Las Vegas Shooting Research Paper

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Families have died at concerts because people have brought guns and started shooting out of nowhere. In Las Vegas a couple of days ago there was a shooting. Someone who was a gambler shot at the concert that was going on. He shot while he was in his room he had a good angle to shoot everyone. He would only shoot the people who would run and hide. Later that night after killing 50 or more people he later on killed himself. Everyone who was running was actually running towards the killer no one knew he was up there in his hotel. Now and days this world is making you second-guess yourself to see where you’re safe or not safe. Last week a Lubbock police officer was shot and killed. The guy who shot him was on drugs. The officer was trying to

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