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Stephen Paddock's girlfriend -- a person of interest in the Vegas slaughter -- returned to the U.S. Tuesday night for what will almost certainly be days of questioning.

Marilou Danley flew from the Philippines to LAX where she was met by authorities. MSNBC got these images of Danley being escorted out of the Bradley International Terminal in a wheelchair.

Authorities want to know what she knew about Paddock's elaborate plan to spray the country music festival with bullets. Law enforcement will also grill her over the $100,000 Paddock reportedly transferred to the Philippines days before the shooting.

MGM Resorts is giving $3 million to the relief effort after the Las Vegas massacre which went down on one of its properties.

MGM owns the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, and announced it would donate the huge sum to fund humanitarian assistance for families of the victims and the first responders of Sunday's mass shooting.

CEO Jim Murren said, "There are simply no words to express our grief and outrage. With this donation, we hope to make a difference to those who were harmed and those who are left behind."

Billy Baldwin thinks anyone who gets up in arms over the right to bear arms is grossly misguided.

We got the second-youngest Baldwin brother Tuesday at LAX, and he scoffs at the NRA and anyone else who thinks the 2nd Amendment gives people an absolute right to possess any type of weapon they want.

He also has high praise for Jimmy Kimmel, who he has developed a voice more powerful than the President's or members of Congress ... first on the subject of health care, and now gun control.

The brother of mass murderer Stephen Paddock lost it Tuesday during a bizarre, rambling interview.

Eric Paddock spoke with CBS News and broke down, unable to talk for a time, before his thoughts about his brother meandered.

He says his family is torn apart over the deeds of his brother, and this isn't the Stephen they knew.

Eric says his brother transferred $100k to the Philippines for legit reasons ... to care for his girlfriend. Authorities say she's still a person of interest, but Eric thinks his brother manipulated her to leave the country so she wasn't around when he fired into the Vegas crowd.

Eric also says his brother was rich and generous with his money, sometimes spending thousands of dollars on sushi for friends and relatives.

Las Vegas will start to crank back up to normal as many of its most popular shows are ready to return to the stage ... but not all.

The Blue Man Group, Penn & Teller, David Copperfield, Wayne Newton, Eddie Griffin, Piff the Magic Dragon and Chippendales will all return to action Tuesday night after canceling performances Monday in the wake of the massacre.

Celine Dion's show at Caesar's Palace will also go on.

Jason Aldean has canceled concerts for the remainder of the week ... he says out of respect for the victims in the Vegas massacre.

Aldean says, "It is the right thing to do. It has been an emotional time for everyone involved this week, so we plan to take some time to mourn the ones we have lost."

Aldean has canceled tours scheduled in L.A., San Diego and Anaheim ... all scheduled for this weekend.

The tour will resume October 12 in Tulsa.

Jason says, "Our first time back on stage will be a very tough and emotional thing for us, but we will all get through it together and honor the people we lost by doing the only thing we know how to do -- play our songs for them."

Wayne Newton doesn't think the shooting massacre in Las Vegas will dim the lights in venues along the strip ... but he says Sin City's performers gotta do what they do and power through the grief.

Wayne -- a Vegas staple in live entertainment -- came on "TMZ Live" Tuesday to dish on whether Vegas would have a hard time coming back to full form after Stephen Paddock gunned down 59 people and injured hundreds more from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.

The Midnight Idol doesn't seem too worried about that, 'cause he says Vegas is still one of the safest places around despite the massacre. But he's putting the local showstoppers on notice here too.

Milwaukee Brewers minor league prospect Bubba Derby is a hero -- selflessly throwing his body over other people to shield them from bullets during the Vegas massacre ... and now he's telling his story.

The 23-year-old pitcher was attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival with family and friends when the shots rang out. Derby says he shielded two girls he met that night. His cousin threw his body over his girlfriend.

Fortunately, they all survived. The women have since found Derby on Facebook and thanked him for his heroic actions that night.

Derby says he's still haunted by the events -- and feels horrible for the people who didn't make it out.

But Derby says through all the carnage, he saw real acts of heroism -- people risking their lives to help others and law enforcement sprinting towards the gunfire to try and stop the shooter.

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The Mandalay Bay hotel room where the Las Vegas shooter opened fire was littered with bullets and his arsenal of high-powered weapons.

Video, obtained by TMZ, shows one rifle, still on a bipod, just inside the demolished door to the suite. You can see the damage left after police blew up the door to get to Stephen Paddock ... who had already killed himself by that point.

Photos obtained by Boston25 news showed even more weapons and ammo scattered on the floor.

All told, police say Paddock had 23 firearms in the hotel room -- plus 19 more guns, explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo in his Mesquite, Nevada home.

Jason Aldean -- who was performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Vegas when shots first rang out -- is now voicing his despair, pleading with Americans to act civilly.

