Las Vegas shooting: Oswestry man and Midlands journalist witness horror gun attack - WATCH

A Shropshire man and Midlands journalist fled scenes of panic and pandemonium amid gunfire in Las Vegas that killed at least 58 people.

Jon Moses, 24, from Oswestry, who now lives in Manchester, was holidaying in the city when a gunman opened fire near to his hotel in an attack which also injured up to 515.

Journalist Nathan Judah, who is the digital sports editor for the Shropshire Star's parent group MNA Media, was also forced to flee the scene while on holiday with his wife.

Police said the suspect, who was identified as a local resident, was shot and killed.

They also confirmed the incident has not been classed as terrorism.

Mr Moses has described the panic following the incident, as he walked towards where the action was unfolding.

He said: "We've just been to the MGM Grand for dinner and we're walking back sometime after 10pm.

"The first we heard was what sounded like firecrackers, repetitive bangs going off quickly. That was as we crossed over the bridge from the MGM towards our hotel.

"Then as we walked past the valet and taxi area for the Excalibur I saw a few of the Valets running around looking a bit panicked.

"We paused at the front entrance of there and heard some more gunshots.

"Then one of the valets came over to me and Tom and said 'hey guys don't head down that way, there's some sort of shoot-out with the police going on'.

"Then some more gunshots went off and he rushed us inside and gave us instructions on how to get back to our hotel through the Excalibur.

"We went through there and made our way to our hotel and as we headed down the escalator into the casino floor of our hotel a guy ran in and said to stay in doors as there was shooting going on outside."

Multiple people have been left in hospital with life threatening injuries, as police hunt for companion with the suspect as a 'person of interest.'

There were reports of other incidents in different locations along the Las Vegas strip, however police say they believe the dead suspect acted alone.

Mr Moses and his work colleague who he had made the trip with ran back to their room as tensions heightened.

The pair are due to fly to Malibu tomorrow, before returning to home soil on Friday.

Mr Moses added: "The man said he thought a girl had been shot and a guy had been shot in the leg, before he ran over to a member of staff in the hotel and told them to get the security to close down all the doors.

"We carried on walking, I was feeling pretty nervous as we walked through the casino floor.

"Then people started running through the casino, and someone shouted about a gun, so we ran towards our elevator with loads of other people.

"We got to the elevator with a group of other people and just got out on our floor and got in the room and locked the door.

"Then we just started checking the news for updates trying to find out what was going on, and about 11.45pm here the tannoy eventually went off telling us to stay inside due to an active shooter."

Meanwhile Mr Judah was leaving the MGM Grand Las Vegas after a meal when he heard a commotion from outside on the Strip.

He rushed back through a connecting hotel before finding a taxi which got him back to his hotel, Vdara Hotel, which was half a mile away.

Inside the lobby were people being treated for shock and injuries caused by the rush of crowds.

A lock down was called by police, and from his hotel room, Mr Judah could see the roads outside cordoned off with cars stationed in the road.

He said: "We were around 50 yards away from where it happened.

"It's hard to work out what we heard, but all of a sudden there was sheer panic, everyone was running away.

"We ran with them, people around us were looking for covering, trying to get to their hotels. It was pandemonium.

"We were lucky to get a taxi when we did before more crowds of people came along."

Back in his hotel room, he described the situation three hours on this morning.

He said: "There are people being treated in the lobby and we're looking after someone in our hotel room.

"I'm looking outside and see the area is in lock down, police cars are everywhere.

"People are in shock, trying to call family, trying to find out what is going on."