'No One Is Answering, No One Knows': What Las Vegas Shooting Witnesses Told Police
Law enforcement released more than 1,200 pages of witness statements taken after last October's massacre. Together, they weave a portrait of terror — and of a gunman whose motives remain an enigma.
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"At first we thought it was fireworks."
More than half a year since a gunman opened fire on a country music festival last October, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more, Las Vegas police have released a trove of witness statements taken in the weeks immediately afterward. There are more than 1,200 pages in the batch made public Wednesday, ranging from handwritten one-line notes to typed transcripts spanning long conversations — but for the most part, victims and observers begin with variations on the
