“We have no idea what his belief system was,“ Lombardo said. “We've located numerous firearms within the room that he occupied.“
But the Amaq news agency of the Daesh terror group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said the Las Vegas shooter had converted to Islam months ago.
“The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition,“ Amaq said in reference to the US-led coalition fighting the group in the Middle East.
“The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago,“ Amaq said.
Authorities had earlier regarded Paddock's roommate, Marilou Danley, 62, as a person of interest, but later on Monday said they no longer regarded her as related to the case, CNN and Fox News reported, citing police sources.Police say they don't think Danley was involved in the Sunday night shooting .
Heavily armed police searched Paddock's Nevada retirement-community home.
Mesquite Police Chief Troy Tanner said police surrounded and entered the single-family home where 64-year-old Stephen Paddock lived with Danley early on Monday morning. He said Danley was not at the house and police saw “no movement“ inside before serving a search warrant at the one-story, three-bedroom home in the Sun City Mesquite retirement community, about 80 miles north of Las Vegas.
Tanner said detectives from Las Vegas and North Las Vegas were at the scene in the resort community of Mesquite, located near the Arizona state line.
Police had located two cars that belonged to the suspect.
The suspected shooter's brother, Eric Paddock, said the family was stunned by the news. “We have no idea. We're horrified. We're bewildered and our condolences go out to the victims,“ Eric Paddock said in a brief telephone interview, his voice trembling. “We have no idea in the world.“
Police identified the gunman as area resident Stephen Paddock, 64, and said they had no information yet about his motive. He was not believed to be connected to any militant group, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told the media.
“We have no idea what his belief system was,“ Lombardo said. “We've located numerous firearms within the room that he occupied.“
But the Amaq news agency of the Daesh terror group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said the Las Vegas shooter had converted to Islam months ago.
“The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition,“ Amaq said in reference to the US-led coalition fighting the group in the Middle East.
“The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago,“ Amaq said.
Authorities had earlier regarded Paddock's roommate, Marilou Danley, 62, as a person of interest, but later on Monday said they no longer regarded her as related to the case, CNN and Fox News reported, citing police sources.Police say they don't think Danley was involved in the Sunday night shooting .
Heavily armed police searched Paddock's Nevada retirement-community home.
Mesquite Police Chief Troy Tanner said police surrounded and entered the single-family home where 64-year-old Stephen Paddock lived with Danley early on Monday morning. He said Danley was not at the house and police saw “no movement“ inside before serving a search warrant at the one-story, three-bedroom home in the Sun City Mesquite retirement community, about 80 miles north of Las Vegas.
Tanner said detectives from Las Vegas and North Las Vegas were at the scene in the resort community of Mesquite, located near the Arizona state line.
Police had located two cars that belonged to the suspect.
The suspected shooter's brother, Eric Paddock, said the family was stunned by the news. “We have no idea. We're horrified. We're bewildered and our condolences go out to the victims,“ Eric Paddock said in a brief telephone interview, his voice trembling. “We have no idea in the world.“
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