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- He killed at least 59 people and injured 527 in the attack - the deadliest in U.S. history
- A SWAT Team blew open the door to the suite he was using as sniper nest, but he'd shot himself dead
- Cops recovered 23 guns in the room, some with scopes and military-grade ammo
- He also had 19 other guns, as well as explosives and as-yet-undetermined electronic devices, at his home
- Paddock, 64, made millions in real estate but also gambled heavily on poker and slot machines, brother said
- He lived in a $400,000 retirement home with girlfriend Marilou Danley, 62, who is currently in Tokyo, Japan
- Paddock had no criminal record, no army training and no religious or political affiliations, his brother said
- Police are still trying to figure out his motive - other than his gambling, his life appeared largely unremarkable
- Paddock's father was a 'psychopathic' serial bank robber who spent eight years on the FBI Most Wanted list
- People trying to locate missing family members in Las Vegas should call 1-800-536-9488
Photos have emerged of two of the 23
rifles found inside Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's hotel room,
which he used to rain down death on a crowd of 22,000 attending a music
festival on Sunday.
The startling pictures, obtained by Boston 25, show two semi-automatic AR-15-style assault rifles.
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Fifty-nine people are dead and 527 have been left injured after the Sunday shooting at the Las Vegas music festival
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Three people lie on the ground,
one covered in blood, after the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country
music festival on Sunday
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On some days Paddock spent more
than $30,000, and on others more than $20,000, according to an
individual who had seen Paddock's Multiple Currency Transaction Reports.
Pictured: The scene of the nightmare in Vegas
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A man lies on top of a woman as others flee the music festival grounds. She appears to be alive and moving
One
appears to have been modified with a 'bump stock' that would
essentially render it fully automatic - allowing Paddock to unleash
hundreds of rounds per minute.
The
weapon also has a holographic sight and an over-sized magazine, meaning
that the multi-millionaire shooter would have been able to fire in
longer bursts than usual before reloading.
The
other weapon pictured has branding showing it to be made by Daniel
Defense, a Savannah, Georgia-based company which produces variants of
the AR-15 rifle, which is based on the US Army's M16.
That weapon also has a bi-pod attached for stability and a telescopic lens for firing accuracy.
One
of the rifles is seen next to a full magazine, dozens of spent bullets
and a hammer - which the 64-year-old shooter allegedly used to shatter
two windows in the room before starting his massacre.
Meanwhile, a new video gives a first look inside the hotel room. The video, obtained by the New York Post,
shows the entrance to Paddock's suite covered with crime scene tape.
One of the doors is knocked down though, revealing an assault rifle set
up on a bi-pod on the tile floor just behind the double doors.
On
the ground in the hallway outside the door, the exit sign has been
knocked to the ground, as well as a do not disturb sign. Debris litters
the floor and a room service car is seen outside another door nearby.
Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival just after 10pm Sunday night, killing at least 59 and injuring 527.
It
took police 72 minutes to zero in on Paddock's hotel room on the 32nd
floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the
festival.
They say he had cameras set
up in the hallway so he would know when authorities arrived. Paddock
continued to fight even as police breached his room - firing through the
front door at officers. But by the time the SWAT team finally made it
into the room, Paddock had killed himself.
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Photos
have emerged of two of the 23 firearms found in Las Vegas shooter
Stephen Paddock's hotel room. The weapon on the left has a bump stock
added to make it fully automatic, a scope for accuracy and an oversize
magazine to hold more ammunition. The weapon on the right has markings
indicating it was made by Daniel Defense, a bipod for stability, and a
telescopic lens
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Paddock
(seen here in an undated photo) made a fortune in real estate, his
brother said. He seemed an unremarkable man, aside from a heavy gambling
habit - and didn't even have a traffic violation on his Nevada criminal
record
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The Mandalay Bay resort and casino pictured above on Tuesday, as investigators continue to investigate the shooting
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Investigators are still struggling to come
up with an explanation for the massacre - now the deadliest mass
shooting in U.S. history.
Paddock lived
in 27 residences in Nevada, Florida and Texas as an adult, but other
than that he had apparently lived a quiet and unremarkable life.
The
retired accountant had worked as an internal auditor at Lockheed Martin
for three years in the late 1980s, and was a manager and investor in
apartment complexes located in Mesquite, Texas and California, which
made him millions, his brother said, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
Local
police said they had no run-ins with the man, not even traffic
violations, and his brother described him as 'just a guy who lived in
Mesquite who drove down and gambled in Las Vegas and... liked burritos'.
So
the discovery that he had used 10 suitcases to methodically move an
arsenal up into his Mandalay Bay room over the preceding weekend came as
a shock to those who knew him.
Eric Paddock said he thought his brother was far from a gun fanatic.
'He
had a couple of guns but they were all handguns, legal... he might have
had one long gun, but he had them in a safe,' he said.
He said he didn't know about the 23 guns that were found in the hotel room.
VEGAS GUNMAN'S DEVASTATING ARSENAL REVEALED
Las
Vegas butcher Stephen Paddock amassed 42 firearms before carrying out
his massacre, 23 of which were found inside the hotel room he used for
his massacre.
The majority of those weapons were rifles, though at least one was a handgun.
Two
rifles had been modified with tripods and scopes, greatly increasing
their accuracy, and at least two had been modified to allow for
something close to fully-automatic fire.
Thousands
of rounds of ammunition were also found, ranging in caliber from .223 -
similar to 5.56 rounds which are standard for NATO troops - to .308,
which are typically used for hunting rifles.
