Las Vegas shooting: What are the deadliest mass shootings in US? Attacks that shook USA
Gunman Stephen Paddock opened for on the Route 91 music festival from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.
As victims were being treated Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said: "This is a crazed lunatic full of hate.
What we ask for is blood now. President Donald Trump condemned the shooting as an "act of pure evil" and called for unity in the aftermath.
The shooter reportedly took his own life before being discovered in his hotel room with at least 10 guns.
The latest in a depressing litany of mass shootings carried out in the United States has led to numinous questions with Paddock's motive, if their was one, still a mystery.
America's deadliest mass shootings: Las Vegas, Route 91 festival, 2017 At least 59 people were killed and over 500 injured after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock unleashed bursts of automatic-gun fire at a crowd of 22,000 people.
Orlando, Pulse nightclub, 2016 In what was branded and hate crime and an ISIS-inspired terror attack Omar Mateen killed 49 people inside a gay nightclub.
In 2016 this attack shocked the world as it become the deadliest attack in Us history, this record unfortunately would only last a year.
Mateen held hostages sparking a siege lasting several hours during which he made phone calls to police and media and posted on social media. A SWAT team shot Mateen who opened fire on the hostages.
Virginia Tech University, 2007 Mentally ill 23-year-old student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people as he carried out two attacks on campus.
The South Korean national returned to his dorm during the two hour gap between attacks and deleted emails from his computer before visiting a post office to send recordings and writings to NBC News.
Seung-Hui took his own life after killing 27 students and five teachers. Sandy Hook, 2012 Starting at home 20-year-old Adma Lanza shot his mother before travelling to Sandy Hook Elementary school and killing 20 children and six adults.
The horrifying nature of the attack, with most victims aged six or seven years old inspired President Barack Obama to set out on a gun control campaign, however no significant legislation was passed.
Luby's restaurant, 1991 The shooter, George Hennard, who was reportedly a mysoginist and racist drove to the restaurant before opening fire killing 23 peopled wounding a further 27.
Lennard shouted: "All women of Killeen and Belton are vipers! This is what youve done to me and my family! This is what Bell County did to me.This is payback day!".
University of Texas tower shooting, 1966 Former marine sharpshooter, Charles Witman, took two rifles to the top of a tower shooting indiscriminately at people for 96 minutes.
The attack started when Witman killed his mother and his wife and left 18 people dead and ended when he was shot by police. Edmond post office shooting, 1986 Postal worker Patrick Sherrill attacked his co-workers shooting twenty and killing 14.
California, San Bernardino, 2015 A newly married couple Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people after storming an office party. The heavily-armed couple were shot dead by police.
Fort Hood military base, 2009 US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan shot 13 people dead and injured 42 others on the military base.
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