Aldean says he's gone through a variety of emotions since the Sunday night massacre -- fear, anger, heartache and compassion. He says, "The world is becoming the kind of place I am afraid to raise my children in."

And then he says, "We aren't Democrats or Republicans, Whites or Blacks, Men or Women. We are all humans and we are all Americans and it's time to start acting like it and stand together as ONE!"

He ends with an elusive wish ... "Time to come together and stop the hate!"

1:35 PM PT -- Sources tell us at 10:30 Monday morning a chaplain was called to Tom's hospital room. We're told the family has a "do not resuscitate" order on Tom. The singer is not expected to live through the day, but he's still clinging to life. A report that the LAPD confirmed the singer's death is inaccurate -- the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. handled the emergency.

12:30 PM PT -- We're told after Petty got to the hospital he had no brain activity and a decision was made to pull life support.

Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

EMTs rushed to his Malibu home and were able to get a pulse. He was rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and our sources say he was put on life support.

Petty's condition is unknown but was critical from the moment he was found.

Petty, who became famous with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1978 with "Breakdown," is 66.

We've been in touch with numerous people from Petty's camp and they are clearly upset but not talking.

Petty just wrapped a huge tour, ending at the Hollywood Bowl late last Monday.

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Dana White tells TMZ Sports ... the UFC will donate $1 million to help the victims affected by the Las Vegas shooting.

The UFC honcho said Vegas is his town -- it's where UFC is based and where he lives -- and he feels it's his duty to help the city recover in any way he can.

The tragic shooting in Las Vegas hit close to home for UFC superstar Cody Garbrandt ... who tells TMZ Sports a very good friend of his wife was shot twice while attending the Route 91 Harvest Fest.

Cody says his wife, Danny Pimsanguan, lives on the Vegas strip -- and was "hysterical" knowing several of her friends had attended the music festival ... including one who was rushed to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.

Garbrandt tells us he can't stop thinking about victims of the massacre ... and is urging UFC fans to join him and other fighters in Vegas to donate to blood drives.

UNLV hockey assistant coach Nick Robone was shot in the chest during the Vegas massacre on Sunday night -- and while he's badly injured, he's fighting like crazy and expected to survive.

UNLV issued a statement saying 28-year-old Robone underwent surgery to remove the bullet from his chest.

"The bullet missed his lung, but it is bruised badly," the school said.

"He's in the ICU and will remain in the hospital for the near future. He is expected to make a full recovery."

The school added, "Please keep all of Las Vegas in your prayers at this time."

Stephen Paddock's brother Eric Paddock seemed dumbfounded by the monstrous actions of his sibling.

Eric just appeared on CBS News and said his brother was not an avid gun collector. He had no idea where Stephen Paddock got automatic weapons ... no idea at all.

Eric was in the dark, because cops have already searched Stephen Paddock's home and it appears they found a cache of weapons and ammo. The recently-built house was well kept in the upscale retirement community.

Eric painted his brother as a normal guy living in Nevada ... eating burritos and gambling.

He was also relieved his brother didn't harm his girlfriend. He actually seems unsure whether she was his girlfriend or whether they were secretly married.

LATEST DETAILS:

UPDATE 9:13 AM PT Authorities now say the shooter had no ties to any international terrorist group.

Police have identified the lone shooter responsible for opening fire Sunday night on the Route 91 Harvest Fest -- killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 500 others.

Cops in Las Vegas say the shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was located in a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Police had been seeking Paddock's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, as a person of interest, but they've found her and say she was NOT involved in the shooting.

ISIS is now claiming responsibility for the massacre, and claiming Paddock converted to Islam months ago.

Police say Paddock lived in nearby Mesquite, Nevada in a retirement community ... and did not have any previous criminal record there. His age does not fit the typical profile in mass shooting cases. Cops say when they stormed his room they found him dead.

It's clear from the horrific videos from the scene -- the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history -- that Paddock rained down hundreds of rounds from an automatic weapon before he was killed. He reportedly had nearly 10 more weapons with him in the hotel room.

Jason Aldean was performing when the shooting began. He and his band were able to scramble to safety as bullets reportedly ricocheted onto the stage.

At least one off-duty police officer is among the fatalities.

Police in Las Vegas are responding to a mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Resort, where multiple people are reportedly injured ... and multiple shooters are suspected.

Videos from social media started pouring in late Sunday night showing multiple rounds being fired from what sounds like a rooftop or from somewhere up high. People are taking cover and running for their lives.

The shots started raining down on concert goers who were watching a set from Jason Aldean during the final night of the Route 91 country music festival. He, and onlookers, froze when the first rounds started being fired ... and chaos and panic ensued. The shots are clearly coming from automatic or semi-automatic weapons.

Unclear how many people might be dead ... but multiple are reportedly injured.

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