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U.S. NEWS Monday 9 october 2017
Lost items from Las Vegas shooting returned to some

Paddock spent the days
before the shooting bring-
ing bags of guns into the
hotel and setting up his
sniper’s perch for the
shooting. He also rigged his
own surveillance cameras
to watch for police and
hotel staff.
“If a room goes on ‘do
not disturb’ for more than
12 hours, we investigate,”
Wynn, whose hotels in-
clude Wynn Las Vegas and
Encore told “Fox News Sun-
day” in an interview. “We
don’t allow guns in this
building unless they’re be-
ing carried by our employ-
ees, and there’s a lot of
them. But if anybody’s got
a gun and we find them
A member of the FBI walks among piles of personal items at the scene of a mass shooting Friday, continually, we eject them
Oct. 6, 2017, in Las Vegas. Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday from the hotel.”
killing dozens and injuring hundreds. Wynn said a scenario like
(AP Photo/John Locher)
Paddock’s “would have
By REGINA CANO Vegas Convention Center, turb sign remaining on a triggered a whole bunch
KEN RITTER starting with a few sections door for extended periods. of alarms here. q
Associated Press of the concert scene and
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The expanding to others at a
abandoned baby strollers, time to be announced lat-
shoes, phones, backpacks er.
and purses strewn for days “Just in general, the sheer
across the huge crime size of the space, the
scene of the Las Vegas amount of personal items
massacre were slowly be- that were left there, it’s
ing returned to their own- just a huge undertaking,”
ers Sunday to become sad Flood said.
souvenirs of a horrific night. Country singer Jason Al-
One week ago, the same dean, who was on stage
scene was home to a hap- when the shooting broke
py day of country music for out, made a special ap-
22,000 people at the Route pearance to open the
91 Harvest festival. A few telecast of “Saturday Night
hours later, when 64-year- Live” with a performance
old Stephen Paddock of “I Won’t Back Down” by
opened fire on the crowd Tom Petty, who died in Los
from the nearby Mandalay Angeles on Monday.
Bay hotel, killing 58 people, “This week we witnessed
those thousands were left one of the worst tragedies
fleeing for their lives, with in American history,” Al-
no care for the possessions dean said before starting
they are now recollecting. the song. “So many people
Federal agents have spent are hurting. You can be
the week collecting evi- sure that we are going to
dence amid the thousands walk through these tough
of items, some of them times together every step
stained with blood. of the way.”
“Whatever was dropped Las Vegas hotel and gam-
when people started run- bling magnate Steve
ning, those items we’re col- Wynn, who owns casinos
lecting and we’re going to that Paddock gambled in
provide back,” Paul Flood, but not the Mandalay Bay,
unit chief in the FBI’s victim said Sunday that his hotels
services division said at a have undertaken special
news conference. security measures in recent
The items have been cata- years to identify potentially
logued with detailed de- dangerous guests. Those
scriptions, and some have measures include using
been cleaned of things magnetometers to detect
including blood. They are significant amounts of met-
now being returned to al and training housekeep-
people at a Family Assis- ing staff to report suspicious
tance Center at the Las actions like a do-not-dis-