Faced with shifting reports about the mass shooting in Las Vegas, The New York Times sought to establish a timeline independent of that offered by officials. We applied a relatively new technique - investigative video reporting, or so-called video forensics. We gathered and analyzed dozens of video and audio clips recorded inside the festival, at the Mandalay hotel, and on Las Vegas Boulevard. We revealed new details about the gunman’s actions, showed how concertgoers, the police, and medics responded, and provided an accurate bullet count.
This immersive reconstruction provides the most complete picture to date of the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
Producer: Malachy Browne
Producer/graphics: Drew Jordan
Producer: Chris Cirillo
Executive producer: Mark Scheffler
Graphics: Nicole Fineman
Graphics: Anjali Singhvi
Graphics: Derek Watkins
Graphics: Mika Grondahl
Graphics: K.K. Rebecca Lai
Additional reporting: Adam Goldman
Additional reporting: Jennifer Medina
Additional reporting: C.J. Chivers
Additional reporting: David Botti
Additional reporting: Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Additional reporting: Barbara Marcolini