Las Vegas police are seeking to interview a woman in connection with the deadly shooting in the city, Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Joseph Lombardo said Monday.
"We are interested in a companion that is travelling with him [the gunman], and her name is … Marilou Danley. She is an Asian female, approximately 4’11, weighing 111 pounds. We have not located her at this time and we are interested in talking to her for follow-up," Lombardo told reporters.
Fifty people were killed and dozens more were injured by a gunman in Las Vegas, making the event the most deadly mass shooting yet, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Monday.
"We have in excess of 100-plus injured and excess of 20-plus that have died at this point," Las Vegas Metro Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told a press conference. The death toll has since reached 50.
The Las Vegas police confirmed on Monday that a suspect in the shooting incident who'd been apprehended earlier was “down.” The police continued to urge people to avoid the area; part of the highway was closed off.
“We are comfortable that the primary aggressor has expired or passed away, and is no longer a threat,” Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
Briefing with @Sheriff_LVMPD regarding the Strip shooting. At least 20 dead, 100 injured. The shooter was local. pic.twitter.com/CzxRl9Oagw
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) 2 октября 2017 г.
According to Lombaro, the suspect is believed to be a “local individual, he resides locally.”
“We don’t know what his belief system was at this time,” the police official said.
The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism has no information on whether there are any Russians affected by the incident at a musical festival in Las Vegas, Svetlana Sergeeva, an adviser for the agency's head, told Sputnik on Monday.
"We maintain close contacts with the crisis center of the Russian Foreign Ministry and we keep monitoring the situation," Sergeeva pointed out.
There are currently no Russian tourist groups in the US city, the official added, noting that there still may be individual tourists from Russia in Las Vegas.
