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A police officer runs along a sidewalk near a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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People scramble for cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gunfire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker / Getty Images
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Festival goers run for their lives. David Becker / Getty Images
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Las Vegas police stand guard along the streets near the concert. David Becker / Getty Images
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A body is covered with a sheet in the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South after a mass shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters
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Las Vegas Metro Police officer stands by at a staging area in the junction of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters
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Police run to cover at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Medics treat the wounded as Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip. Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
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Police officers and medical personnel stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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A police officer takes cover behind a truck at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers advise people to take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers enter the Mandalay Bay resort and casino during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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A police officer runs along a sidewalk near a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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People scramble for cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gunfire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker / Getty Images
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Festival goers run for their lives. David Becker / Getty Images
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Las Vegas police stand guard along the streets near the concert. David Becker / Getty Images
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A body is covered with a sheet in the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South after a mass shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters
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Las Vegas Metro Police officer stands by at a staging area in the junction of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters
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Police run to cover at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Medics treat the wounded as Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip. Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
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Police officers and medical personnel stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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A police officer takes cover behind a truck at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers advise people to take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers enter the Mandalay Bay resort and casino during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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Police officers take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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A police officer runs along a sidewalk near a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo
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