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Jake Owen was tweeting as shots rang out during the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival early Monday morning (Oct. 3). The country star’s messages are insight into the confusion in the moments after the gunfire started.
Jason Aldean, who was headlining the final night of the three-day festival, was performing when the shooting began, shortly after 10PM local time. Owen’s set preceded Aldean’s.
“Gun shots!!! Vegas,” Owen tweeted at 1:12AM ET. “Pray to god. Love you guys. Love you Pearl.”
CNN reports that a single shooter, who has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was, police believe, positioned in a hotel room and shooting from above the crowd, gathered outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino at Las Vegas Village. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police shot and killed him. Police have also identified a woman who was traveling with Paddock and is believed to be an accomplice in the shooting.
“Gun shots were ringing off of the stage rigging and road cases,” Owen said at about 4:15AM ET. “No one knew where to go … Thank you LVPD and responders for keeping us safe.”
At least 50 people are dead and more than 200 were injured during the shooting.
“Praying for everyone here in Vegas,” Owen wrote around 2:45AM ET. “I witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. We are okay. Others aren’t. Please pray.”
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