Police have reported there at least 59 dead and 527 injured after a gunman opened fire on the Las Vegas Boulevard at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n
At the time a country music festival was being held on the Las Vegas strip.<\/p>\n
Police said one suspect was “down”. The suspect has been identified as 64 year-old\u00a0local resident Stephen Paddock. The police believe that he acted alone. However, the police were looking for Marilou Danley who was a companion of Stephen Paddock. She was described as an Asian female of approximately 4 feet eleven inches tall.\u00a0 After several hours\u00a0Marilou Danley was located.<\/p>\n
The police engaged the suspect in a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel hotel.<\/p>\n
He was shot dead by officers in the hotel where a number of guns were found.<\/p>\n
It is believed that a hotel security guard was gunned down by the shooter.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a “lone wolf” attack. He said there was no information about Paddock’s motives.<\/p>\n
The attack is the worst mass shooting in recent US history.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump tweeted his “warmest condolences and sympathies” to the victims and their families, and called the shooting “terrible”.<\/p>\n
Videos on social media show hundreds of people fleeing from the scene. The sound of what appears to be automatic gunfire can be heard in some clips.<\/p>\n
Live footage from the scene showed a heavily armed police presence down the Las Vegas strip.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas police have advised people to avoid the area.<\/p>\n
According to police scanner reports, one police officer was possibly shot.<\/p>\n
University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said the hospital is still evaluating the condition of \u201cmany patients\u201d with gunshot wounds in the wake of the shooting.<\/p>\n
The Route 91 country music festival was taking place at the Mandalay.\u00a0 The shooting took place as Jason Aldean, the American country music singer, performed on stage.<\/p>\n
Video posted on social media showed a country artist mid-song when gunshots rang out in rapid succession. It went on about 10 seconds before the music stopped\u00a0\u00a0and concertgoers ducked for cover. \u201cGet down,\u201d one shouted. \u201cStay down,\u201d screamed another.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s3HSNQ9zHRM<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people were seen fleeing the area.<\/p>\n
Some people were taken to hospital in police cars and private cars rather than wait for ambulances.<\/p>\n
Several roads in the area were being shut down and police were telling people in the area to barricade inside.<\/p>\n
Flights were being held in and out of the airport.<\/p>\n
Mandalay Bay is located on the south end of the Vegas strip on Las Vegas Boulevard and across from McCarran International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"