Gunman opens fire on bus on Las Vegas Strip, killing one.

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The armed attacker was sitting on the second floor of a double-decker bus when
he opened fire indiscriminately, police say.

'One person has been killed and another injured after a gunman opened fire on on
a double-decker bus on the Las Vegas Strip.
The attacker then barricaded himself inside the vehicle, beginning an armed stand-off
with police that lasted several hours.



The siege began at about 11am local time on Saturday as the bus stopped on Las
Vegas Boulevard, near the Cosmopolitan hotel-casino.
"He was on the bus. He was shooting people on the bus.
He was just contained to that location. He never exited the bus," Clark County assistant
sheriff Tom Roberts said.

Two people were taken to hospital after the shooting.
One later died and the other was said to be in a stable condition.
SWAT teams surrounded the vehicle as the authorities as the authorities tried to establish
if there were any more victims inside.

Officers also swept into the casinos to warn tourists to take cover until further notice, leaving
the normally busy road empty. The famous illuminated Strip was shut down in both directions.

Las Vegas police said the man, believed to be in his 50s, gave himself up just before
3.30pm without incident...'
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