Photos posted on Twitter on Monday morning showed lines out the door of people waiting to donate blood after a gunman opened fire on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 50 people and injuring more than 400.
It’s 6:40 am, and there is a line out the door and around the block. People waiting to donate blood at United Blood Services. #RJ pic.twitter.com/sGRMpUOHXc
— Bridget Bennett (@bridgetkbennett) October 2, 2017
The line to donate blood is out the door at United Blood Service. People have been here all night waiting for it to open #GMLV pic.twitter.com/D5VQeEjAYF
— Yasmeen Hassan (@YasmeenTV) October 2, 2017
At least one blood bank had a 5-hour-long line.
5-hour-long line has formed outside a blood bank in Vegas as people wait to donate blood in wake of deadly shooting. https://t.co/7alni8DD8q pic.twitter.com/8Zeza37rZP
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 2, 2017
Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo urged residents to donate blood during a press conference, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted information on where to donate.
If you would like to donate blood for the injured victims of the Strip shooting visit the Labor Health & Welfare Clinic, 7135 W. Sahara.
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017
Stephen Paddock, the alleged gunman, opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest music festival late Sunday. Police later found Paddock dead in his hotel room.
President Trump said he would visit the city Wednesday during televised remarks to the nation, in which he called the attack “pure evil.”
