Las Vegas shooting

Type: Event

As of November 2026, Las Vegas shooting has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Bill Simmons Podcast NBA (Oct 2017). Discussed in the context of the Rockets' owner's response to the tragedy by offering support to victims.

On October 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel. He fired more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413 others. The ensuing panic brought the total number of injured to about 867. About an hour later, he was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The motive for the shoo