The crowd crush that happened during the annual music event founded by Travis Scott was certainly not the first tragedy that occurred at a concert, but hopefully it will be the last.
- November 14, 2021
AceShowbiz - America has been rocked with too many mass shootings in the last two decades, but the deadliest one took place during the Route 91 Harvest Festival in 2017. On October 1 of that year, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired more than 1,000 bullets at attendees from a 32nd floor window of the Mandalay Bay Hotel during Jason Aldean's performance. The sound of live fire was initially mistaken by fans as part of the show.
Sixty people died and over 400 were wounded by gunfire, with the ensuing panic bringing the number of injured to 867. About an hour later, Paddock was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His motive remains unknown.
