In his first public address following the Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people and left 515 more injured, President Donald Trump said it was “an act of pure evil” and that we “cannot fathom their pain or imagine their loss.”
Trump championed the police and first responders for their “true professionalism” in attending to the victims and locating the shooter.
The president also said that he’ll be traveling to Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Trump calls Vegas shooting “an act of pure evil” in Monday statement
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“We believe the individual killed himself” just before authorities entered his room, Lombardo said.
Trump concluded his address saying “may God provide the grieving families with the strength to carry on.” He did not take questions from reporters.
“In times such as these, I know we are searching for some kind of meaning in the chaos, some kind of light in the darkness. The answers do not come easy,” said Trump. “But we can take solace knowing that even the darkest space can be brightened by a single light, and even the most terrible despair can be illuminated by a single ray of hope.”