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Photos: The Las Vegas shooting from the perspective of survivors and first responders

A man lays on top of a woman as others flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a active shooter.
A man lays on top of a woman as others flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a active shooter.
Image: David Becker/Getty Images
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Johnny Simon
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A gunman fired into a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, last night, killing more than 50 and injuring hundreds. The suspect, identified by police as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the window of a room at the Mandalay Bay Resort, which overlooked the Route 91 music festival.

Video and pictures from the scene show confusion and terror at the indiscriminate attack, and the tense hours of emergency organizing and rescue that followed.

People react at gunshots heard at a music festival in Las Vegas.
People react at gunshots heard at a music festival in Las Vegas.
Image: @RTBLECK via Instagram/Reuters
People were running to escape gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
People were running to escape gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
Image: Photo by David Becker/Getty Images
People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
Image: Photo by David Becker/Getty Images
A man lays on top of a woman as others flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a active shooter.
A man lays on top of a woman as others flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a active shooter.
Image: David Becker/Getty Images
People flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds.
People flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds.
Image: Photo by David Becker/Getty Images
People wait in a medical staging area on Oct. 2, 2017, after a mass shooting during a music festival in Las Vegas.
People wait in a medical staging area on Oct. 2, 2017, after a mass shooting during a music festival in Las Vegas.
Image: Reuters/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus
Police run to cover at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.
Police run to cover at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher
Police officers stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.
Police officers stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher
Police officers take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.
Police officers take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher
A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle.
A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher
A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip.
A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher
Police officers advise people to take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandala.
Police officers advise people to take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandala.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher
People stand on the street outside the Mandalay Bay hotel near the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival.
People stand on the street outside the Mandalay Bay hotel near the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival.
Image: Paul Buck/EPA
Police used a controlled explosion to get into the gunman’s room.
Police used a controlled explosion to get into the gunman’s room.
Image: AP Photo/John Locher