HGTV's 'Flip Or Flop' Star Tarek El Moussa Was at Las Vegas When Mass Shooting Took Place
"Flip or Flop" star Tarek El Moussa recently revealed that he was actually one of the attendees at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, but was able to leave before the tragic mass shooting took place.
The 36-year-old host of HGTV's home renovation television program took to social media on Monday afternoon to recall the traumatic experience that the music festival goers had gone through, and offered his condolences to those who lost their loved ones from the deadly attack.
"I was there last night at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Vegas," he wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. "My friend Robert wanted to come home early, which we did. My heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this tragedy. It's times like this that remind us we need to treat everyday with the importance it deserves," he added.
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The "Flip or Flop" host added, "Give your family and friends a hug today and let them know they are safe and loved."
Before this particular post though, he also uploaded a photo of himself and two friends at the concert. "Hope I make it home tonight," he reportedly captioned the image.
It was supposedly meant to be a joke, considering the number of people that would be at the event, which would make it difficult to leave the venue, but after news about the incident broke out, a lot of his fans found it quite eerie and also became worried about him.
The said post has already been removed from his Instagram page.
To assure his fans that he was okay, he reportedly posted an Instagram story letting them know that he had already left the concert before the shooting began.
The shooting took place during country artist Jason Aldean's set. He later went on social media to express how heartbroken he was over the horrific incident and informed his fans that he and his team are safe.
The suspect of the Las Vegas shooting has been already identified as a 64-year-old retiree named Stephen Paddock. However, he was found dead inside his hotel room and is believed to have killed himself.
