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2017 Las Vegas mass shooting
Richard H. Donohue, Jr., M.A.
Why this event?
Major mass casualty event
Suspect information
What is it? Terrorism?
Aftermath – how does it compare to other incidents?
Las Vegas, Nevada
Population ~ 640,000
Major tourist destination
Mandalay Bay Hotel: 3,209 rooms
Route 91 Harvest Festival: 22,000 people
Stephen paddock
How it starts
Gunman (Paddock) opens fire from 32nd floor of hotel into crowd
10 minutes of gunfire
10:05 pm starts
10:11 pm police arrive on 31st floor
10:16 ~ 10:18 pm Paddock kills himself
10:17 pm officers arrive on 32nd floor
https://www.foxnews.com/us/las-vegas-shooting-timeline-of-events
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video
NY Times Visual Investigation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krr4u6uGdzc
casualties
58 dead
Approx. 850 injured
Response
Police already inside festival
Self-dispatching to the event – how does this effect command?
Crowd panic
Police taking an EMS-style role (triage, etc.)
Equipment
Response
Training key beforehand: “whole community approach”
11 police dispatchers at onset of event: 1,502 calls related to the incident within 2 hours
Event itself was not prepared for mass casualties
Some findings
23 guns inside hotel room
Bump stocks
No clear motive for Paddock
Community resilience