UPDATE: At Least 20 Dead, 100 Wounded After Mass Shooting in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says that more than 20 people died and more than 100 people were injured after the mass shooting. 

Written by Lauren Jo Black
UPDATE: At Least 20 Dead, 100 Wounded After Mass Shooting in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 01: People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are reports of an active shooter around the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

More than 20 people were killed Sunday (Oct. 1) after a gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas.

Initial reports suggested that two were dead and more than 20 people were injured, however, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo later told reporters that more than 20 people died and more than 100 people had been injured.

Gunfire erupted while Jason Aldean was on stage closing out the three-day festival. Police responded to the incident, later killing the suspected gunman.

Police say the gunman was a local resident. Authorities are currently on the hunt for an unknown female who was traveling with the suspect.

“We heard what sounded like firecrackers going off,” concertgoer Meghan Kearney told MSNBC. “Then all of a sudden we heard what sounded like a machine gun. People started screaming that they were hit… When we started running out there were probably a couple hundred [people] on the ground.”

“People kept dropping and dropping… People were getting shot one foot away from us,” she recalled. “People were trying to save their friends. There were gunshots everywhere. Helping them would’ve meant that we got shot too.”

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding two vehicles associated with the suspect. “We’re searching for two vehicles associated with the shooter: Hyundai Tucson Nevada/114B40 and a Chrysler Pacifica Nevada/79D401,” the Las Vegas Police Department shared on Twitter. Anyone with information should contact the Las Vegas PD immediately.

**UPDATE: As of 11:30 a.m. CST, there have been at least 58 deaths reported and 515 people injured from the incident.