The shooting in Las Vegas was the most bloody in modern US history

The shooting in Las Vegas was the most bloody in modern US history

In Nevada on Sunday, 59 visitors were killed and more than 400 were injured in the music festival. President Donald Trump has described the gunman as "a sick man, a demented man".

Opened fire on an open-air concert Stephen Paddock, 64, from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay Hotel. Police are still trying to find out why he had done it. The police found in their room 23 guns, firearms and explosives at home.

According to the sheriff of Las Vegas, Joseph Lombardo was destroyed in his issue. The special police unit had to use explosives to penetrate into his room. Later, the Las Vegas Police Department issued a press release stating that the shooter was already dead when the Special Forces burst into the room. Officers also found ammonium nitrate in Paddock's car - the chemical compound used in fertilizers can be used to make bombs

As yet, no clear reason for the killing has emerged and investigators have found no link to international terrorism. Some investigators have suggested Paddock had a history of mental illness, but this has not been confirmed. His brother, Eric said that he was "in shock, horrified, completely dumbfounded". Moreover, Paddock had converted to Islam some months ago. However, the group provided no evidence for this and has made unsubstantiated claims in the past.

President Donald Trump expressed his conscienc who lost loved ones in the massacre from the White House on Monday. "We cannot fathom their pain, we cannot imagine their loss"