Heartbreaking picture emerges from Las Vegas shooting tragedy

A TRAGIC picture of a couple during the Las Vegas shooting has emerged as police investigate the reasons behind what happened.

A HEARTBREAKING picture of a man appearing to shelter a woman amid the chaos on the Las Vegas strip has emerged.

The picture taken by Getty photographer David Becker shows a man hunched over a woman’s body, appearing to protect her from the shots fired at the music festival.

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The woman lies on the ground with her eyes closed. The couple’s identity and their medical condition remains unknown.

A man lays on top of a woman as others flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after an active shooter was reported. Picture: David Becker/Getty Images/AFP

A body appears to lie under a sheet as police and rescue personnel gather at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave after a shooting at a country music festival. Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/

Las Vegas police stand guard along the streets. Picture: David Becker/Getty Images/AFP /

Las Vegas police have confirmed more than 50 people died and more than 400 were injured during the event when automatic gunfire rang out in the crowded open-air festival on Sunday night.

Witnesses could be seen ducking for cover and running for their lives on social media, with many describing how people were running anyway they could or hiding under cars, bleachers or the stage.

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Canadian Quinn Mell-Cobb was in the venue with his girlfriend when he said the shooting began.

“I saw my girlfriend go down so I was worried she might have been hit,” he said.

“It sounded like it was coming from everywhere ... It’s one of those situations you never think you’re going to be in.”

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