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Celebrities React to Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Laura De Leon Student Contributor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UTRGV chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

A gunman opened fire on the audience of an outdoor country music festival last night in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of right now 58 people were killed and more than 500 were injured during the attack. This is the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The gunman has been identified as Stephen Paddock.

Many celebrities have taken to social media to speak on this tragedy. Here is what they had to say:

Jason Aldean

Country music star, Jason Aldean, was preforming when the gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino located across the street from the venue. He posted this to Instagram:

Joe Biden

Camila Cabello

Mariah Carey

Ellen DeGeneres

Nick Jonas

Demi Lovato

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Jake Owen

Taylor Swift

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