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Las Vegas Metro Police and medical workers stage in the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South after a mass shooting

Las Vegas was hit by the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history

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Dozens were killed and hundreds more were wounded when a 64-year-old Nevada resident opened fire on a country music concert in Las Vegas on Sunday.

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Map: All the mass shootings in the US from 1982 to 2016

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