Jason Aldean on stage as shots rang out in Vegas massacre
Country music star Jason Aldean was reportedly safe after gunshots went off while he was performing on stage at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas.
Aldean reportedly was singing the last song of his set.
One witness told Fox News that Aldean rushed off the stage as soon as the gunshots went off. The gunshots were heard about 10 p.m. local time near Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
Concertgoers reported seeing muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay.
Witnesses said they saw multiple victims as they fled the gunfire raining down on the concert venue. Some later huddled in the basement of the nearby Tropicana hotel casino.
Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay.
Aldean’s team told ABC News that the singer was OK.
Concertgoers said they initially thought the gunshots were firecrackers.
Jake Owen, one of the event headliners who performed before Aldean, tweeted out shortly after the shooting to confirm that he was safe.
Police have shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip after receiving reports of an active shooter.
This is the fourth time the country music festival was being held in Las Vegas and this year it was headlined by popular singers like Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Maren Morris, the Brothers Osborne, Lee Brice, Kane Brown, and Lauren Alaina, the Las Vegas Weekly reported.
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