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The deadliest mass shooting in our history devastates America
I think Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo was spot-on with his quote, “I can’t get into the mind of a psychopath,” when faced with the question of why a 64-year-old retired ac- countant with no real criminal history and
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no known affiliations with terror groups
would rain bullets down into a crowd at a country music festival, resulting in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
showed Paddock had no known run-ins with police, and despite the Islamic State’s repeated claims otherwise, in- vestigators also could not find any connections to interna- tional terrorist groups. He was the son of a notorious bank robber (who was on the FBI’s most-wanted list for a time
afterescapingprison),andhisowncrimedemonstrat- ed some amount of sophisticated planning.
Police said he stayed in a large hotel suite for several days and aroused no suspicion, bringing with him an arsenal of 23 guns, their calibers rang-
DANIEL HERBERT
Perched like an eagle with a bird’s-eye view in his
suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas overlooking the Vegas Strip, this monster killed 59 people and injured over 500 in an act of pure evil.
Law enforcement officials said they could not immedi- ately tell what drove Stephen Paddock to fire at thousands of unsuspecting concertgoers from the 32nd floor before killing himself.
Authorities said a sweep of law enforcement databases
ing from .223 to .308, some with scopes, authori- ties said. One of the weapons he apparently used in the attack was an AK-47 type rifle, with a stand used to steady it for firing, people familiar with the case said. He fired without warning from an elevated position into an open-air venue, leaving his victims few options to avoid
harm.
Investigators searched Paddock’s home and another
piece of property he owned, and they hoped to review
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