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EXCLUSIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS Vegas Shooting by Skoonj A bit after 10 pm here last night, a man with a gun opened fire on a three-day country music concert outside the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas.  Now that I've heard some sound recording, I can tell you that the shooter DID have a fully automatic weapon.  So often you hear witnesses of some crime say there was a machine gun, and it was just a guy shooting a rifle rapidly.  This one actually sounded like full auto to me. The shooter was in a room on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay.  The police and hotel security responded to locate the shooter very quickly.  Just over five minutes after the start, it was over.  Police used explosives to enter the room, then shot the shooter.  Despite the fast response, more than 20 people were killed, and more than 100 wounded.  The shooter is dead, and they think he was alone, but they are looking for an Asian looking woman (looks like a Filipina) who may be a roommate of the shooter.  Her name is Mary Lou Stanley.  Police are looking for two cars We (my wife Flora and me) were asleep at the time in our home in the NW of town.  Flora got up at 2 am to get ready for her job as a cook at Payard Restaurant in Caesars Palace.  She leaves home at 3 am, and begins work at 4 am.  That's very close to Mandalay Bay.  She started getting texts from co-workers about the shooting and how it impacts entry to the property.  One of her friends was stuck in a Caesars parking lot, unable to get out of his car.  Close to 3 am he was allowed to walk to work.  Interstate 15 was shut down in both directions, as was Frank Sinatra Dr, so getting in was a problem.  At about 3 am Flora got word that police had set up an entry line, so she will be able to get in (she uses Flamingo rather than I-15).  She will text me of the situation.  Hotel security has been very helpful as well.  By the way, she is from the Philippines. There is huge coverage of this event, not just with local and regional coverage.  There is massive international coverage because OJ Simpson was released from prison in Northern Nevada.  He is expected to take up residence in the Summerlin area, which is in the northwest of the city, fairly close to where we live.  His place has a golf course, as you would imagine. Sheriff Lombardo just gave a news conference with updates.  There are at least 50 dead, 200 wounded.  The believe they have the woman they were looking for, and have located both cars.  When he spoke of the shooter, he gave his name (Steven Paddock, born 1953, spelling approximate) and mentioned they were searching the room he's been in.  He used the term "rifles", so there are more than one.  They are also executing a search warrant at the shooter's residence.  He's a local. Anyway, that's all I have now.  I'm just sending this out because most of you know we live in Las Vegas.  Yes, we are safe. UPDATE: My wife just asked:  "How long before  someone demands ..." GUN CONTROL, I interrupted.  "Tom Brokaw, now," she replied. Thanks Skoonj (Damian Housman)