2017 Las Vegas shooting

On the night of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock began shooting from his hotel room in the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States at a group of concert goers across the road at the Route 91 Harvest music festival. He killed 58 people and wounded 422 before committing suicide. The panic meant that the total injured increased to 851. It was the deadliest shooting by a single gunman in the history of the United States.

Shooter
The shooter was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, who lived in Mesquite, Nevada. Police, relatives and neighbors described him as a gambler. When police arrived at his hotel room, Paddock was found dead there; he had killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His reason for the shooting is unknown and is being figured out by investigators.

Reactions
President Donald Trump posted on Twitter of his "warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting". In a public meeting with the press the next morning, he said the shooting was an "act of pure evil", a "senseless murder" and a "terrible, terrible attack". He praised the "miraculous" quick action of first responders. Later, he met with the victims on October 4, along with their relatives and police.