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MGM Resorts today is “offering prayers for the victims and gratitude to the brave responders” who responded to the horrific shooting of people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert last night near its Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. has confirmed 58 deaths and 515 injuries from a “lone wolf” shooter identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, who fired on the crowd of 22,000 from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay.
SWAT units found the body of Paddock, who apparently shot himself and “in excess of 10 rifles” in his room on the 32nd floor.
President Trump today described the carnage, which is the worst mass shooting in US history, “pure evil” and called for “unity and peace.”
MGM Resorts posted on its website a phone number for the Las Vegas Metro Police “for help locating missing or injured loved ones.”


Jonathan Halvorson, a veteran of Mondelez, Twitter and GM, is set to take the CMO post at Kenvue as it faces a Texas lawsuit about the about alleged links between its Tylenol and autism.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has dumped San Francisco-based Prophet, the creative consultant responsible for its disastrous logo and restaurant refresh.
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Cracker Barrel has called in Edelman for crisis work regarding the backlash surrounding its decision to drop the “old timer” leaning on a barrel from its logo.



