The Worst Mass Shooting In US History

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Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History: A Retired Las Vegas Police Officer Shares His Story. On October 1, 2017, the world witnessed the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in American history. More than 22,000 people were gathered for the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip when gunfire erupted from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. In just ten minutes, a 64-year-old attacker fired over 1,000 rounds into the crowd, killing 60 people and wounding hundreds more. The total number of injured would eventually rise to approximately 867 as panic swept through the venue.

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0:00.0	He's retired from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department.
0:03.8	He was on scene for the room entry, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
0:10.8	He also supervised an officer involved shooting.
0:14.3	Not long after that.
0:15.4	He's here to talk about all that and more.
0:18.2	Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
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0:25.9	their experiences, their realities of investigating crimes.
0:29.9	Plus, those have experienced horrendous trauma, police, first responders, military,
0:34.3	and victims of crimes share their stories.
0:36.8	Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley.
0:38.9	In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant.
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1:23.7	Metro Police Department captain Josh Bitsko on the Law Enforcement Talk Rat Show.
1:29.2	Josh is going to talk about the Mandalay Bay shooting, one of the worst incidents of mass shootings in American history,
1:35.9	and being on scene, supervising and police involved shooting a little bit later afterwards.
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