LAS VEGAS — Two people were shot dead Sunday night on a busy sidewalk on the Strip, the gunfire captured on video in what police said was a feud instigated on social media.

The gunfire erupted in the 3600 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, near the Bellagio, at about 10:40 p.m., according to Las Vegas police.

Metropolitan Police Department officers on patrol in the area heard gunshots coming from the west side of the Strip and “immediately ran towards that gunfire and they found two victims who were laying on the sidewalk, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds,” said Undersheriff Andrew Walsh in a news briefing early Monday morning.

“Our officers rendered medical aid to both victims, but their efforts to save those victims’ lives were unsuccessful, and both victims were pronounced deceased at the scene,” Walsh said.

The shooter hadn’t been arrested by the time of the 1:45 a.m. briefing, but Walsh said police knew who they were looking for. Walsh also said it appeared the suspect and one of the victims had feuded with each other in the past.

“At this point, we believe we have the suspect identified and that this is an isolated incident, knowing that the suspect and the victim had previously engaged in some type of conflict using a variety of social media platforms,” Walsh said.

Purported video of the shooting was circulating on social media. The video showed a woman confronting a man on the sidewalk, with Paris Las Vegas across the street in the background. The woman appears to be confronting the man, who pulls out a handgun and fires at somebody off screen. The shocked woman screams as multiple gunshots ring out.

Information that was unconfirmed by police was circulating online about the shooting. The information indicated that one of the two people shot dead had been a YouTuber and that the shooter was also a YouTuber.

Walsh, who didn’t release any information about the victims, said police were aware that a lot was being said on social media about the killing.

“We can’t confirm all of the information that’s been posted out there, but we believe we do know who the suspect is,” Walsh said.

Police were making “every effort” to track down and arrest the suspected killer, Walsh said.

Walsh urged anybody with information to call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

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