Senior law enforcement officials and a Las Vegas casino executive said Stephen Paddock had made several large gambling transactions in recent weeks, including some of more than $30,000 a day.
"He lives in Mesquite, he went to the hotels, he gambled, he went to shows." "He was just a guy," Eric Paddock said of his brother. The suspect's brother Eric Paddock, of Orlando, Florida, told NBC News that he was "dumbfounded" by the shooting. Related: Photos Capture Chaos of Concert Massacre Police searched their home in Mesquite, about 80 miles from Las Vegas. Police found Paddock's roommate, Marilou Danley, 62, and don't think she was involved, Lombardo said, adding that the investigation is ongoing. Flights in and out of the Las Vegas airport were temporarily halted. The massacre put the normally bustling Strip at a standstill. Several other off-duty police officers are believed to be among the dead and injured.
Related: Full Coverage of the Las Vegas ShootingĪt least one off-duty Las Vegas police officer was shot, Lombardo said. Get as far away from it as she could where she thought the line of fire might be." "She had nowhere to take cover, so I told her just to run as fast as she could, as quick as she could, out of the arena. "She could hear the gunshots - sounded like a machine gun, she said - and they didn't know where they were coming from," Young said. "I picked up the phone, my cellphone, and she was screaming and yelling, 'Dad, dad, dad, dad, somebody's shooting at us, and I don't know what to do.' She was hysterical, and I tried to just calm her down," Young said. Live Blog: Latest Updates on the Concert Massacre Young told MSNBC that his daughter said that the weapon "sounded like a machine gun" and that she and her friends took cover under a desk. Authorities haven't said what kinds of weapons were found.Ī former Clark County sheriff, Bill Young, said his 22-year-old daughter was at the concert. The shooting isn't believed to be connected to international terrorism. To the families of the victims, we are praying for you, and we are here for you." "Hundreds of our fellow citizens are now mourning the loss of a loved one," Trump said at a news conference. President Donald Trump, who said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday, called the shooting "an act of pure evil." Capitol were lowered at half-staff on Monday. NBC Newsįlags at the White House and the U.S.
A map shows the area of the shooting in Las Vegas. It was chaos for a pure seven to 10 minutes," he said. The gunfire still hadn't stopped by the time he got there, he said. Owen dashed by victims covered in blood and eventually found shelter in his bus. "At that point, everyone on stage started running everywhere." "It got faster and faster, almost like it was an automatic rifle," Owen said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene of back-to-back bullets raining down from above, lasting for up to 10 minutes.įellow performer Jake Owen said he was standing about 50 feet from Aldean when the shots started. The shooting started while performer Jason Aldean was onstage.
They believe he smashed the windows with a something like a hammer before he started firing.
Law enforcement officials said Paddock had connecting rooms or a suite and ran between the windows, firing out of both, either to get a different vantage point or to avoid return fire. Two broken windows could be seen from the 32nd floor of the hotel, curtains billowing out. Hotel employees had been in his room before the shooting and didn't notice anything unusual, according to Lombardo. It wasn't clear whether Paddock had specifically requested a room on a high floor that overlooked the concert venue. Fasulo said that he had 23 firearms in his room and that investigators found 19 more at his home. Paddock is believed to have checked into the hotel on Thursday, Lombardo said. Other than a citation he received several years ago that was "handled as a normal practice" by the courts, he had no criminal background, Lombardo said. Officials had said earlier that police fatally shot Paddock.Īuthorities were digging into Paddock's history. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters Monday that authorities believe Paddock killed himself before police entered his room. Police responded to reports of the shooting just after 10 p.m. President Donald Trump, who will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday, called the shooting "an act of pure evil.".Investigators found 23 firearms in Paddock's room at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and 19 more at his home.Authorities identified the gunman as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nevada.59 people were killed and at least 527 others were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.Helping them would've meant that we got shot, too." People were trying to save their friends. People were getting shot one foot away from us. She added: "People kept dropping and dropping.