- Sheriff Joseph Lombardo’s voice broke on Monday morning as he spoke to the media about his slain Las Vegas police department officer
- The cop, who has not yet been identified, was off-duty and attending the music festival as a civilian at the time
- Another Las Vegas PD officer was injured and is being treated in hospital
- At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured in what is the worst mass shooting in US history
- Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from his Mandalay Bay Hotel room shortly after 10pm on Sunday
The Las Vegas Sheriff has emotionally revealed that one of his own officers was shot and killed by the gunman who opened fire on country music festival revelers.
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo’s voice broke on Monday morning as he spoke to the media about the slain Las Vegas police department officer.
The cop, who has not yet been identified, was off-duty and attending the music festival as a civilian at the time. Another Las Vegas officer was injured and is being treated in hospital.
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo’s voice broke on Monday morning as he spoke to the media about his slain Las Vegas police department officer
‘One is critical but stable and one of my officers was off-duty attending the concert and lost his life,’ Sheriff Lombardo said when asked about his employees.
At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured in what is the worst mass shooting in US history.
Two police officers, including the off-duty Las Vegas officer, are among the dead.
Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village from a room across the street in the Mandalay Bay Hotel shortly after 10pm on Sunday.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police believe Paddock killed himself before officers breached the hotel room on the 32nd floor where he had been holed up for several days.
Two broken windows on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel could be clearly seen from the Route 91 Harvest stage on Monday morning in the aftermath of the deadly shooting
PICTURED: The man suspected of killing 58 people and injuring 500 when he opened fire on concertgoers Sunday night has been identified as Stephen Paddock (Paddock above with an unidentified woman in an image taken from the Facebook page of Marilou Danley)
Officers are seen outside the Mandalay Bay hotel where the shooter was holed up in a room on the 32nd floor
Officers found him among an ‘arsenal’ of weapons and ammunition, including at least 10 guns.
Paddock had been staying at the hotel since September 28.
Terrifying footage from the scene showed concert-goers reacting with confusion and then panic as the festival turned into a bloodbath around them.
Video from close to the stage shows people hitting the floor as others crawl to safety or run for their lives. Audio from further back in the crowd captured several bursts of sustained automatic gunfire.
Witnesses said ‘hundreds’ of rounds of ammunition were emptied into the crowd, with Paddock stopping several times to reload as he carried out his massacre.
People carry an injured person from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gunshots rang out on Sunday night
People scramble over barriers to get to safety as the gunfire rages on at the Las Vegas event