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Route 91 Harvest Festival Shares Statement Following Mass Shooting

LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 01: People take cover at 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)

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On Sunday night, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, a 64-year-old retiree named Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd at Route 91 Harvest, a big country music festival in Las Vegas. From his hotel room window, Paddock killed at least 59 people and injured 527 more before killing himself. Jason Aldean, the country superstar who was onstage when the shooting happened, has issued a statement. And now so have the organizers of the festival. Here's what they posted on Twitter:

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— Route 91 Harvest (@Route91Harvest) October 3, 2017

Right now, that's the only tweet on the festival's Twitter account.

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