Country music star Jason Aldean was on stage when a gunman attacked the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada late Sunday night. The country music community expressed shock and disbelief at the shooting. — Jake Owen (@jakeowen) October 2, 2017"Gun shots were ringing off of the stage rigging and road cases" by the stage, Owen wrote. Las Vegas shooting: Live updatesMartina McBride, who was also there last year, wrote that she was watching the news coverage of the shooting early Monday morning and "praying for everyone's safety." Earlier this year he was named entertainer of the year, for the second year in a row, at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

Source: CNN October 02, 2017 09:56 UTC