suspect. the man they shot dead in the room on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. his name, 64-year-old steve paddock. they found multiple firnls in his room. they are currently executing a search warrant at his house nearby. when we came on the air we told you they were putting out the name of a woman of interest mary lieu danley. she apparently has also been located as well. reason her name went out about two hours ago when this all started was because her players card was found in the room. once again, her last name is danielly jason all dean was on the stage performing. dropped his guitar. you could hear the sounds of that automatic weapon going for a while. there were three different rounds with a space in between each of those rounds.
mesquite, nevada, where 62-year-old danley lived with paddock. about 80 miles from the vegas strip. her exstepdaughter had only kind words for her. she s a good and gentle person. i know she has to be devastated by what has happened. danley met paddock several years ago. she workeded at the casino. he was a high stakes gambler. paddock s brother talked about what their life was like. loved her and he you know she was a hostess at the hotel. where steve was a big for a long time. danley had been married to gary since 1990. their divorce finalized in 2015. her sisters say they re heartbreaking by the shootings and spoke to australian television. in love with steve, you know. but two weeks before the shooting, danley s sister say they handed her a cheap ticket
danley arrived in los angeles last night. she came from the philippines on the plane there on your screen. fbi agents quickly took her away out of the sight of cameras. investigators say she could be the key to establish iing the motive, the intent for steve paddock s rampage and horrific crimes. we ll have more on danley and her life with the shooter in a few moments. also, we are learning more about the shooter and his deadly arsenal. officials revealing he bought 33 firearms, most rifles and he did this in just a past year. that many in just one year. this is police body cam footage we have which captures the pan aic and chaos, the confusion as those bullets were raining down into the concert ground. when you think about this, there were 22,000 people. they were inside a space, think weren t able to run away. almost every person there that we have spoken to has said they did not know where the gunfire
first responders. look, we have a tragedy. and what happened in las vegas is in many ways a miracle. the police department has done such an incredible job. and we ll be talking about gun laws as time goes by. reporter: joining me now is nbc s steve patterson who is also in las vegas and katie beck who was in mesquite, texas where patterson has a home. steve, what have we learned today? reporter: they were warned that the death toll could increase here. there were 59 shooting victims, more than 500 injured. many of them shooting victims taken to hospitals in the las vegas area. several of them were taken in serious or even very critical condition. in fact, there is one hospital where there are 33 victims as of last night that were very critical. so that number could increase. that s the warning from