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Journalist, writer and musician James McBride discusses his collection of short stories, Five-Carat Soul, his first work of fiction since winning the 2013 National Book Award for The Good Lord Bird.

David Greene and Steve Inskeep find out more from Rachel Crosby, a reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, NPR's Leila Fadel and NPR Scott Detrow. Police say the sole suspect was killed.

At least 50 people were killed when a shooter opened fire at concert-goers. David Greene talks to Rachel Crosby of the Last Vegas Review-Journal and NPR's Ryan Lucas. Police found the shooter dead.

For more on the shooting aftermath, David Greene talks to Blake Apgar of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas and NPR political correspondent Scott Detrow.

National security analyst Juliette Kayyem says that while an outdoor concert hall will never be a "hard" target, security experts will look at elevated positioning in the effort to improve safety.

Eyewitness Pam Schneider from Bismarck, N.D., thought she heard fireworks when the shooting began in Las Vegas. It was a strange sound, she says, and then she realized it was gunfire.

Mark Lacy, an audience member in the VIP section at the Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, witnessed the shooting at close range, and he even stood next to someone shot in the head. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Lacy, who stayed on the scene well into the early morning hours helping the injured.

Authorities are pursuing information on the shooter, Stephen Paddock, who lived near the strip in Clark County, Nev. NPR's Tom Gjelten looks at what we can expect as the investigation moves forward.

Steve Inskeep talks to Nicole Ruffino, a Las Vegas resident who went to Sunday's country music concert with friends. She was there when the shooting began and describes what it was like.

Nearly 50 years ago, Dennis Helmer's wallet was stolen. Philly.com reports among the items in it, a receipt for his first semester at Drexel University in 1956. The cost: $168.