The Route 91 Harvest Festival Attack 2017, Pt. 2

Part two of the two part series, this article gives an overview of the attack, the response and the aftermath. Many citizens can be commended for their actions, as can the responding officers and other emergency personnel.

Joshua Borelli

Oct. 2, 2018

Part two -

The Attack

After event investigation revealed that Paddock use da hammer to break out the windows of his suite that overlooked the Harvest Festival venue some 450 to 500 meters away. Paddock was armed with 23 rifles, 22 of them semi-automatic and one handgun. It’s reported that 14 of the rifles were chambered for .223 with the rest chambering .308. The one rifle he had that wasn’t semi-automatic was a bolt action .308.

The Harvest Festival location is a 15 acre venue which is largely concreted and enclosed by a fence. That fence hindered many of the people trying to escape. Others had no issue with it.

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The remainder of this article is part of the book "Active Killers and the Crimes They Perpetrated," available in print or ebook via Amazon.

About the Author

Joshua Borelli

Joshua Borelli has been studying active shooter and mass attack events over the course of the past several years, commensurate with receiving training on response and recovery to natural disasters and civil disturbances. Joshua started to outline this series of articles in an attempt to identify commonalities and logistical needs patterns for response.