Crowd warned 'you're all going to die'

A woman in the crowd at the Las Vegas music festival may have given a chilling warning to revellers about the massacre 45 minutes before it took place.

According to a witness identified as Brianna, the woman and her boyfriend had been escorted

out of the venue after she pushed her way to the front row and told people they were "all going to die".

The witness said: "I thought it had a positive correlation to it (the shooting).

"Obviously she was telling us that, either to tell us to warn us, or to tell us that we were all going to die, and she was part of it."

More than 58 people were killed and over 515 hurt after a gunman in a hotel opposite sprayed bullets on the crowd below.

Police have not confirmed if they believe the incident was related to the deadly shooting.

The witness, who went to the festival for her 21st birthday, told Las Vegas station KSNV of the escorted woman: "She had been messing with the lady in front of her, telling her she was going to die, that we're all going to die.

"They escorted her out to make her stop messing around with all the other people in front of them. But none of us knew it was going to be serious."

The witness described the couple as Hispanic, looking like "everyday people" and around 5ft 5in to 5ft 6in tall.

The shooting began at 10.08pm on Sunday night (4.08pm Monday AEST). The suspect, a local man named as 64 year-old Stephen Paddock was killed by police. His girlfriend has been identified as Australian woman Marilou Danley.

Donald Trump has offered his "warmest condolences" via Twitter in response to the shooting, while Malcolm Turnbull said "Australia mourns with America".

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain's thoughts were with the victims of what she called an "appalling attack".

Marilou Danley, the woman wanted by police in connection with the Las Vegas shooting is Australian.

The Australian understands that she was the girlfriend of the dead shooter Stephen Paddock. Danley is understood to have shared a house in Las Vegas with Paddock.

She holds an Australian passport and is possibly of Indonesian decent.

Las Vegas Police said in the last half an hour that they have located Danley after earlier issuing her photo and naming her as a person of interest following the shooting.

Country music artists who performed at the Route 91 festival have expressed their support for those caught up in the shooting.

The performer who was on stage when the shooting started, Jason Aldean, uploaded an aerial photo of Las Vegas on Instagram with the caption: "Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still don't know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that Me and my Crew are safe. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight.

It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night."

Singer songwriter Jake Owen was a Route 91 headline act who played the set immediately before Aldean.

During the shooting, he tweeted: "Gun shots!!! Vegas. Pray to god. Love you guys. Love you Pearl."

Witnesses said 'hundreds' of rounds of ammunition were emptied into the crowd, with Paddock stopping several times to reload as he carried out his massacre.

Among those shot dead at the concert was an off-duty Las Vegas Metro Police officer. Attendees said a large number of law enforcement and military personnel had been attending the show.

Two on-duty Las Vegas police officers who engaged the shooter have been hospitalized. One of the officers was critically injured, but is now in stable condition after undergoing surgery.

The other officer suffered minor injuries.

Neither have been identified. Two officers with the Las Angeles Sheriff's Department deputies were also injured in the shooting. One is in critical condition and the other is in stable condition. Their names have not been released either.

All of the ambulances in the area were been deployed to the location, and victims taken to two hospitals.