Hong Kong raised actor Gil Darnell recounts ‘eeriness and luck’ after bloody Las Vegas carnage
Australian-born actor, who appears in new CBS drama SEAL Team, was staying next to Mandalay Bay Hotel where gunman set up sniper’s nest
A Hollywood actor who was raised in Hong Kong has recounted the “eeriness” of Las Vegas the morning after Sunday’s mass shooting – and his “luck” for not venturing out that night.
Australian-born Gil Darnell was staying at the Luxor Hotel directly opposite the site of the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
The hotel is next to the Mandalay Bay Hotel where 64-year-old retired accountant Stephen Paddock set up a sniper’s nest to pour gunfire onto the concert below, slaying 59 people and wounding more than 500 before killing himself.
“I’d gone to Vegas to funnily enough get some work done without distraction, but the country music festival had been incredibly loud the whole weekend outside my window,” said the Los Angeles-based actor, who appears in new CBS drama SEAL Team.