Las Vegas shooting: what we know so far

Here is what we know so far about the Las Vegas music festival shooting:

:: At least 59 people were killed and more than 527 injured in the deadliest gun massacre in modern US history.

:: An off-duty police officer was among those killed, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said.

:: Paddock, 64, sent bullets raining into the crowd of more than 22,000 concert-goers, from his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

:: Swat teams who stormed the gunman’s room found he had killed himself and discovered as many as 23 firearms.

:: Islamic State, which has been known to exaggerate and make false declarations, claimed responsibility for the attack.

:: But the FBI said authorities investigating the shooting had found “no connection with an international terrorist group”.

:: The killer’s brother Eric Paddock told reporters he was “completely dumbfounded” by the shooting and he could not understand what had happened.

:: He said Paddock was a multi-millionaire property developer and gambling fan with no political or religious affiliation.

:: US records show gunman Paddock lived in a three-year-old, 396,000 US dollar (£297,554) two-bedroom home in the tiny desert community of Mesquite, 80 miles (129km) north-east of Las Vegas, near the Arizona state border with Marilou Danley, 62.

:: He is the son of Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, a bank robber who was once on the FBI’s ten most wanted list.

:: Police say they believe Paddock was a “lone wolf”.

:: US President Donald Trump described the mass shooting as an “act of pure evil” and said he will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet emergency services and relatives of the victims.

:: Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the “completely senseless and cowardly” attack and said UK authorities were working to establish whether any British nationals were victims.

:: The Queen said she and the Duke of Edinburgh were “saddened” to hear of the atrocity, adding: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families and those who have been injured.”

:: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department assistant sheriff Todd Fasulo told a media briefing that officers had recovered 19 firearms at Paddock’s home in Mesquite, Nevada.

:: He said there was no information or evidence to support theories there was more than one assailant, saying: “We believe there was one shooter and that was Stephen Paddock.”

:: The assistant sheriff revealed one security guard was shot on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.