At least 50 people have been killed and more than 400 injured following a mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night (October 1).
A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward concertgoers attending the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Strip. The shooter was found dead in his hotel room from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The first shots were fired shortly after 10 p.m. local time.
The suspected gunman has been named as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada. The incident has been described as a “lone wolf” attack.
The authorities have yet to comment about a possible motive.
“We have no idea what his belief system was,” Sheriff Joe Lombardo of Clark County, Nevada said.
In a tweet posted just after 7 a.m. EST, President Donald Trump offered his “warmest condolences and sympathies” to those affected.
Barack Obama also took to Twitter to offer his thoughts to the victims.
As of publishing, the death toll currently stands at more than 50, with more than 400 injured. This makes it the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
Last year, 49 people were killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
A number of Hip Hop notables have taken to social media to offer their condolences and messages of support to those affected.
HipHopDX extends its condolences to all those affected.
Oh gee, I wonder what nationality the shooter was so we can start another race war in the comments.
Dam i cant even get that high of a kill count on grand theft auto.
Damn this is so dope !!!!!
This is not the biggest in history black towns been getting mass murdered since slavery ended
Yeah but we are talking about human lives here, actual people.
What or where is a “black town?” Also, who is commuting the mass murders you are on about? Other black people. Moron
@dindu Every heard of Tulsa Oklahoma or black Wall Street ? I’m sure not …in actually glad you’re trolling today gonna eat your dumbass alive Kid
go do a little more reading on Tulsa.. I don’t mean this in an asshole way, but you’ll be more surprised than you think. (hint: it wasn’t because “mean white devil people were jealous”)
@ghost Yeah I know the story black kid- white girl and an elevator …..but again it’s he said she said..no other evidence except statements from who ???? Prejudice white people reminds one of Emmett Till…so a logical thing to do destroy 300 plus black businesses??? Because they won’t hand him over??? No disrespect, but rethink your logic
Condolences to the victims. Unfortunately idiots with a platform like Mensa and Desiigner will yell for gun control, not realizing that the automatic rifle used in this attack is already illegal. Gun control only hurts legal gun owners and unarmed citizens. Thoughts and prayers to the victims. Perpetrator was most likely alt-left, who else would target a mostly-white country music event?
Fuck islam fuck all you rag heads and cloakers. Guaranteed we find out he is islamic or converted to islam.
Wow! Way to stereotype. It was actually a white dude in his 60’s. Fuck all racist people (black, white, and other).
vegas done you could get rooms for $30 sun-thur gonna be $10 rooms now. not 1 casino has made a profit since 08 yet they kept building. did this guy lose it after a gambling loss or just crazy who knows? this could shut Vegas down & trigger a market crash
do these people yelling gun control understand you can damn near print your own ar 15s now and its just goung to get easier & that criminals can get em a lot easier than making them & when they do they come from the u.s. military its america biggest export
Wasn’t it a terrorist attack? Oh no, the shooter had pale skin.
Yet they want everyone sympathy. how bout when we talking bout the unarmed killing of brothers ? I see all the “Dindu” commentary is real quiet…saltines sure know how to deflect to ” alt right, domestic terrorism, illegal guns and the NRA” say what you will I’m going shopping today.
LoL. He did do something. Saltines don’t make up excuses for bad behavior. We see it for what it is. A maniac sick fuck shooting innocent people. We aren’t saying that his ancestors were slaves 1000 years ago, or that he is frustrated because whites are statistically and overall shot more than any other race by the police. We do say that whites are less likely to be murdered than “chitlins” are. And who commits those murders? People who’s “lives matter.” LOL. You are a dumbass race baiting fucktard. Nice saltine baby.
That’s it…? That’s the best you could come up with? That’s your ” explanation”…….LMFAO . Thanks for taking the bait and showing just how much of a bigot you are. Class dismissed. Go home kid and skin cats while wearing a trench coat.
A bigot? Bait? LOL. You’re saying ridiculous shit that doesn’t make any sense, have 0 arguments then say “you’re taking the bait?” What bait moron? So you have absolutely nothing to say about the apologist race baiting PC bullshit that many black Americans are embarrassed of? I never see a black person complaining about black on black violence. Or the fact that they are 15 percent of the US and make up 69-70% of the prison system. 80-90% of which is for drugs. What bait moron. These are FACTS. LOL. Anyone looking at these numbers either thinks, damn, we need to make a change and take an honest look at ourselves, or, “it’s because we were slaves.” GTFOH crybaby.
Typical regurgitated nonsensical “I have no actual experience and only go off the news” rhetoric……Yawn……..you’re washed kid . You don’t even know what you’re arguing about….just flipping your gibs. You’re too elementary to have a debate with. How’s that cat coming along??
Anyone yelling domestic terrorism is reaching at this point. There haven’t been any political motives uncovered as of yet.
