Las Vegas massacre suspect, Stephen Paddock of Nevada, is dead, police say

Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, has been identified as the suspected gunman in the Las Vegas shooting.
Police say he is dead.
He had no known connection to terrorism, according to NBC News.
At least 50 people died and more than 200 were injured in the attack near the Mandalay Bay hotel, police say.

The suspected gunmen in the Las Vegas shooting has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada. Police say they located him on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and that he is dead.

Police say he had no known connection to terrorism, according to NBC News.

Over 50 people died and more than 200 were injured after Paddock opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival across the road from Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said the authorities have not completed an investigation into Paddock's background and history. But Lombardo said the police department had located a number of firearms in the room he occupied in the hotel. Officers will also be carrying out a search on Paddock's residence.

It appeared the shooter fired on concertgoers from an upper-floor room at Mandalay Bay, the Las Vegas Review-Journal said.

Investigators said they located a woman who had been traveling with Paddock, Marilou Danley, and want to question her.

NBC News said that police described Danley as his companion and she was living with him. The police are also searching Paddock's house.

Paddock was not known to the federal authorities, but was known to local law enforcement, according to NBC News.

He has no known connection to terrorism and police have not called the shooting a terrorist attack, according to NBC.


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