More than 50 people were killed Sunday night when a gunman fired hundreds of bullets into the Las Vegas Strip crowd, police said. Over 500 others were rushed to hospitals after the mass shooting and ensuing stampede at a Jason Aldean concert.
UPDATE 6:01 p.m. – Stephen Paddock had an arsenal in his 32nd-floor hotel room and at his home 80 miles away, officials said. The shooter used those weapons to open fire on police officers.
As officers approached Stephen Paddock’s hotel room, he opened fire, shooting an officer in the leg, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters Monday.
In other words, police believe Paddock was alive when officers first made contact with him. He was dead by the time a SWAT team broke down the hotel room’s door and found him inside.
UPDATE 3:30 p.m. – 17 firearms were reported to be found with the shooter in his hotel room.
UPDATE 3:30 p.m. – 16 firearms were found in the shooters hotel room. The Gunman was carrying ammonium Nitrate in his car, said Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo in a press conference. 18 additional firearms were found in the shooters home. The next press conference is expected to take place at 7 pm.
UPDATE 3:00 p.m. — There have been 58 victims killed and 527 have been wounded.
UPDATE 1:41 p.m. — A gun store in Mesquite sold firearms to the gunman, according to Guns & Guitars, Inc’s general manager, Christopher M Sullivan.
UPDATE 1:21 p.m. –The man police say killed at least 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip was a retired accountant who enjoyed playing $100-a-hand poker. Along with being an avid gambler, Stephen Paddock was the son of Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, a bank robber who was on the FBI’s most-wanted list from June 10, 1969 until May 5, 1977.
UPDATE: 11:45 a.m. — President Trump is currently leading a moment of silence on White House lawn.
UPDATE: 11:34 a.m. — When asked about the debate over gun control after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said “today is a day for consoling our survivors.” She would not say if President Trump planned on addressing the issue.
“There is a time and place for political debate,” Sanders said. “Now is the time to unite.”
UPDATE: 11:17 a.m. — LIVE: White House press briefing, click here.
UPDATE: 11:15 a.m. — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will lead a moment of silence for Las Vegas from the White House at 2:45 p.m. ET.
UPDATE: 10:32 a.m. — Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock’s father was previously on the FBI’s most wanted list, law enforcement officials confirm.
Thousands of country music fans became sitting ducks in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
More than 50 people were killed Sunday night when a gunman fired hundreds of bullets into the Las Vegas Strip crowd, police said.
The massacre started around 10:08 p.m. Sunday (1:08 a.m. ET Monday) at the Route 91 Harvest festival, Lombardo said.
About 500 others were rushed to hospitals after the mass shooting and ensuing stampede at a Jason Aldean concert. Witnesses said it lasted 15 minutes.
The gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, unleashed a hailstorm of bullets from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said.
Inside his room, they found a cache of weapons, including 10 rifles, the sheriff said.
“We believe the individual killed himself prior to our entry,” Lombardo said.
We will add more details to this story as they become available.
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