Death Toll In Las Vegas Music Festival Shooting Rises To Over 50

More than 50 people are dead and over 200 others injured after a shooting near the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay hotel, Good Morning America is reporting alongside dpa, which quoted a figure of over 20 dead and 100 injured at a press conference addressed by the police.

The main suspect started firing an automatic rifle from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel at 10:08pm (0708 GMT) at a crowd of people watching an outdoor music festival during a performance by country singer, Jason Aldean, Sherriff Joe Lombardo said.

The shots continued for more than a minute, with hundreds of people taking cover and trying to escape the scene.
The perpetrator, identified as a local resident, was shot and killed by police in the hotel room shortly afterwards, Lombardo, who had initially given the figure of 20 dead and 100 injured as reported by dpa added.
Though US authorities believe the perpetrator was a “sole actor”, Lombardo said police were also searching for Mari Lou Danley, identified as an Asian woman, who was with the suspect at the time of the attack.
A witness at the event told dpa she heard multiple gunshots before fleeing, and said she “crawled

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