Las Vegas massacre

'Beyond horrific': Shooting on Las Vegas Strip kills at least 50, wounds hundreds

A Nevada sheriff says the death toll has climbed to at least 50 in the attack on a Las Vegas concert Sunday, making it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says more than 200 people were wounded at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in an outdoor area known as Las Vegas Village, across the strip from the Mandalay Bay and the Luxor hotels.

The death toll surpassed the 49 from the Orlando nightclub shooting that also left dozens wounded in June 2016, when the 29-year-old gunman was shot and killed by police.

Authorities have identified the person believed to be the gunman in Sunday night's shooting as Stephen Paddock, 64.

Lombardo says officers confronted Paddock on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the concert.

It's believed he checked in as a hotel guest. He's now dead but how he died is not immediately clear.

Authorities say they have also located 62-year-old Marilou Danley, who was wanted as a person of interest in the shooting.

(CBC)

AND

What we know about Stephen Paddock, the suspected gunman killed in standoff

Authorities are still looking into Paddock’s background and history, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Sheriff Joseph Lombardo. Lombardo said the police department had located a number of firearms in the room that he occupied in the hotel.

Officers will also be carrying out a search of Paddock’s home. Police said Paddock checked into the hotel as a guest.

He was not believed to be connected to any militant group, Lombardo said. Police have not called the shooting a terrorist attack.

“We have no idea what his belief system was,” Lombardo said. “Right now, we believe he was the sole aggressor and the scene is static.””

(GlobalNews)

via ehMac.ca http://ift.tt/2fEw8aI