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| Las Vegas shooting: More than 50 dead and 200 injured as attack becomes deadliest in US history | |
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| Las Vegas police have said there are "in excess of 50 dead" and more than 200 injured after a mass shooting at a music festival. | |
| Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo also confirmed the main suspect in the attack, the deadliest shooting in US history, was 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. | |
| The gunman opened fire on crowds at a country music festival on the Nevada city's famous strip from the 32nd floor of a nearby hotel. | |
| He was later shot dead by police. | |
| Mr Lombardo said several firearms were found in Paddock's hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, across the street from the festival. Officers are also set to begin searching his home address. | |
| The gunman's motive was unclear, added Mr Lombardo. | |
| He added police were "confident" they have located a woman who lived with Paddock who authorities had said was a "person of interest". | |
| Police earlier said said Marilou Danley, 62, was "sought for questioning" in connection to the shooting. | |
| Thousands of panicked festival-goers fled as hundreds of shots rained down upon the crowd, with some people trampled on amid the chaos. | |
| The death toll, which police warned could rise, surpassed the 49 people shot dead at Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June last year. | |
| Las Vegas's casinos and nightlife draw 3.5 million visitors a year from around the woild and the strip was packed with people when shooting broke out. | |
| Shocked concert-goers, some with blood on their clothes, wandered the streets after the attack. Some were trampled on in the panic to escape the festival venue. | |
| The suspect was a local Las Vegas man who acted alone and was not believed to be connected to any militant group, Sheriff Lombardo said. | |
| "We have no idea what his belief system was," he added. "Right now, we believe he was the sole aggressor and the scene is static." | |
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