Updated at 11:45 a.m. ETA gunman fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, in a brutal attack that is blamed for at least 58 deaths, police say. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 515 people were injured. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.The suspect in the case is also dead. Police say they're still trying to learn what could have motivated such an attack.Gunfire at the multi-day Route 91 Harvest concert was reported around 10:08 p.m. Sunday, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said at a news briefing. He later added that the shooter, acting as a "lone wolf," has been identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, a white male who is a resident of Nevada.Responding to reports that Amaq, a news outlet associated with ISIS, says that the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack — and that Paddock had converted to Islam — FBI Las Vegas Special Agent in Charge Aaron Rouse said on Monday that the agency has "determined, to this point, no connection with an international terrorist group."In an update delivered just before 9 a.m. local time, Lombardo said of the concert venue that police face a "long process of body recovery out there, and evidence recovery and evidence documentation."Local officials asked people to donate blood through United Blood Services — and a massive response followed, with long lines prompting the service to deploy mobile donation vehicles and open more facilities to the public. Others showed up to offer water and snacks to people waiting in line, local Fox 5 News reports."What we ask for is blood," Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said, recalling the offers of help that followed the brutal assault. "Please donate blood."Goodman called the gunman "a crazed lunatic" who carried out an "outrageous" attack that runs counter to her city's values.Police say Paddock fired down at the crowd of more than 22,000 people from his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. A SWAT team used an explosive to breach the room, Lombardo said. When police entered the room, they "found the suspect dead," Las Vegas police say.Police say they believe Paddock killed himself. Lombardo said "in excess of 10 rifles" were found in the room; he did not identify the guns other than to call them rifles. He later added that information suggests the suspect had been in the hotel room since Thursday.The violence is now being called the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and the tragic death toll seems likely to rise. Forty-nine victims were killed in the June 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla.Images and video from the Las Vegas Strip are harrowing. They show masses of people screaming and trying to seek safety as torrents of gunshots echo through the area of Las Vegas Village, an outdoor venue northwest of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino — where the gunman was positioned on the 32nd floor, police say.Witnesses said that at first they thought the gunshots were fireworks. After the danger became clear, several said, they were still unsure where to run — because they couldn't see where the bullets were coming from.Two on-duty police officers were injured during the shooting, the department says, adding, "One is in stable condition after surgery and the other sustained minor injuries.""Obviously this is a tragic incident, and one that we've never experienced in this valley," Lombardo said. The goal now, he said, was to "get our first responders back on their feet" and conduct a full investigation.The sheriff also shared the number of a hotline people can use to check on their loved ones: a missing persons hotline at 866-535-5654.President Trump said via a tweet, "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!"In a White House address delivered shortly before 11 a.m. ET Monday, Trump said he will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. He also said he has ordered the flag to be flown at half-staff."In moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one — and it always has," Trump said.Little is known about the suspected gunman. As Casey Morell of member station KNPR reports about Paddock, "He lived in a town called Mesquite — which is about 90 minutes north of Las Vegas" in Clark County.Investigators "have conducted a search warrant" at Paddock's residence," the Mesquite Police Department said. Lombardo later added items were taken from the house, and that an additional property will also be searched.Paddock seems not to have had a criminal record. "The only thing we can tell is he received a citation several years ago and that citation was handled as a matter of normal practice in the court system," Lombardo said.In the initial hours after the shooting, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they were looking for Paddock's female companion, Marilou Danley. Early Monday, the department said, "we are confident we have located the female person of interest" — but they later clarified that they believe she was not involved. Lombardo says she was found "out of the country" and that Paddock had used some of her identification.Police have also located two vehicles associated with Paddock: a Hyundai Tucson and a Chrysler Pacifica.A Jason Aldean concert was underway at the time of the shooting. On social media, Aldean said he and his crew are safe. In an Instagram post, he called the shooting "beyond horrific."The mass shooting prompted panic and a lockdown at hotels along the Strip, as a barrage of gunfire rained down on the crowd.Musician Jake Owen, who played on the same stage as Aldean earlier Sunday night, told CBS News that the stream of gunfire seemed to go on for at least six minutes and possibly as many as 10. He took shelter behind a car with a crowd of other people, he said.The Associated Press describes the scene:
Las Vegas Shooting Update: At Least 58 People Are Dead After Gunman Attacks Concert
