UPDATE: Islamic State claims responsibility for Las Vegas Shooting

CAIRO - 2 October 2017:Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Las Vegas Shooting that killed at least 50 People and more than 400 Injured, according to Reuters.

"The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition," the group's news agency Amaq said in reference to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the group in the Middle East.

"The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago," Amaq added.

Two senior U.S. officials said on Monday that there was no evidence that the shooter who killed at least 50 people in Las Vegas was tied to any international militant group.