Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History!

Fifty people were killed and more than 400 were wounded in Las Vegas in what is being described as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Stephen Paddock, 64 years old, shot down from his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel into the crowd attending a country music festival.

Paddock was not a known member of any terrorist or militant group.

I’ll try to update this post when we know more. In the meantime, here is a good news report on the shooting.

UPDATE: The death toll has risen to 58, with 515 wounded. The previous record was 49 killed in the Orlando nightclub shootings. As might be expected, ISIS is claiming responsibility, saying that Paddock was a recent convert to Islam, but authorities have found no evidence of that.

From Las Vegas shooting at Mandalay Bay Casino hotel | Daily Mail Online:

America is reeling from the worst mass shooting in its history after at least 50 people were killed and more than 406 wounded at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

The shooting broke out on the final night of the three-day Route 91 Harvest festival, a sold-out event attended by 22,000 and featuring top acts such as Eric Church, Sam Hunt and Jason Aldean.

Police say the shooter was 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, a resident of nearby Mesquite, Nevada, who opened fire on the festival taking place at Las Vegas Village from a room across the street in the Mandalay Bay Hotel at 10:08pm.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said that his officers breached Paddock’s room on the 32nd floor and found Paddock dead inside, among an ‘arsenal’ of 10 firearms. Lombardo said that Paddock shot himself dead. . . .

Lombardo said investigations are still ongoing and police have not yet determined a motive. He was not believed to be connected to any militant group, Lombardo said.

‘We have no idea what his belief system was,’ he added.

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