People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire at people in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday. Getty ImageThe night of terror at Las Vegas
• At least 58 killed, over 500 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in US history
• Islamic State has claimed responsibility and said the attacker had converted to Islam a few months ago.
• The gunman fired at a crowd of people at the country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip
• The barrage from a 32nd-floor window in the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd of 22,000 people lasted several minutes, causing panic
• Suspect was Stephen Paddock, a local Las Vegas man who acted alone
• Paddock killed himself before police entered the hotel room he was firing from, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
• Authorities seeking a woman they named as Marilou Danley, the suspected gunman's roommate
• US president Trump tweets: My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!
• The shooting broke out on the last night of the three-day Route 91 Harvest festival, a sold-out event attended by thousands and featuring top acts such as Eric Church, Sam Hunt and Jason Aldean
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Terror Strikes Las Vegas
People run for cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire at a crowd in Las Vegas, leaving more than 50 dead on Sunday. Photo: Getty Images
• Las Vegas's casinos, nightclubs and shopping draw some 3.5 million visitors from around the world each year and the area was packed with visitors when the shooting broke out shortly after 10 pm
• Video taken of the attack showed panicked crowds fleeing as sustained rapid gunfire ripped through the area
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