WASHINGTON -- For the first time since last weekend's mass shooting in Las Vegas, Bryce Harper spoke to reporters about the tragic events in his hometown.
"It's been pretty surreal," said Harper, who grew up in Vegas and attended Las Vegas High, about 15 miles from the Mandalay Bay Hotel, where a gunman on the 32nd floor of the hotel opened fire on the crowd at an outdoor country music festival and killed 58 people and injured more than 500. "Just from talking to friends, talking to family that were definitely at the concert and seeing the things that have happened and transpired from that, it just goes to show how strong our community is in Vegas, how much of a small-knit community it can be.