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US flags were lowered to half-staff after the Las Vegas shooting
US flags were lowered to half-staff after the Las Vegas shooting
Peter JacobsOct 3, 2017, 01:55 IST
President Donald Trump ordered US flags on federal buildings lowered to half-staff after the deadliest shooting in modern American history.
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At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 were injured after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas Sunday night.
Trump will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet victims' families, first responders, and local officials.
Here's what Washington, DC looked like on Monday:
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U.S. flags on the grounds of the Washington Monument are lowered to half-staff, on October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump ordered the flags on all federal buildings to fly at half-staff following the mass shooting that left more than 50 dead in Las Vegas.Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesWith the flag flying at half staff for the victims of the Las Vegas shootings, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., right, shakes her fist at the United States Capitol as she and her husband Mark Kelly, left, speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, about the mass shooting in Las Vegas.AP Photo/Susan WalshAn American flag flies at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol, on October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesTourists pose for photographs as the U.S. flag flies at half-staff over the White House October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
