Police identify suspect as 64-year-old local resident Stephen Paddock
At least 50 people are dead and more than 400 injured after a gunman opened fire on a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in the most deadly shooting in U.S. history.
Police said the suspect, identified as 64-year-old local resident Stephen Paddock, was located on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino when he took aim at the nearby Route 91 Harvest Festival.
Local television news reports showed crowds of people in Las Vegas ducking for cover as the sound of rapid gunshots rang out, while dozens of patrol vehicles descended on the Strip.
Police said the Las Vegas shooter killed himself prior to their entry into the hotel room. Earlier, Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department had said the suspect was shot dead by officers. He said police found numerous firearms in the room the suspect occupied and that officers were also at his residence. Authorities said they were confident there was no longer a threat.
“Obviously this is a tragic incident and one we’ve never experienced in this valley,” Mr. Lombardo said. The shooting is the deadliest in the U.S., surpassing the 49 people killed at a nightclub in Orlando in June last year.
Police also said they wanted to talk to the suspect’s female companion, named as Marilou Danley, who they think they have now located.
Danita Cohen, a spokeswoman for the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, said that her…