Stephen Paddock

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Video Surfaces of Paddock's 2011 Casino Accident

He sued, lost after Cosmopolitan fall

(Newser) - Could a failed lawsuit be another piece of the Stephen Paddock puzzle? Video has emerged of the Las Vegas gunman slipping and falling in the city's Cosmopolitan Hotel in 2011, the New York Daily News reports. Paddock, who shot through the windows of another casino to massacre 59 people...

Official: Vegas Gunman's Girlfriend Is Back in US

Hospital says another victim of mass shooting has died

(Newser) - A law enforcement official says the girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter has arrived in the US and was met by federal agents at the airport. The official—who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity—says Marilou Danley arrived...

Authorities Turn Attention to Vegas Shooter's Girlfriend

Marilou Danley isn't a suspect but may be able to provide Stephen Paddock's motive

(Newser) - The week before Stephen Paddock killed 59 people and wounded more than 500 while shooting at a country concert from a window in Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay, he wired $100,000 to an account in the Philippines, NBC News reports. It's unclear if the money was for his girlfriend,...

2 Musicians at Vegas Show Voice New Fears

Jason Aldean is afraid to raise kids now; Caleb Keeter changes mind on gun control

(Newser) - The singer who was performing when the shooting began in Las Vegas says he can't comprehend the violence of Sunday night. "Something has changed in this country and in this world lately that is scary to see," wrote Jason Aldean on Instagram . "This world is becoming...

Hunting Down the Gunman: a 72-Minute Timeline

Police were quick to home in on Mandalay Bay

(Newser) - A clearer timeline of the Las Vegas shooting is coming into focus, though exactly what Stephen Paddock was up to during the 72 minutes between the first 911 call and the time officers entered his suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino is still taking shape. NBC News reports...

For Concertgoers, Hitting the Ground May Have Made Things Worse

Shooter's high vantage point made a difference

(Newser) - One of the many jarring videos to emerge from the Sunday night mass shooting in Las Vegas shows a defiant man standing and taunting the gunman while most of those around him were on the ground or trying to find cover. You can see the video here , but note that...

Vegas Shooter's 'Psychopathic' Father Became 'Bingo Bruce'

Benjamin Paddock was a bank robber who escaped prison and opened a bingo parlor

(Newser) - One of the more unusual details to emerge about Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock is that his father was a bank robber who spent about a decade on the FBI's most wanted list. In fact, Benjamin Paddock also had a history with Vegas: In 1960 FBI agents arrested him...

Police: Las Vegas Shooter Had 42 Guns in Hotel, Home
Police: Las Vegas Shooter
Had 42 Guns in Hotel, Home
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 3, 2017 5:12 AM CDT

Police: Las Vegas Shooter Had 42 Guns in Hotel, Home

Officials say Stephen Paddock had devices that could speed up firing

(Newser) - Police investigating America's deadliest mass shooting say they have found a total of 42 guns belonging to Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock—19 in his Mesquite, Nev., home, and 23 in the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino hotel room that he fired into a concert crowd from, killing at...

Kimmel: 'Window Into Hell' Opened in My Hometown

He, Sen. Chris Murphy call for stronger gun laws

(Newser) - Sunday night's atrocity in Las Vegas has renewed calls for stronger gun laws—starting with stricter background checks. Sen. Chris Murphy said he's planning to introduce a new bill to strengthen background checks for gun buyers, even though they might not have stopped Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock,...

Acts of Heroism Saved Lives During Las Vegas Massacre

'It takes the worst of America to also see the best of America'

(Newser) - As investigators try to piece together a motive behind Sunday night's massacre in Las Vegas , stories of heroism are emerging. Rusty Dees says that after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, concertgoers tried to take care of each other amid the panic...

This We Know About Vegas Gunman: He Loved to Gamble
This We Know About Vegas
Gunman: He Loved to Gamble
the rundown
Oct 2, 2017 2:40 PM CDT

This We Know About Vegas Gunman: He Loved to Gamble

Stephen Paddock often played for big stakes, says his brother

(Newser) - As the world struggles to understand why Stephen Paddock unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in US history on his Las Vegas victims, one fact is becoming clear: The 64-year-old loved to gamble, and for big stakes. Whether that has anything to do with the shooting, however, remains very much unclear....

After Vegas Massacre, a Fierce Debate on Guns
Vegas Gunman's
Plan Was
'Nightmare'
for Cops
OPINION
Oct 2, 2017 1:50 PM CDT

Vegas Gunman's Plan Was 'Nightmare' for Cops

A roundup of editorials and columns in the wake of the massacre

(Newser) - In the wake of the massacre in Las Vegas , an outpouring of prayers, condolences —and opinions. Here's what some editorial boards and columnists are arguing:
  • This was a "nightmare scenario," writes Phillip Carter at Slate , and he outlines three reasons why. One: "The geometry of
...

Smoke Alarm Led Police to Vegas Shooter

Gunman's weapons apparently set off the detector in the Mandalay Bay resort

(Newser) - It's a sign of just how much firepower Stephen Paddock had in his Vegas hotel room: Police were able to zero in on him because his weapons set off the room's smoke alarm, reports the Washington Post . Given that the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino has more than...

What We Know About Gunman Stephen Paddock

Authorities haven't declared a motive for Vegas shooter; brother 'dumbfounded'

(Newser) - The media is scrambling to get information about the 64-year-old identified as the gunman in what's now the worst mass shooting in American history. As of Monday morning, however, details about Stephen Paddock and any possible motive were scant. A brother who lives near Orlando, Fla., says he's...

Las Vegas Shooter Checked Into Hotel on Thursday

Cops: nothing 'derogatory' in shooter Stephen Paddock's background

(Newser) - It's now the deadliest mass shooting in US history, and the current count of those injured is staggering, too: 400, per Las Vegas police. In a Monday morning news conference, Sheriff Joe Lombardo confirmed that more than 50 are dead and provided more details about shooter Stephen Paddock, whom...

Vegas Attack Is Deadliest Mass Shooting Ever in US

Death toll of 50 eclipses that of Pulse nightclub in Orlando

(Newser) - With at least 50 dead, Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas becomes the deadliest such shooting in US history, reports NBC News . Authorities still haven't speculated on a motive for 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock, who is dead. The death toll now eclipses that of the shooting at...

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