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Las Vegas shooting: Death toll rises to 59 as police find 42 weapons in possession of gunman - as it happened Las Vegas shooting - live updates: Police admit they have 'no idea' of 'psychopath' killer's motives
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At least 59 people have been killed and more than 500 injured after a gunman opened fire on crowds at a music festival in Las Vegas in the worst mass shooting in US history.  At least 59 people were killed and 527 injured when a gunman rained bullets on crowds at a Las Vegas music festival.
Two revellers at the Route 91 festival said they initially heard a noise "like firecrackers", but it became apparent a shooter was unloading "clip after clip" into the crowd, discharging hundreds of bullets using an automatic weapon. A day on from the deadliest mass shooting in US history, police are desperately seeking to understand what drove Stephen Paddock to discharge "clip after clip" into the 22,000 revellers at the Route 91 Harvest festival. 
Police later identifed the "lone wolf" suspect as 64-year-old white male Stephen Paddock from Nevada.  The 64-year-old "lone wolf" attacker, equipped with at least 23 weapons and two tripods, fired rifles out of two different windows from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel before killing himself as police stormed his hideout. 
Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Paddock was neutralised in a hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Police later said that 23 guns had been found in the hotel room, while another 19 guns were found at a property occupied by Paddock about 80 miles away in Mesquite, Nevada. Another 19 guns were found at a property occupied by Paddock about 80 miles away in Mesquite, Nevada.
Video posted on social media appeared to show the moment the gunfire broke out during a song, stopping the performance and sending the crowd running. Officials said he had altered those legally purchased weapons to operate on automatic before he began his deadly spree at around 10:08pm on Sunday.  
Officers were searching for his roommate Marilou Danley, but later said they had been in contact. They said she was no longer a person of interest.  Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said he was unable to speculate as to his motive, saying: "I can't get into the mind of a psychopath."
University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said the Las Vegas hospital had taken in "several" people with gunshot wounds. Authorities believe Paddock acted alone and dismissed suggestions he had any links to international terror, despite claims from Isis's news agency Amaq that he converted to Islam months before the shooting. 
Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15.  Video posted on social media appeared to show the moment the gunfire broke out as country star Jason Aldean performed, sparking mass chaos and scattering the crowd.
Some flights destined for the McCarran International Airport were diverted due to incident.  The massacre has reignited an outpouring of anger over the nation's lax gun ownership laws, which are protected by the second amendment. 
Country singer Jason Aldean was playing near the end of the concert when gunfire rang out but was unhurt. As the nation was left reeling from the massacre, carried out in one of the world’s most iconic cities, Donald Trump sought to offer solace and condolence, first on Twitter and later in a sombre, televised address.
“In moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. And it always has,” he said
In February, he signed a resolution blocking an Obama-era rule that would have prevented an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from buying guns. 
The rule was part of former President Barack Obama's push to strengthen the federal background check system following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut shooting – the deadliest school shooting in US history.