Klamath Falls, Ore. – Local resident Gerrin DeGroot was vacationing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas last weekend when fate had other plans. Sunday night, a shooter opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort onto the country music festival DeGroot was attending. 

“The right side of the venue what would be closest to the Mandalay Bay. In the area that we were in [previous nights] is where people were being hit.” Says DeGroot. 

“Our friends were there in that area waiting for us [Sunday night] and that’s where we set up camp the two previous nights, so we could not have been in a more dangerous place. That’s not where you want to be and we would have been right in harm’s way.” adds DeGroot.