Crime & Safety
NYPD 'Monitoring' Las Vegas Mass Shooting That Left More Than 50 Dead
Extra security was dispatched to "strategic locations" across the city, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said.
NEW YORK, NY — The NYPD says it is monitoring the situation after a mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas left more than 50 people dead.
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said that extra security has been deployed to "strategic locations" across the city. The U.S Department of Homeland Security said there is no "specific credible threat" to other public venues in the country.
"I want to say that our thoughts and prayers are with the city of Las Vegas," O'Neill said during remarks at the annual Domestic Violence Awareness Project conference.
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"Here in New York City, we’re monitoring the investigation and have deployed personnel to strategic locations out of an abundance of caution. There are no direct threats to New York City but we’ll certainly be maintaining our vigilance."
The NYPD and O'Neill offered condolences on social media Monday morning.
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Our prayers are with the families of those killed & injured. We stand united with our @LVMPD partners https://t.co/pFOkqH3qHK
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 2, 2017
#NYPD thoughts & prayers are with at least 20 killed, more than 100 injured in mass shooting at concert in Las Vegas. Lone gunman is down. pic.twitter.com/yMfCKISFgG
— Commissioner O'Neill (@NYPDONeill) October 2, 2017
“We’re keeping everyone affected by the events in Las Vegas in our thoughts and I ask that you do as well.” @NYPDONeill during #DVAM2017 pic.twitter.com/Iq69iDtsBc
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 2, 2017
According to local law enforcement, a gunman opened fire from the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the Las Vegas strip shortly after 10 p.m. local time. Country music star Jason Aldean was performing at the time the shots rang out.
The shooter is dead, police say, and he has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada. The death toll is expected to rise further; the killing is already considered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
FULL STORY: Las Vegas Mass Shooting: More Than 50 Dead, 200 Injured In Worst Shooting In U.S. History, Says Sheriff
No words can possibly describe what happened in Las Vegas last night. New York City's prayers are with the victims and the first responders. https://t.co/348m7emGLu
— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) October 2, 2017
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