memeorandum: The Las Vegas attack is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history (Doug Criss/CNN)

11:15 AM ET, October 2, 2017

Top Items:

Las Vegas shooting leaves at least 50 dead - live updates — LAS VEGAS - A shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 others late Sunday, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. — It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Discussion: Heavy.com, Axios, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, RedState, National Review, Associated Press, CBS Boston, Gizmodo, Daily Wire, WDTN-TV, The Week, The Atlantic and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

New York Times:

Las Vegas Shooting Near Mandalay Bay Casino Kills More Than 50 — A gunman firing from a Las Vegas hotel rained a rapid-fire barrage on a huge outdoor concert festival on Sunday night, sending thousands of people fleeing until SWAT units found and killed him.

Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: ‘He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped’ -Las Vegas shooter's brother says family is ‘dumbfounded’ at massacre and have no idea of motive — Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village early on Monday morning killing at least 50

Discussion: RedState, Conservative News Today, Daily Wire, Mediaite and SARAH PALIN

David Harris / Orlando Sentinel:

Las Vegas shooter's brother lives in Orlando, ‘completely dumbfounded’ by massacre — Eric Paddock, who is the brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock and lives east of Orlando, talked to Fox (WOFL-Ch. 35) about the Sunday night massacre. — Privacy Policy

Discussion: WTVF-TV, The Guardian, Fox News Insider, Florida Today and IJR

Washington Post:

At least 50 dead, more than 400 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip — A gunman in a high-rise hotel opened fire on a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds of others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

Discussion: Vox, Reuters, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, Associated Press, Althouse, The Week, Just Security, CBS Pittsburgh, CBS Los Angeles and Balloon Juice

Emily Shapiro / ABC News:

Las Vegas shooting: What we know about suspect Stephen Paddock — Stephen Paddock, 64, is the man suspected of killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 400 in Las Vegas on Sunday night in what is now believed to be the worst mass shooting in US history, police said today.

Discussion: Daily Wire

CNN:

50 dead after shooting on Las Vegas Strip; suspect ID'd — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 8:06 a.m. ET] — The Las Vegas Strip massacre has no known link to overseas terrorism or terror groups, a US official with knowledge of the case said. — Separately, a woman described as a …

Discussion: CNNMoney, ThinkProgress, Slate, The Moderate Voice, The Federalist, CANNONFIRE, The Root and ABC News

Leon Watson / Telegraph:

Stephen Paddock: Who was the Mandalay Bay attacker and what was his motive? — The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern US history is believed to be a grandfather who lived in a remote desert home. — Stephen Paddock, 64, was named by police as the perpetrator of the shooting on Sunday night.

Discussion: IJR

CNN:

Las Vegas shooting: Live updates — Dozens were killed and more than 200 injured in a shooting at a country music concert with Jason Aldean in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Here's the latest.

Discussion: Hit & Run, Towleroad, twitchy.com, Conservative News Today and The Week

Karma Allen / ABC News:

At least 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas shooting; suspect had at least 10 guns — More than 50 people were killed and “well over” 400 were injured when a gunman opened fire on concertgoers from a perch above the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, police said …

Discussion: ThinkProgress

LasVegasSun.com:

More than 50 dead, 200 injured in mass shooting on Las Vegas Strip — From staff and wire reports — A gunman on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino opened fire Sunday night on an outdoor music festival below, killing more than 50 people and wounding in excess of 200, authorities said.

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller, Gothamist, NY1 News, The Week and New York Magazine

NBC News:
Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Shooting Suspect, Identified

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Breitbart and IJR

Los Angeles Times:
More than 20 dead and 100 injured in shooting on Las Vegas Strip; police say one suspect …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Heavy.com and Mashable

Fox News:
Stephen Paddock: What we know about Las Vegas shooting suspect

Discussion: IJR, Conservative News Today, SARAH PALIN and Mediaite

Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shooter's brother: 'It's like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

CNBC:
Las Vegas massacre suspect, Stephen Paddock of Nevada, is dead, police say

Discussion: Daily Wire, Axios and No More Mister Nice Blog

Fox News:
Las Vegas shooting: At least 50 dead, more than 200 injured in massacre

Discussion: BBC, Talking Points Memo, NPR, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, JustOneMinute, The Guardian, IJR, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller

Doug Criss / CNN:
The Las Vegas attack is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history

Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, NewsBusters and East Bay Times

Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: A nation reels as mass shooting strikes Las Vegas

Discussion: Politico

NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: More Than 50 Killed and 200 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay

David Montero / Los Angeles Times:
The trick play that Nevada used to whisk O.J. Simpson out of prison

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight

Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Las Vegas Strip shooting: More than 50 dead, 400 others injured

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, Raw Story, Scared Monkeys, New York Times, Mediaite and Instapundit

The Daily Beast:

Angry That People Think He Doesn't Care About Puerto Rico, Trump Spends Weekend Golfing and Hate-Tweeting … While in the midst of hate-tweeting officials in Puerto Rico and accusing the island's population of being unwilling to help itself, President Donald Trump played a round of golf this weekend …

Discussion: Shakesville, The Week, ABC News, Axios and ThinkProgress

Tom Shattuck / Boston Herald: While Dems criticize, Trump focuses on relief

Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Trump Dedicates Golf Trophy To Hurricane Victims

Discussion: Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg and The Root

Fox News:
FEMA's Long: No time for mayor's ‘spout off,’ focused on Puerto Rico

Discussion: NBC News

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims

Discussion: Raw Story and RedState

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Scoop: Trump urges staff to portray him as “crazy guy” — In an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, President Trump gave his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, an Art of the Deal-style coaching session on how to negotiate with the South Koreans. — Trump's impromptu coaching came …

Discussion: The Atlantic, RedState, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Week, Raw Story, Splinter, Politico, New York Times, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Shareblue, Althouse, Mashable, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, NPR, Vox, IJR and SARAH PALIN

Tim Alberta / Politico:

‘They Said I Was Within a Minute of Death’ — He thought it was the tractor. — It was just after seven o'clock on a steamy June morning in northern Virginia, and baseball practice was winding down at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park. Many of his teammates had already left the field …

Discussion: Axios