Las Vegas shooting: Female suspect hunted in connection with massacre ruled out by police

Hunt: Police had been searching for a female suspect who has now been ruled out
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Chloe Chaplain3 October 2017

A female suspect hunted in connection with the deadly shooting in Las Vegas has been ruled out of the investigation, police said.

Marilou Danley, 62, was the focus of a police manhunt in the wake of the shooting, in which at least 58 people were killed.

Members of the public had been urged to call emergency services on 911 if they spotted her.

The gunman was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock and police initially said they were seeking the woman who may have been the roommate of the shooter.

Police said they are searching for Marilou Danley

But officials have now announced they do not believe Ms Danley was involved in the Sunday night shooting.

Paddock died after police confronted him Sunday on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip.

Police said he was found with several guns and is believed to have killed himself before officers entered the room.

Ms Danley, believed to be Australian, was detained by police as her house was raided in the early hours of Monday morning.

Automatic gunfire broke out as music-lovers enjoyed the Route 91 Country Music Festival in Las Vegas.

Witnesses described hearing multiple round of ammunition fired over an extended period of time and seeing people drop to the ground injured.

Shooting: Emergency services rush to the scene immediately after the shooting
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One man described lying on his kids to protect them after gunfire broke out at the concert.

Mike McGarry, a 53-year-old financial adviser from Philadelphia, said he was at the festival when he heard hundreds of shots ring out.

"It was crazy - I laid on top of the kids. They're 20. I'm 53. I lived a good life," he said. The back of his shirt bore footmarks, after people ran over him in the panicked crowd.

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A Nevada sheriff earlier confirmed the death toll has climbed to 50 in the attack on a Las Vegas concert Sunday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

And County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said more than 200 people were wounded – including two off-duty police officers.

Around 40,000 people were believed to be at the concert.

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