Las Vegas, Nevada, October 3: Police in the western state of Nevada have recovered 23 firearms from the Las Vegas hotel room where a man carried out the worst mass shooting. Authorities are investigating into the motive behind deadly Las Vegas Rampage. They have found another 19 guns at one of his homes and searched another house.
Officials identified the shooter as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada. They said late Monday that 59 people were dead and 527 injured in the attack.
What is not clear yet is the gunman's motive behind deadly Las Vegas rampage, located on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, shot at the crowd of 22,000 people on the Las Vegas Strip as they listened to country star Jason Aldean play late Sunday.
"We're hunting down and tracing down every single clue that we can get in his background," Clark County Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo told reporters.
Fasulo reiterated that authorities believe Paddock acted alone and that there were no known threats to Las Vegas.
At an earlier briefing, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said, "I can't get into the mind of a psychopath at this point."
Paddock's brother, Eric, is just as baffled as police by motive behind deadly Las Vegas rampage. He said the family is "horrified and bewildered."
He said his brother was a wealthy man with no known political or religious affiliations, no ties with white supremacists and no history of mental illness.
Monday in Las Vegas brought casinos opening their doors to the families of the victims, people rushing to donate blood and a collection of vigils to help cope with the shocking attack.
"We had an extreme shortage of blood. We put out a call for blood to be donated, as a result of that there is now an eight-hour waiting time to donate blood. You can't get an appointment to donate blood until next week. The community has responded in such a tremendous manner," Clark County Commission Chairman Stephen Sisolak said at one vigil
President Donald Trump led a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House, facing the Washington Monument.
He ordered flags across the country to fly at half-staff and will go to Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with first responders and console the victims and their families. The president has called the shooting an "act of pure evil."
Addressing the nation, Trump thanked Las Vegas police for their sacrifices and quick responses during the "terrible, terrible attack." (voa)