Las Vegas shooting: Note in room 'aided precision'

Investigators believe a note found in the Las Vegas shooter's hotel room contained a series of numbers that helped him calculate more precise shots, a law enforcement official said. 

Yesterday, the official said the numbers found on a note on a nightstand included the distance between the high-rise hotel room that Stephen Paddock was using as a perch and the concert the victims were attending.

The official wasn't authorised to discuss the details of the ongoing investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Investigators are still trying to determine why Paddock committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

He killed 58 people and wounded hundreds of others last Sunday, before taking his own life.

Earlier yesterday, Vice President Mike Pence said that in the depths of horror, Americans had found hope in those who risked their lives after the shooting.

Pence spoke at a prayer service in Las Vegas honoring the 58 victims killed, and said they were taken before their time.

"Their names and their stories will forever be etched into the hearts of the American people," he said. 

Fifty-eight doves were released outside on the steps of City Hall. They flew in a wide arc before disappearing into the distance as someone shouted, "God bless America!"

Earlier, the family of a California victim asked a judge to appoint a special administrator to take control of the gunman's assets.

Attorneys for the family of 56-year-old John Phippen filed the petition in Clark County, Nevada, on Friday.

The court filing asks a judge to appoint the county's public administrator to take control of Paddock's estate.

The petition said that it was a necessary step to allow lawsuits to be brought against Paddock's estate.

Mr Phippen's friends have said the father of six from Santa Clarita, California, was always willing to lend an ear — or a cold beer — to a friend in need.