Don’t you just love how all them rappers who promote gun violence want gun control when a mass shooting happens with guns that are already illegal. SMH. Sad state of the world nowadays.
Trump has play golf again in the weekend. Unless he can’t offer anything for the victims.
Why I’m aginst gun control: 1. The gun that was involved in this shooting is already illegal and you should know know it if you are American. 2. I also own a gun and I can only shoot my neighbor if I mix him up with burgler, but I wouldn’t miss him because he’s grumpy and never says hi to me. 3. This right was giventh from the forefathers of the United States Of America and I stick to my gun as I stick to my hi-hat or as I stick to my horce and carriage.
once you take away people’s right to bear arms you can now do ANYTHING TO THEM
Learn to fight.
Guns are for pussie boys.
Designers dumbass said “we need to band guns.” Make music with them? Vic Mensa is a retard. All these morons promote violence.
Stupid people in this HHDX comment section. FULL AUTO WEAPONS ARENT ILLEGAL IF YOU GET TGE APPROPRIATE ATF STAMP. Odds are his guns were legal. A decent semi auto would have done just as much damage. It’s tge person, not the weapon. He could have driven a big rig tanker full of gasoline into the crowd and lit it up. Then we would ban gasoline and trucks? Dipshits.
Too bad it wasn’t a Drake/Logic/Chance the Rapper concert. We would all be celebrating. Opening act Vic Mensa.
Too bad that you were born alive.
You can be born dead? LOL. Great insult…
Wonder how saltines gonna spin this? Watch how I do- no justice no peace ;»
Saltines? As in the people who run and founded the country you live in? LOL. Shit is really popping in Nigeria and Uganda. You should visit. Maybe stay a few years. A great example of how things would be in a “saltine free” environment is Southside Chicago.
Is that it?? LMAO ….thanks for taking the bait dindu
Someone obviously doesn’t understand the term Dindu. LOLOL
I can tell you’re not well read there were blacks presidents before the constitution was even written ….look it up in the library of Congress…. I bet you think Jesus was white too? LMFAO…I’m gonna enjoy roasting your ‘dundass’ today cause this isn’t about opinions so you can’t deflect to nonsensical rhetoric….come back Dindu. I’m waiting for you boy
MK ULTRA. Now we get to forget about Puerto Rico and trumps bullshit tax plan cause now for next 5 days we gonna hear about this incident and then a benefit concert and then interviews with victims family members . The powers at be know what they are doing
Sounds like it, Do something to take our minds off something else. Puerto Rico, Hurricanes, Flag debacle, NFL, police brutality, Racism.
It’s curious that this was a Country music festival. Te demographics would definitely be mainly white, Christian Trump supporters. I would go as far as saying that a large percentage present are members of the NRA. Not the crowd I would imagine a 60 year old white man from Mesquite would be shooting at. I also agree with the comment below. It’s eqsy to get a federal stamp to legally own a Full Auto rifle. It sounded like a SAW to me. I heard a lot of those back in my service days…
Just happy to be up in Canada. Keep your crazy ass president, keep your crazy ass love for guns. We have ppl getting killed up here too (Drake’s friend was recently killed) but not like this. Also less black men getting killed by cops so I’m good.
Right. Up there in your ice rink with pasty white fat whale women, and Drake. We’re good. We’d rather you stay there as well. LOL. Your cops don’t kill anyone because you are all a bunch of pussies, eh? Acadian black people? That’s a laugh. LoL
Seeing as you have never been to Canada. Please keep your mouth shut. You sound like you did not graduate from 8th grade. Seeing as our cops have killed unarmed black men. Scotians are the are the original black canadians. Are there black Aacadians yes, are there many No. Most of the black [population is Canada is from the West Indies and Africa. Anyway you have more pasty fat whale women than any other country in the world. Boy stop.
I have been to Canada. Moron. Scotians are the are the? I’ve never seen a retro stutter while TYPING. LOL. Who didn’t graduate the 8th grade? Wow. It’s like a child trying to type. I thought your education system was supposed to be decent. Fuck boy. It’s probably the cold, or that Drake turtleneck you have on is too tight. It’s important to keep your throat warm in case of one of those famous Canadian impromptu dick sucking contests break out…
At least us Canadians are not fighting against progress like stupid Americans. Trudeau is god compared to Trump.
You have the tradition of not fighting against a anything ever. Including the common cold, or culture vulture biting ass rappers. LOL. Half of you are French, we know how brave THEY are. Their WWII tanks had two greats forward and 4 in reverse. ‘Eh? Why are you even on a hip hop site? Isn’t there a yodeling Dx or some shit? Drake lips…
Canadians are constantly fighting against the institutionalized sexism, racism, bigotry and homophobia that Americans have created all around the world. Also, Canada is bigger and on top so if this was jail the USA would be our bitch.
