Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant said he's "grateful" his family and friends were safe following the mass shooting at a country music festival in his hometown of Las Vegas Sunday night.
"Heartbroken to see what has happened in my hometown," Bryant wrote on Twitter Monday morning. "Grateful that my family & friends are safe. Thoughts and prayers to all those affected."
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A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a shower of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. That number of casualties makes it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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At least 515 people were injured, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said.
Authorities have not yet given a possible motive for the massacre. There is no known connection to international terrorism, FBI Special Agent in Charge Aaron Rouse said.
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People at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, where roughly 22,000 people were in attendance, took cover as bullets sprayed the concert from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, according to authorities and witness accounts. One performer who was on the stage said the gunfire appeared to go on for seven to 10 minutes.
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The suspected shooter, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was found dead in the casino and is believed to have killed himself, Lombardo said. The shooting was believed to be a "lone wolf" attack.
