At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured at the Route 91 country music event near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
The suspected gunman in the mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas has been named as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock.
It is the deadliest mass shooting in US history, with the death toll surpassing the 49 killed at a nightclub in Orlando in June 2016.
Witnesses described seeing flashes of light high up in the tower. The shooter was believed to have been shooting down at crowds of concert-goers from the 32nd floor of the of the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
Announcing the suspect’s name, Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said police had “located numerous firearms” in Paddock’s hotel room.
A Swot team used a controlled explosion to enter the hotel room, where they shot the suspect dead.
Authorities were searching for a 62-year-old female companion of the shooter called Marilou Danley, who officials said lived with him.
She was around 125 cm, weighed 50kg and was of Asian appearance. She was described as an “associate” of the gunman.
ISL claims Las Vegas shooting and says gunman Stephen Paddock was their ‘soldier’.
Despite the group’s claims, police have previously said the massacre which killed 58 and injured more than 500 is not believed to have been a terror attack.
Source: US Media Outlets
