas… pray for those who are hurt. pray for the families of the ones that lost their lives please pray
— KJ (@Kofigram) October 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/artfuels/status/914761185114968065
https://twitter.com/BavyeshJ/status/914776450087084032
https://twitter.com/ma_thaboz/status/914767886228606976
https://twitter.com/safpiper/status/914753317301051392
People: "Let us pray for Las Vegas"
Me: "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"— Mankwe. M (@elias_mankwe) October 2, 2017
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