http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/las-vegas-shooter-casino-gunman-repo...DOZENS of people have been shot after a gunman opened fire at an open-air concert from high among the Mandalay Bay casino complex in Las Vegas.
Witnesses say the shots appeared to come from a balcony on the 32nd floor of the adjoining casino, aimed at the crowd of at the Route 91 festival on the grounds below.
Witnesses report seeing “multiple injuries and fatalities”, with people being shot around them as they fled the concert show on foot.
Unconfirmed reports being relayed on police radio suggest some two dozen fatalities have so far been claimed.
Police report they are packing squad cars with injured in order to get them to hospital. “I am transporting 5 critical patients in my car,” one distraught officer was heard to say.
Heavily armed SWAT teams have taken up positions around the multi-storey building, sealing it and the area off.
In one video, an eruption of semi-automatic firing can be heard as the band plays. The band then breaks off as panic spreads.
“Oh my God, something’s happening. Get down, get down,” one woman can be heard saying.
Early media at the scene are displaying video of ambulances being loaded with victims.
The Las Vegas University Medical Centre says they have begun receivin gunshot wound victims, and have been told to expect more.
The Los Angeles Times reports a hospital spokeswoman as confirming two dead and 24 injured have so far been received.
Local media reported a triage center was being set up at Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue.