Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Las Vegas Shooting: Jason Aldean Describes Initial Panic

Country music star Jason Aldean was on stage, hearing a mix of music and the stage crew talking in his ear monitors, when a noise erupted.

"So when it first happened, I thought a speaker had blown," he said, recounting his late-night appearance last month at the outdoor Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip. "It just sounded like a crackling something."

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