More than 20 dead in Las Vegas shooting: police

AFP  |  Los Angeles 

At least 20 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when a gunman opened fire on a country music concert in Las Vegas, police said.

"We have in excess of 100-plus injured and excess of 20- plus that have died at this point," Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told a press conference.


The gunman, who was a local man, was killed after police "engaged the suspect," Lombardo told reporters.

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First Published: Mon, October 02 2017. 14:22 IST