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British Tennis Player Laura Robson Safe After Witnessing Las Vegas Shooting

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British tennis player Laura Robson has confirmed that she is safe after attending a country music concert in Las Vegas where at least 50 people have been killed and more than 400 have been injured in a mass shooting.

Robson, 23, was in the Las Vegas area after playing in the ITF tournament in Templeton, Calif., at the end of last week and posted photos of herself at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Sunday. She tweeted on Monday to confirm her safety, saying that the gunfire "sounded like fireworks at first then everyone started running." The incident is the deadliest mass shooting in U.