The TORONTO sign in front of city hall at Nathan Phillips Square will be dimmed Monday night to honour the victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas that claimed that lives of at least 58 people and injured hundreds more.
Mayor John Tory called the shooting “horrific” in a tweet posted Monday morning.
“On behalf of the people of Toronto, I extend condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in this senseless act of violence,” he tweeted.
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Several other councillors also posted tweets condemning the violence.
Police said shots were fired from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino and struck victims at a nearby outdoor country music concert attended by around 22,000 people.
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Investigators said the suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, killed himself when authorities tried to enter the hotel room.
The attack is considered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.