An off-duty San Diego firefighter was one of hundreds injured in a mass shooting that claimed the lives of at least 59 people at a Las Vegas country music festival Sunday night, a fire official confirmed.
No details were released about the firefighter’s injury, except that it was minor.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz said seven off-duty firefighters were in Las Vegas when the shooting occurred, but she did not specify whether they were all at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
“(The department) sends our condolences and prayers to all those affected by this horrific and tragic shooting,” fire Chief Brian Fennessy said in a statement. A number of officers, deputies and firefighters from the San Diego region were at the festival when a gunman identified as Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.