Terrifying Las Vegas shooting police bodycam footage released

Terrifying Las Vegas shooting police bodycam footage released

Body camera footage from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department taken during the shooting has been released. 

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Police footage from the horrifying Las Vegas shooting has been released. 

The footage shows police trying to help many escape the wrath of the gunman's bullets. 

The video below contains graphic content that may disturb sensitive viewers. 

The mass shooting has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in US history. 

A gunman opened fire on concertgoers.

The 64-year-old gunman, who was killed after armed police responded to the shooting, had been identified as local resident Stephen Paddock.

Police also believed that they had located his female companion who had been earlier named as a person of interest.

Police had received a report of multiple gunfire coming from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, a hotel-casino next to the outdoor music festival venue.

Watch the terrifying footage below:

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