URGENT: More than 50 dead in Las Vegas concert shooting; Police identify suspect, companion

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LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 02: A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer stands in the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave. after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A gunman has opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas, leaving at least 20 people dead and more than 100 injured. Police have confirmed that one suspect has been shot. The investigation is ongoing. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP

 

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than 50 people were killed and 200 wounded when a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, police said on Monday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

“We are looking at in excess of 50 individuals dead and of 200 individuals injured at this point,” Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said after Sunday night’s shooting at a country music concert in the Nevada gambling hub.

Lombardo also told a press conference that the gunman, who was killed after armed police responded to the shooting, had been identified as a local man called Stephen Paddock, 64. Police also believed that they had located his female companion who had been earlier named as a person of interest.

 

This undated portrait released on October 02, 2017 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police shows Marilou Danley the alleged companion or roommate of the gunman that killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100 others during a country music concert as she is being sought for questioning.
The gunman, who police said was a local resident, was killed after being “engaged” by officers who responded to report of multiple gunfire coming from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, a hotel-casino next to the concert venue. / AFP PHOTO / Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department / – / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 

 

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