At the same time, federal agents started hauling away piles of backpacks, baby strollers and lawn chairs left behind by fleeing concertgoers who scrambled to escape raining bullets from a gunman who was shooting from his high-rise hotel suite.
"It was a tragedy of unimaginable proportions," Pence said as he addressed nearly 300 people at Las Vegas City Hall. "Those we lost were taken before their time, but their names and their stories will forever be etched into the hearts of the American people."
The unity service yesterday afternoon came after dozens of people, many wearing shirts that said "Vegas Strong", marched from Mandalay Bay to City Hall. After speeches from Pence and other politicians, doves were released into the air, flying in a wide arc and then disappearing into the distance as someone shouted, "God bless America!"
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Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman told the audience that the focus needs to remain on the victims, not "that horrific senseless animal."
Lisa Rhoads-Shook, whose brother-in-law was inside the Mandalay Bay when the shooting broke out, said she wanted to attend the unity service to be part of the conversation about change.
Investigators have chased 1,000 leads and examined Paddock's politics, finances, any possible radicalization and his social behaviour, typical investigative avenues that have helped uncover the motive in past shootings. But Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said there's still no clear motive.
What officers have found is that Paddock planned his attack meticulously.