midnight Friday (noon Thursday ET).

Reilly told reporters that members of the casino's security team were able to shoot and wound the gunman, prompting him to take shelter in a room where he then killed himself.

Soldiers outside Resorts World Manila on Friday. Basilio H. Sepe / Getty Images

Ronald dela Rosa, chief of the Philippines National Police, said the suspect burned himself to death.

President Donald Trump — speaking in Washington, where he announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord — immediately called the incident a "terrorist attack" and said the United States was closely monitoring reports. He didn't say how the United States had determined that the attack was terrorism.

But Dela Rosa told reporters after Trump spoke that there was no indication of terrorism.

The suspect — whowas believed to be a foreign white man who spoke English and acted alone — stuffed casino chips into a bag and tried to flee through the main complex, setting casino tables on fire and firing a weapon at a TV set, Dela Rosa said.

The gunman who attacked the Resorts World Manila complex was captured on surveillance cameras. Philippine National Police via AP

Albayalde said the culprit carried a long firearm similar to a "baby ArmaLite" — a term often used in the Philippines to refer to a variant of the M16 carbine.

Dela Rosa and Albayalde said the motive appeared to have been robbery.

Albayalde said the gunman had likely been addicted to gambling and ransacked a storage area where casino chips were stocked. He said the man made off