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MGM Resorts today is “offering prayers for the victims and gratitude to the brave responders” who responded to the horrific shooting of people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert last night near its Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. has confirmed 58 deaths and 515 injuries from a “lone wolf” shooter identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, who fired on the crowd of 22,000 from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay.
SWAT units found the body of Paddock, who apparently shot himself and “in excess of 10 rifles” in his room on the 32nd floor.
President Trump today described the carnage, which is the worst mass shooting in US history, “pure evil” and called for “unity and peace.”
MGM Resorts posted on its website a phone number for the Las Vegas Metro Police “for help locating missing or injured loved ones.”
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