Family members of an Australian woman caught up in the Las Vegas mass shooting have shared terrifying text messages she sent them as the massacre unfolded.
Sarah Sleeter, a former resident of the Gold Coast, was at the country music concert when the gunman started raining bullets on the crowd.
The mother-of-two managed to make her way to an airport hangar where she hid while keeping her worried parents updated on the tragedy in real-time.
Family members of an Australian woman (pictured) caught up in the Las Vegas mass shooting have shared terrifying text messages she sent them as the massacre unfolded
The mother-of-two managed to make her way to an airport hangar where she hid while keeping her worried parents updated on the tragedy in real-time (pictured)
‘We are hiding still. Safe in an airport hanger,’ she replied to a message asking: ‘Are you definitely safe?’ Seven News reported.
‘There is still one active shooter so we are staying put,’ she wrote.
Ms Sleeter, who was staying in the same hotel as the shooter, said the gunfire sounded like firecrackers going on, but then a woman next to her was hit by a bullet.
‘The lady standing in front of me grabbed her side and she said “Oh my God, I’ve been shot” and she moved her hand and blood went everywhere,’ she said.
Ms Sleeter (pictured), who was staying in the same hotel as the shooter, said the gunfire sounded like firecrackers going on, but then a woman next to her was hit by a bullet
Ms Sleeter’s father, Tony Reardon, says his daughter told him she thought she was going to die.
‘It’s a scary moment and it’s real, it’s right in your face,’ he said.
Ms Sleeter was not the only person from the Gold Coast who was in Las Vegas during the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Ms Sleeter (pictured, left, leaving Las Vegas) was not the only person from the Gold Coast who was in Las Vegas during the deadliest mass shooting in US history
Brian Hodge was staying only one room away from Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old who carried out the massacre.
John Coutis from Surfer’s Paradise recounted seeing a stampede of people fleeing the concert area in fear.
Nathan Claridge, who owns a club on the Gold Coast, was driving down the Las Vegas Strip when he heard the shooting start.
Stephen Paddock murdered 59 people and injured 527 others when he opened fire on a crowd of people from his room in the Mandalay Bay on Sunday night.
Stephen Paddock killed 59 people and injured 527 others when he opened fire on a crowd of people from his room in the Mandalay Bay on Sunday night