LAS VEGAS — 2017 · Major Tragedy

The Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting

ClosedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

On the night of 1 October 2017 a 64-year-old gunman opened fire on more than 22,000 people at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip from his suites on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel opposite. More than a thousand rounds were fired in about ten minutes; 58 people died at the scene, and two of the wounded died in later years, bringing the official toll to 60. Around 867 people were injured, many in the ensuing panic. The gunman took his own life before police entered the room. The FBI closed its investigation in 2019 without identifying a clear motive. It is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Date: 2017
Place: Paradise, Nevada, USA, Las Vegas, US
Category: Major Tragedy
Case Status: Closed
Coordinates: 36.0950, -115.1710 ↗

Timeline of Events

1 October 2017Shots were fired from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay at the festival grounds.
1 October 2017The gunman was found dead in his room.

December 2018Bump stocks used in the attack were banned at federal level.
January 2019The FBI closed its inquiry without finding a clear motive.

Sources

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