Las Vegas Shooting: Death toll rises to 50, suspect identified

Las Vegas: More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured in a shooting incident at a country music festival opposite the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Police said that the suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was dead.

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"Right now we believe it's a solo act, a lone wolf attacker," the Los Angeles Times quoted Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joe Lombardo, as saying.

Police is looking for a companion of the shooter as well as two vehicles, a Hyundai Tucson and Chrysler Pacifica.

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Victims with gunshot wounds are being treated at One Las Vegas hospital.

Hundreds of people were seen fleeing the area after the shoot-out. (ANI)

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