On Sunday, October 1st at 10:08 pm, Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured more than 500 people. This was one of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. An outdoor country music concert was disturbed by gun shots for about ten minutes. This outdoor concert was held across the road from the Mandalay Bay Resort, where Mr. Paddock was staying. The gunshots continued for eleven minutes after the first 911 call was placed. Officers made contact with Stephen Paddock outside his suite on the 32nd floor, after Stephen shot a security guard in the leg, the police waited for the SWAT team to arrive. When the SWAT team arrived they found Stephen Paddock dead, police believe he killed himself. Twenty three weapons were found in Paddock hotel room, including rifles. Through the information the police have received, they still are investigating why Mr. Paddock shot into a crowd of about 22,000 …show more content…
While researching this tragic event, the alternative sources I have found have something in common. DW website and VOA News are similar. Both these website have very small amounts of sponsors, and attract a small amount of viewers. The DW website is viewing the negative side of things, in the article is says “A lot of money can be made with fake news.” The title of this article is How fake news spread in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. The tone through the article is very unfavourable. Likewise in the VOA News article, it is very focused on Mr. Paddock, investigations and the people included. This article included a quote that Trump said, "It makes you proud to be an American." This article is a alternative media source because it focuses on the other people that were included, it has one comment and is a very unattractive article. I chose these articles because they include information the mainstream media do not