Canada is bigger? LOL uninhabited land, that no human being could live on? America would be your bitch? LOL. You are on a HIP-HOP website, who created Hip-Hop dumbass? Your army is puny and tiny. How is Canada on top? Without the US you wouldn’t have an economy you moron. Too much Labatts and Crown Royal for you, eh? Using that maple syrup for lube will give your butthole diabetes Terrence and or Phillip. Sit down and do what daddy says to do, as you always have. You are basically a frozen over, culture less bland Mexico.
At least we can actually afford to use real maple syrup for lube. One hour of minimum wage work can allow me to buy 3 litres of the finest maple syrup in the world. Whereas, Americans would probably work all day just to acquire 500 ml of our liquid gold. #winning
Wow. Here how’s the biggest fake rapper dickeider around. Aren’t you also a Belieber nerd? Your the dude saying Drake doesn’t use ghostwriters when he admits to it. You also just admitted to affording Real maple syrup for lube? LoL. Tool. BTW. Check minimum wage and average yearly salary between the US and Canada. You are way below us, fucktard, even if you convert real dollars in to Monopoly money. Why do you call your fake ass money dollars? Very original. LOLOLOL. You all want to be Americans and get away from that ice barren wasteland. I get it. Still, a Hip-Hop site. Hip-Hop is American. Shouldn’t you be on a Kenny G kazoo DX site or something. LOL maple syrup and turtleneck aficionado. Enjoy your real maple syrup lube you are so proud of. Batty boy.
America easily has the fattest ppl, maybe in the world, so your comment about that makes 0 sense.
Having more guns doesn’t reduce gun violence dummies. Having no guns or severely controlled does. You don’t see massacres in Europe like this.very low gun deaths there. Guess what guns are illegal or highly controlled there. But idiocy and lack of common sense has no cure.
nah they use knives chemical weapons &bombs & more recently cars.
lets ban cars makes sense
cant stop crazy its the safest its ever been in human history only difference it doesn’t take 6 months to hear about it
in 1976 there were 36 car bombings just over the summer in Cleveland, yall snowflakes just uninformed
my cold dead hands PAN
@moresickamc This made my day…youll see the sheep like ggfff regurgitate anything LMFAO
Like your HOAX comment above? You fell for the bait. Again. See makes no sense. Fucktard.
Not going to fix our problem here. Too late to put the toothpaste in the tube here with our gun culture. It would basically be like when they tried to ban alcohol here. Shit just ended up causing more problems.
Had this been a black guy shooting at the country folk, people would say it’s because of the cops rightfully killing people regardless of race, or the shooter is a victim of drug sale worship culture, so he was imprisoned and wanted to take out his whoas on the white man. Basically a Dindu.
waiting for the president to address the homegrown terrorist… lets see what he calls him.. anything other than a terrrorist is wack.
“an act of pure evil”, not good enough like denouncing all hate and violence?
HOAX/FALSE?
It is very convenient given the state of things isn’t it ??? Wonder how many missed the birth certificate story ?
You fell for the bait! No Hoax at all. Dindu!! LOL
I blame syrup.
Let’s be honest… Desiigner being a hypocrite yet his tweet shows more WOKEness than Trump…
Desiigner is used to panda so much he also spelled ban with a “D”
The irony is strong when a hiphop website and fans listen to music that promotes very moments like what happened in Las Vegas and then act like they’re offended or some sort of cause warrior now.
Phonies shut your hypocritical mouths and you still some how find away to paint yourselves as victims in the comment section.
You people are the dumbest creatures alive.
Says the dindu that cane to post here….pathetic
This motherfucker right here says all kinds of incoherent bullshit then says “you took the bait” whenever he can’t come up with an adult answer. He obviously doesn’t understand the use of the term “Dindu” and somehow finds it racist. Moron. Here is the definition from the “urban dictionary: A “du-er” of “nuffin”, meaning a ghetto-dweller, who claims he “dindu — didn’t do — anything wrong” (within sight of a security camera or, at any rate, anyplace within the last five minutes). Also known as a thief, a robber, a home invader, a rioter, a looter, a rapist, or a murderer by people with a sense of reality, the dindu is , nevertheless, relatively innocent by rap-culture standards. The dindu runs when “scared”, which defeats his purpose of not being noticed by the police, but never mind. Liberals embrace the dindu (in spirit) during afternoon BLM rallies but hightail it back to white surburbia after sundown. Nobody likes dindus.
If you don’t want to be a “dindu”, don’t steal stuff, hurt people, or otherwise act like a damned fool.” Doesn’t sound racist at all. Sounds about spot on to me.
Violence an mass killings are in the Amerikkkan DNA at this stage in history. An it’s sponsored by the very politicians who stand up in D.C to deplore the latest mass shooting at…insert name of city here… Peace on the Internets y’all
Disappointed in the lack of respect,
Everyone here has for the dead. Regardless of color, lives have been senselessly taken…
america the great
Excuse sir” ja rule, what are you thinking right now? I wonder what Ja Rule is thinking right now.