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Mandalay Bay Security Guard Breaks His Silence

The Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino is seen in the evening in thein Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 4, 2017.
(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
The Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino is seen in the evening in thein Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 4, 2017. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos spoke for the first time publicly about his experience the night a gunman killed 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas. Campos, who was the first person to confront the killer, had remained largely out of the public eye.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with KNPR reporter Casey Morell (@csymrl) about Campos’s public statement and the latest in the investigation.

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