![]() ![]() Two Las Vegas hotels temporarily stepped up screening of bags in response to the attack.Īuthorities released police body camera video that showed the chaos of the attack as officers tried to figure out the location of the shooter and shuttle people to safety. Nineteen more guns were found at Paddock's Mesquite home and seven at his Reno house. Investigators also found a computer and 23 guns with him at the hotel, along with 12 "bump stock" devices that can enable a rifle to fire continuously, like an automatic weapon, authorities said. He planned the massacre so meticulously that he even set up cameras inside the peephole of his high-rise hotel room and on a service cart outside his door, apparently to spot anyone coming for him, authorities said. While Paddock's motive has proved elusive, investigators have found no shortage of evidence of how Paddock carried out the elaborate attack. The whole field was just littered with things," said Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt after touring the site Monday. "Shoes, baby strollers, chairs, sunglasses, purses. Some investigators turned their focus Tuesday from the shooter's perch to the festival grounds where his victims fell.Ī dozen investigators, most in FBI jackets and all wearing blue booties to avoid contaminating the scene, documented evidence at the site where gunfire rained down and country music gave way to screams of pain and terror. At least 31 patients at two hospitals remained in critical condition. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump arrived in Las Vegas to meet with public officials, first responders and some of the 527 people injured in the attack. "Did this person get radicalized unbeknownst to us? And we want to identify that source." "This investigation is not ended with the demise of Mr. Lombardo said the investigation is proceeding cautiously in case criminal charges are warranted against someone else. He never cared about any of that stuff," he said outside his Florida home.Įric Paddock said his brother did show a confrontational side at times: He apparently hated cigarette smoke so much that he carried around a cigar and blew smoke in people's faces when they lit up around him. ![]() "No affiliation, no religion, no politics. His brother, Eric Paddock, said he was at a loss to explain the massacre. Nevada's Gaming Control Board said it will pass along records compiled on Paddock and his girlfriend to investigators. Investigators are still trying to trace that money and also looking into a least a dozen financial reports over the past several weeks that said Paddock gambled more than $10,000 per day, the official said. official briefed by law enforcement but not authorized to speak publicly because of the continuing investigation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Paddock transferred $100,000 to the Philippines in the days before the shooting, a U.S. There were no immediate details available about those trips, according to the official. The official said Paddock visited the Philippines in 20, around his birthday, staying for five to six days on both occasions. Paddock traveled at least twice to the Philippines, where his girlfriend was born, according to a Filipino official who was not authorized to discuss the trips publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. "She probably was even (more) shocked than us because she is more closer to him than us," her sister said. One of the sisters, who live near Brisbane, Queensland, said they believed Marilou knew Paddock had guns, but not as many as he had. ![]() The woman said Danley is "a good person" who would've stopped Paddock had she been there. ![]()
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