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Las Vegas Police Release Bodycam Footage From Inside Shooter's Hotel Rooms

Police released video in response to a lawsuit from media organizations. It shows the tense moments as officers try to find out where the shots are coming from and as they search the hotel.
Damaged windows on the 32nd floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino used by gunman Stephen Paddock are seen on Oct. 2, 2017. Las Vegas police have released some footage from officers' body cameras.

Newly released body camera footage from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department provides a closer look at the tense moments for police during and following the October 2017 mass shooting in which Stephen Paddock opened fire from his hotel room windows, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.

The footage from two officers was released Wednesday in response to a lawsuit brought by multiple news organizations

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