In pictures: Las Vegas massacre
Police say Stephen Paddock killed more than 50 people at a Las Vegas concert. Photo: Reuters
(Web Desk) - A day after the deadliest shooting massacre in the history of US, authorities are still piecing together the 64-year-old Stephen Paddock’s motive behind firing into a crowd of thousands during a country music festival from a Las Vegas hotel room.
According to CNN, 59 people were killed and 527 people were injured in the shooting that started late Sunday night. Paddock shot people from a hotel room at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. He was on the 32nd floor.
Police believe he killed himself, ending the massacre. The authorities recovered 23 weapons including a handgun and multiple rifles which were believed to be legally purchased.
President Donald Trump called the man slaughter as “an act of pure evil”.
.jpg)
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, wife Karen Pence, and White House staff take part in a moment of silence for the victims of the Las Vegas shootings on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo: AFP
Broken windows of the Mandalay Bay are seen early in Las Vegas on Monday. Police said the gunman fired on the crowd from the 32nd floor of the hotel. Photo: AP
The shooter shot from the hotel’s 32nd floor directly into a country music concert. Photo: AFP
Police taking position near the Mandalay Hotel. Photo: Getty Images
An ambulance leaves the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Topicana Avenue. Photo: Getty Images
A man in a wheel chair is evacuated from the festival after gunfire was heard. Photo: Getty Images
A pair of cowboy boots in the street outside the concert venue after a mass shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. Photo: Reuters
Concertgoers dive over a fence to take cover from gunfire on Sunday night. Photo: Getty Images
People are searched by the police at the Tropicana. Photo: AP
Victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas are tended to in the streets. Photo: Getty Images
People embrace outside the Thomas and Mack Center after the shooting. Photo: Getty Images
Vigils held to mourn for the people who lost their lives in the mass shooting on Sunday in Las Vegas. Photo: Reuters
