At least 58 people were killed by the gunman and more than 520 people were injured as of Tuesday morning. The police identified the gunman as Stephen Paddock, 64. Sheriff Lombardo said the police were seeking “a companion” named Marilou Danley, and the authorities later said they were “confident” they had located her.
President Trump issued a statement on Twitter on Monday extending sympathies to the victims and their families: “My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and the families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!” he wrote.
Video of the shooting captured nine seconds of rapid-fire, continuous bursts, followed by 37 seconds of silence from the weapon amid panicked screaming. The barrage of gunfire then erupted again in at least two more rounds, both shorter than the first.
Video from the shooting showed Jason Aldean, the final performer of the night, running off the stage as the gunfire erupted. Jake Owen, a country singer who was on stage with Aldean when the shooting began, told CNN on Monday that it was like “shooting fish in a barrel from where he was.”
Concertgoers described hearing round after round of gunfire. “Everyone was running—you could see people getting shot,” Gail Davis, one of the witnesses, said. “I’ve never been that scared in my life,” she added. “To have this happen, I can’t wrap my mind around it.”
There were news reports that the terrorist group ISIS claimed responsibility for the shooting. But federal authorities said there were no indications that Paddock had ties to any international terrorist organization.