Las Vegas shooting: The key facts

A breakdown of what we know from what is the deadliest mass shooting in US history

People scramble for cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gunfire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker / Getty Images

Festival goers run for their lives. David Becker / Getty Images

Las Vegas police stand guard along the streets near the concert. David Becker / Getty Images

A body is covered with a sheet in the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South after a mass shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters

Las Vegas Metro Police officer stands by at a staging area in the junction of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters

Police run to cover at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Medics treat the wounded as Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip. Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP

Police officers and medical personnel stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

Police officers stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

A police officer takes cover behind a truck at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

Police officers advise people to take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

Police officers enter the Mandalay Bay resort and casino during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

Police officers take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

A police officer runs along a sidewalk near a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. John Locher / AP Photo

- At least 59 people have been confirmed as dead and more than 500 injured

- The man suspected as the gunman has been named as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who died at the scene. He's described as a "lone wolf"

- Paddock, a white male, was from Mesquite, Nevada. Police say he had been staying in the hotel room since September 28

- Two off-duty police officers are among the dead

- 42 weapons were found across Paddock's room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel from where the bullets were fired at the crowd, and his home

- The attack started at approximately 10.08pm on Sunday, October 1.

- About 20,000 concert goers were attending the Route 91 harvest country music festival on Sunday evening

- The attack is the deadliest mass shooting in US history, surpassing the Orlando nightclub attack last year in which 50 people died and 53 were wounded

- All flights at McCarran International airport in Las Vegas were temporarily grounded

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- Police were initially seeking Marilou Danley, an Asian female, as a person of interest, but later said they did not believe she was involved

- Police located two vehicles connected to the shooter

- UK tennis player Laura Robson was at the concert but escaped without injury