The city’s Metropolitan Police Department responded by launching a manhunt as scenes of the event were posted online. The suspected gunman, who opened fire from the 32^nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward an open-air music festival, was eventually tracked down and killed by police. He was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock.

Several flights bound for Las Vegas airport were diverted in the early hours of Monday after the shooting incident in the city, according to McCarran International.