Las Vegas concert shooting deadliest mass shooting in US history
The death toll of the Las Vegas concert shooting has risen.
At least 50 people have been killed at a Las Vegas concert on Sunday.
Two off-duty police officers were also shot and killed.
The mass shooting has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
A gunman opened fire on concertgoers.
Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says: "We are looking at in excess of 50 individuals dead and of 200 individuals injured at this point."
He addressed a press conference on Monday.
He says the 64-year-old gunman, who was killed after armed police responded to the shooting, had been identified as local resident Stephen Paddock.
Police also believed that they had located his female companion who had been earlier named as a person of interest.
Police had received a report of multiple gunfire coming from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, a hotel-casino next to the outdoor music festival venue.
Footage of the horror, shows revellers screaming as they fled in panic.
WARNING: Not for sensitive viewers.
Shooting in Las Vegas! If you're in the strip get to safety! pic.twitter.com/MHOEcAvFCa
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Country music star Jason Aldean was performing on stage when the shots were fired at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
On 12 June 2016, 49 people were shot and killed at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.