While the exact extent of Paddock's cache is not yet clear, we know it included:
1)
Four DDM4 rifles, the LA Times reports. Manufactured by Daniel Defense,
the rifle features a muzzle flash suppressor, making it harder to tell
where the weapon is being fired from. It also has a freefloat rail
allowing for a variety of attachments including scopes and grips to
enhance stability. The rifle costs $1,900 if bought new
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Four
DDM4 rifles - made by Daniel Defense - were among the 23 weapons found
in Paddock's hotel room by the SWAT team after they busted in. They sell
for around $1,700
2)
Three FN-15 rifles. Made by FN America, they also feature a muzzle
flash suppressor and 'H buffer system', which reduces recoil and
increases accuracy. FN-15 refers to a series of rifles, rather than a
specific weapon, which range from smaller carbines to replicas of the
military-issue M16. It is not known exactly which version was owned by
Paddock. They range in price from $1,000 to $2,000, if bought new
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Also
in his terrifying arsenal were three of these FN-15 rifles, as well as
guns made by Sig Sauer. Some of the semi-automatic guns had been fitted
with bump-stocks that allow for, essentially, fully automatic fire.
They're priced around $1,300
3)
At least one AK-47. A Russian-designed assault rifle, it was used by
the country's military from 1945 and is still used by armies and rebel
groups around the world. Known for its simplicity and reliability, it
fires 7.62x39mm rounds which makes it less accurate but more devastating
than other semi-automatic rifles. It can retail for as little as $600
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An
AK-47 was also found in the room with the other weapons. AKs can come
with fully automatic fire functions, but it's not known if that was the
case here. AKs vary in price depending on the manufacturer, but cost
around $1,000
4)
At least one Colt AR-15. This rifle is known as the most popular in
America, with an estimated 8million in homes around the country. It is
also gaining a dubious reputation as the weapon of choice for mass
shooters, from movie theatre killer James Holmes to San Bernardino
terrorist Omar Mateen
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A
Colt AR-15 was also found in the room. Such weapons are semi-automatic
when bought legally and cost around $1,000. At least one full-auto
weapon was found, but it's not known if it was modified or had that
function when manufactured
5)
Two 'bump stocks'. While not weapons in themselves, these stocks modify
semi-automatic weapons allowing for something close to fully-automatic
fire. They fit over the stock of a semi-auto rifle, and function by
allowing the weapon to 'bump' back and forth as it is fired using the
weapon's recoil. Each bump brings the user's finger down on the trigger,
firing a round. This allows users to skirt around regulations
prohibiting fully-automatic weapons
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What they found was a second arsenal, even bigger than the one in the Mandalay Bay room.
Some
19 additional firearms were in the house, along with the explosive
Tannerite - which is used to make explosive targets for target practice -
and several thousand rounds of ammunition, Lombardo said Monday.
He added that electronic devices were also found, but that they are still being examined to determine their purpose.
Photos of the property showed the garage door torn off its hinge and crumpled after the search.
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Above, the view from the 32nd
floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, in an updated photo. The concert was
taking place diagonally across the street, where the stage is seen, with
its green roof.
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Investigators load bodies from
the scene of the mass shooting on Monday; the mass shooting that
occurred on Sunday is the deadliest in American history
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Home: Paddock, 64, lived just 90
minutes outside Las Vegas in the city of Mesquite (above circled in
red), where he bough a home in a retirement community back in 2015. The
home was raided on Monday by police
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He lived at the $400,000
property (pictured with crumpled garage door after police raid) with
Danley. The home is in a quiet retirement community in which residents
must be over 55. Cops found 19 guns there, plus explosives
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Later
on Monday, the FBI, SWAT and ATF raided another home owned by Paddock,
based in Reno. Police have not yet revealed what - if anything - was
found at the location
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Bomb experts were included in
the SWAT deployment due to the fear that Paddock may have left booby
traps at the home. Explosives had been found in his Mesquite house, and
fertilizer used in bomb-making found in his car in Las Vegas
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Police block the roads leading
to the Mandalay Hotel (which is in the background) and inspect the site
after the deadly attack in Las Vegas
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A general view of the scene after the slaughter in Vegas. The Route 91 Harvest stage can be clearly seen to the right
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Police block the roads leading to the Mandalay Hotel, where mass murderer Stephen Paddock fired on thousands of people
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Hundreds of people gather for a
vigil on the Las Vegas strip for the victims of the Route 91 Harvest
country music festival massacre
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Student mourners console each
other during a candlelight vigil at the University of Nevada Las Vegas
(UNLV) for victims of a mass shooting
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Hundreds of people, young and
old, take candles to a vigil in Las Vegas after the devastating mass
shooting which left dozens dead
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Left: Gabby
Phillips, Sam Alworth, Ana Preciado and Evan Dixon embrace during a
vigil on the Las Vegas strip. Right: Aryanna Williams, 6, and Mickey
Deustch, 8, also paying tribute to the victims of the mass murder
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Mourners pay tribute at a makeshift memorial consisting of dozens of candles on the Las Vegas Strip
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A single white rose is illuminated by dozens of candles at a makeshift memorial on the Las Vegas Strip
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Mourners pay tribute at a makeshift memorial on the Las Vegas Strip for the victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas
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The door to the Reno home was
broken open to aid entry, but police sent in this robot first, to ensure
that any explosive devices inside would not threaten police. Electronic
devices were found in the other home; they are being analyzed
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A
police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle during the shooting
near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino (left); people take cover at the
Route 91 Harvest country music festival (right)
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Police on guard on the streets outside the Mandalay Bay. The shooter died inside the hotel
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