Shooting reports near Las Vegas’ MGM Grand unfounded: Police

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the reports of a shooting near MGM Grand in Las Vegas are “unfounded”. They said the loud noise was caused by a shattered glass door.

“Reports of a shooting near the MGM tonight are unfounded. Initial reports are a glass door shattered causing a loud noise which startled people in the valet area,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted. 

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MGM Grand Hotel confirmed that “operations at MGM Grand and all Strip properties are continuing as usual.”

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On Saturday night, several people reported hearing gunshots at the MGM Grand. 

“My brother just called me … shooting on the casino floor at MGM Grand??!!! What is going on!!??” one person tweeted.

“So apparently there was just a shooting in the MGM Grand and now I don’t have a place to sleep tonight,” another person wrote.

Another person tweeted, “Friends just text from Vegas and said there was a shooter at MGM Grand and they had to run.”

“We’re literally seconds from leaving the house to go to the club, but apparently there’s an active shooter at the MGM Grand. I have zero interest in leaving the house now. And I’m very excited to be leaving America,” tweeted another user. 

A Twitter user also shared a video of people running out of the hotel as cops enter. 

This is a developing story