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Gunman kills at least 58 in Las Vegas attack

Officials said there were about 22,000 people at the concert, part of a three-day country music festival

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Multiple victims were transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Photo: Reuters

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A 64-year-old man armed with more than 10 rifles rained down gunfire on a Las Vegas country music festival on Sunday, slaughtering at least 58 people in the largest mass shooting in US history before killing himself.
 
The barrage from a 32nd-floor window in the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd of 22,000 people lasted several minutes, causing panic. Some fleeing fans trampled each other as police scrambled to find the gunman. More than 500 people were injured.
 
Police identified the gunman as Stephen Paddock, who lived in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, and said they had