US flags were lowered to half-staff after the Las Vegas shooting

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US flags were lowered to half-staff after the Las Vegas shooting

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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US Flag Washington Monument Half Staff

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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.

US Flag Half Staff Gabrielle Giffords United States Capitol Mark Kelly

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With 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.

US Flag Half Staff Capitol

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An American flag flies at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol, on October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.

US Flag Half Staff White House

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Tourists pose for photographs as the U.S. flag flies at half-staff over the White House October 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Las Vegas City Hall lowered its flags as well: