45 still hospitalised after Las Vegas mass shooting, some in critical condition
Los Angeles, US - Forty-five people remain hospitalised following the mass shooting in Las Vegas nearly two weeks ago and some are in critical condition, the county sheriff said on Friday.
Meanwhile, the FBI said no evidence has been found so far that the man who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history, 64 year old Stephen Paddock, was motivated by ‘ideology or affiliation to any groups’.
Paddock, a wealthy retired accountant, amassed an arsenal of weapons in his Mandalay Bay hotel room and opened fire on the evening of October 1 on a crowd enjoying a country music concert, killing 58 people.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told a news conference that the latest figure on the num- ber of injuries from the shooting was 546.
He said 501 people have been discharged from hospital and of the 45 people still admitted, some were in critical condition.
Lombardo also sought to clarify some confusion over when exactly Paddock wounded a security guard, Jesus Campos, outside his 32nd floor room and opened fire on the crowd.
Police officials had earlier said they believed Campos was shot by Paddock at 9.59pm, six minutes before he rained fire down onto the concert crowd.
But Lombardo said on Friday that police now believe Campos was shot ‘in close proximity to 10.05 pm’ - the time he started shooting at the concert crowd below.