At least 2 dead, 24 injured following mass shooting at Las Vegas music festival

Police outside of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
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UPDATE 7 a.m.: Las Vegas law enforcement said at least 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Our original report is below.

At least two people were killed and 24 injured late Sunday following a mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, 12 of them critically, a local hospital spokeswoman told The Associated Press early Monday.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.