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Trump Faces Leadership Test After Las Vegas Shooting

At least 59 people dead, more than 500 injured, police say
President says he’ll travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday

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By

Jennifer Epstein and

Kathleen Hunter

October 2, 2017, 11:47 AM UTCUpdated onOctober 2, 2017, 11:01 PM UTC

President Donald Trump said he’ll travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet victims and emergency workers after a killing spree late Sunday that is likely the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, presenting a test of his leadership.

“It was an act of pure evil,” Trump said in a statement at the White House on Monday. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are assisting in the investigation, he said.