THE selfless hero who was pictured sheltering a woman from the hail of bullets at the Las Vegas massacre has been revealed as a US Army soldier.
Without a thought for his own safety, Matthew Cobos dashed into the danger zone and lay on top of a young woman, shielding her from the deadly onslaught.
The US cavalry scout could also be seen covering the young girl's eyes to stop her seeing the death and destruction around her.
Moments later they both ran to safety and then the brave young soldier dashed back into the fray to help more people, DailyMail.com reports.
Matthew is understood to have used his belt as a tourniquet to stop bleeding and even used his fingers to plug the bullet holes of others.
He is now understood to be back with his family in California.
Stephen Paddock slaughtered at least 58 people on Sunday night when he unleashed a deadly assault from his suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
The photographer behind some of the most devastating images of the worst gun massacre in modern America's history has revealed the moment he realised just what was unfolding around him.
David Becker had been capturing shots of the Route 91 Harvest Country festival when chaos erupted, with people desperately cowering for cover from the bullets.
Getty photographer Becker said he had just walking into the media tent to file images of country singer Jason Aldean from the Las Vegas concert when shots first started firing, with a security guard at first telling him it was fire crackers, or sound equipment.
But after the third round of noises, the crowd began to flee.
Writing in response to questions from TIME and facilitated by Getty, the photographer said he stood on a table and started taking photos, saying: "(I was) thinking to myself still, that this isn’t really happening, it’s just the speakers popping.
"It was so dark I couldn’t really see what was happening, there were a lot of people crying, speaking on cellphones and ducking for cover."
He said he struggled to understand what was going on, with the gunfire stopping and starting as people tried to hide in the dark.
He said: "People were cowering, they were very fearful for their lives. This was at a time before I had looked at any of the photographs and I still didn’t know exactly what was happening.”
One photograph taken by Becker shows a man lying on top of a woman, attempting to shield her from any bullets.
Taking the photo, Becker had no idea if she was dead or alive.
But moments later, the pair stood up and ran.
It wasn't until he went through his pictures again that Becker said he realised - people were dying.
He said: "I could see people covered in blood and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is real'."
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Speaking later to a work colleague to find out what happened, all he could glean was that it was a code red.
The photographer was eventually evacuated with others - with the death toll reaching at least 59 dead and more than 500 injured.
Videos taken at the scene appear to capture bursts of gunfire heard in the area, with the 22,000 concert-goers ducking for cover and running for their lives.
Witnesses recounted seeing people shot in the head, while survivors rushed to help those left injured and bleeding from the attack.
Two police officers were among those shot, with at least one killed.
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