Factors. Before we label with that it will be a matter of process. Reporter have you found any insight to what the motive was . No we have not. We have not located any items in the room or his house at this point. Reporter [ inaudible question ] it was a matter of normal practice. Whenever we use a dynamic entry. Reporter sheriff anything else in the hotel room that made you think he had been there for a while . We have information hes been there since the 28th of september. So i have no idea whether he prevented the house keepers from entering the room or not. Thats a matter of continued investigation. Thank you very much. Well provide you an update probably in the next two hours. Thank you. The latest from the sheriff. Las vegas police a lot of information coming from the sheriff and what they found on the scene. Im here with brian ross. Brian, ten rifles. They also say he killed himself, a self in fliginflict wound. No criminal record, no contact with Law Enforcement. Also his compa
Or fireworks. It turned out to be gunfire coming from a high floor. During a News Conference the sheriff of clark county announced that more than 20 people are dead, more than 100 others wounded. Officials say the gunman was on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay resort firing down with what has been described as an automatic weapon, a submachine gun, at the crowd below. Police eventually got up to the 32nd floor of that hotel. They breached the door of that room, and the gunman is now dead. Police do know who this person is. They have not identified him publicly. Theyve just said its a local resident of nevada, las vegas. Theres a search under way for a woman who was traveling with him. Authorities called her his companion. Her name marilou danley. We also know that she is 62 years old. We understand, again, were not identifying the suspect, but he is said also to be in his 60s. And now we apparently are able to identify the suspect. Pete williams has that information. Pete . Reporter
Background singing. He posts this message on instagram. He says this. Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say. I want to let everyone know me and my crew are safe. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone tort. It hurts my heart that anyone was hurt that should have come out for a fun night. Music country staff jake owen was another one of the headliners. Its hard to comprehend this. You feel youre no longer safe no matter where you go. This was an outdoor festival. We dont know if people had to go through a security device. It was outside, 10,000 people. And shooter was on the 32nd floor of mandalay bay shooting down into the crowd. Police believe there is no longer a danger at this time. There was initial talk of another shooter. They believe this was the man behind this and that for now they believe even though its very quiet and occupied by many police that it is safe. So theyre trying to quell what was understandably panic at the time. The eyewitness that
Danley. Law enforcement sources say danley was paddocks wife. We dont know what role she may or may not have played, if any, in this massacre. Offduty Police Officers are among the dead and at least two on duty las vegas Police Officers were injured in this shooting. Country singer jason aldean was in the middle of his performance when the bullets started raining down on the crowd and he called the shooting horrific. We are hearing from some concert goers who survived. Initially you thought it was fireworks and 5 feet from me there was a man motionless and from there on in, people started dropping like flies. Many of the witnesses are at local hospitals this morning, many waiting for word on loved ones and, again, the singer jason aldean posted this on instagram overnight saying in part, tonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that me and my crew are safe. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. And mgm, which
Have you found any indication at this point, insight into what that motive was . No, we have not. We have not located any items within the room or his house at this point. Any verbal command given yes, maam, a matter of normal practice. When we use a dynamic entry. Anything else that made you think the size and the number of weapons that made you think he had been there for a while. No, we have information hes been there since the 28th of september. So i have no idea whether he prevented the housekeepers from entering the room or not, thats just a matter of continued investigation. All right, thank you very much. Well provide you an update probably in the next two hours. Thank you. So that was Sheriff Joe Lombardo from las vegas, bringing us up to date. Here is what we know so far. Police in las vegas are telling us this, that a lone gunman is responsible for killing more than 50 people now, were told that 406 others were taken to hospitals. And the death toll is expected to climb. Thi