DOMESTIC TERROR ATTACK: A sniper has killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 200 more in an attack at a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip, in what appears to be the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The lone gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was firing on a large crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, across the street from the outdoor concert venue. Police responded and stormed the room using flash-bang explosives to breach the room. The suspect is dead, but it’s unclear if he was shot by police, or killed himself. A police officer was critically wounded in the assault.

The Route 91 music festival was a classic “soft target,” a large group of people with no reason to suspect they would be targeted at a festive event at a popular resort location. These kind of attacks are virtually impossible to prevent unless law enforcement is tipped off ahead of time, or is able to develop intelligence that someone is planning an attack.