{"id":39424,"date":"2017-10-02T16:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/02\/the-latest-fbi-vegas-shooter-had-no-ties-to-terror-group\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:07:56","slug":"the-latest-fbi-vegas-shooter-had-no-ties-to-terror-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/02\/the-latest-fbi-vegas-shooter-had-no-ties-to-terror-group\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest: FBI: Vegas shooter had no ties to terror group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAS VEGAS \u2014 The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8:50 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI says the shooter who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others at a Las Vegas concert had no connection to an international terrorist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement from Special Agent in Charge Aaron Rouse at a news conference Monday comes after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack without providing evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extremist group claimed that the shooter was \u201ca soldier\u201d who had converted to Islam months ago. It has made exaggerated or false claims in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have yet to identify a motive for the shooting but say they believe 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock acted alone. He killed himself after the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8:44 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheriff Joe Lombardo says the death toll from the Las Vegas shooting has risen to 58, with 515 people injured. 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Police have yet to determine a motive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:02 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump says he will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spoke Monday morning, hours after the shooting at a country music festival late Sunday killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 400. It is the worst mass shooting in American history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said the nation must stay unified. He said that although \u201cfeel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens, it is our love that binds us today and always will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10: 54 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump is calling the mass shooting attack in Las Vegas \u201can act of pure evil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump says the nation is joined together today in sadness, shock and grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump is addressing the attack on a country music festival Sunday night that left at least 50 people dead and more than 400 injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump tweeted his \u201cwarmest condolences and sympathies\u201d earlier Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. 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