<p><a type="internal">Stephen Paddock</a> has been identified as the sole suspect in the <a type="internal">Las Vegas concert shooting</a> that took place on Sunday night. Police say that Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort &amp;amp; Casino, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more. Police found &#8220; <a type="internal">more than 10 rifles</a>&#8221; in Paddock&#8217;s hotel room.</p> 
<p>The 64-year-old Mesquite, Nevada, resident is deceased, according to police. It has been reported that he committed suicide.</p> 
<p>Just about 12 hours following the attack, the Associated Press reported that ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that Paddock converted to Islam &#8220;months ago.&#8221;</p> 
<q> <p>BREAKING: Without providing evidence, Islamic State claims Las Vegas attack, says shooter converted to Islam months ago.</p> <p>&#8212; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/914856906346377216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a></p> </q> 
<p>&#8220;The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying that the perpetrator was &#8216;a soldier&#8217; who had converted to Islam months ago, without providing any evidence to support the claim&#8230; It did not name the suspected shooter&#8230;but said he had &#8216;executed the operation in response to calls to target countries of the coalition&#8217; batting the extremist group in Iraq and Syria,&#8221; <a href="https://apnews.com/a3554c3250644262af3f5b94d57b1def?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP" type="external">reports the Associated Press</a>.</p> 
<p>ISIS has not released any kind of video to support their claims. Many people are skeptical about Paddock&#8217;s involvement with the group and officials have yet to confirm or deny any ties between ISIS and Paddock.</p> 
<p>Paddock&#8217;s brother, Eric, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4940800/Las-Vegas-shooter-s-brother-says-family-dumbfounded.html" type="external">spoke to the Daily Mail</a> about the shooting. He told the outlet that his brother didn&#8217;t have any political or religious affiliation. Eric also clearly stated his opinion on the shooting, saying it was &#8220;not a terror arrack.&#8221;</p> 
<p>&#8220;He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped or something. We know absolutely nothing, this is just, we are dumbfounded,&#8221; Eric Paddock explained. &#8220;He has no political affiliation, no religious affiliation, as far as we know. This wasn&#8217;t a terror attack&#8230;He&#8217;s my brother, we don&#8217;t have a very close relationship but we talk occasionally. There&#8217;s no rhyme or reason here, it makes no sense,&#8221; Eric added.</p> 
<p>The FBI is not currently investigating any ties between ISIS and Paddock.</p>
ISIS Claims Stephen Paddock ‘Converted to Islam’ Before Shooting