When you listen to what the sounds youre hearing right now that is by all accounts automatic weapons fire. That is a highly sophisticated, highly regulated weapon in this country. And this person, Stephen Paddock, was on the 32nd floor simply firing indiscriminately at a packed crowd of Country Music fans below. Pete williams has been tracking down his sources, giving us new information all morning long on a story that happened about five hours ago. Pete, whats the latest you can tell us . Reporter were told now, matt, that when the authorities entered his hotel room they found several weapons. We dont know yet what kind of weapons those were, and we know theres an urgent trace going on to try to figure out what the weapons were. One question here is we know that hes dead and the assumption here among the federal authorities ive been talking to is that he was shot by the police that breached the room, but were working to confirm that whether he shot himself or whether he was shot by th
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
Looked like they were shot. We have live coverage today, monday, october 2nd, 2017. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to this special edition of today on a monday morning. Horrific news to start this week. 50plus People Killed in a mass shooting in las vegas. This is the deadliest massacre in u. S. History. Want to get to where things stand right now. The death toll, more than 50. That is expected to rise. At least 200 others were wounded. Dozens of those people are in Critical Condition this morning. The shooter has been identified. 64yearold Stephen Paddock. He is from nearby mesquite, nevada. Police have searched for and found Marilou Danley, described as a companion. Steve patterson in is las vegas. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt and savannah. Here on the las vegas strip, a somber tone you would never expect to see. Were hearing stories from the people at that shooting and their tales, horrific stories, of survival. Thousands of fans were enjoying the final nig
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