This undated and unlocated low resolution image widely circulating on
social networks and US media identifies Stephen Paddock, the gunman who killed
58 people and injured over 500 during an open air concert on Oct 1, 2017 in Las
Vegas. Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an armory’s
worth of weapons into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from
a 32nd story window, was a high-stakes gambler whose bank-robber father was
once on the FBI’s most wanted list. (AFP PHOTO)
social networks and US media identifies Stephen Paddock, the gunman who killed
58 people and injured over 500 during an open air concert on Oct 1, 2017 in Las
Vegas. Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an armory’s
worth of weapons into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from
a 32nd story window, was a high-stakes gambler whose bank-robber father was
once on the FBI’s most wanted list. (AFP PHOTO)
LAS VEGAS: Authorities said Monday they had recovered a weapons cache
including firearms, explosives and ammunition from a house owned by Las Vegas
gunman Stephen Paddock, as they upped the death toll from the attack to 59.
including firearms, explosives and ammunition from a house owned by Las Vegas
gunman Stephen Paddock, as they upped the death toll from the attack to 59.
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said officers searching the house in Mesquite,
Nevada recovered “in excess of 18 additional firearms, some explosives and
several thousand rounds of ammo, along with some electronic devices we’re
evaluating at this point.”
Nevada recovered “in excess of 18 additional firearms, some explosives and
several thousand rounds of ammo, along with some electronic devices we’re
evaluating at this point.”
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Lombardo said the death toll from the Sunday night assault on an
open-air concert on the Vegas Strip had risen to 59, while 527 people had been
injured.
open-air concert on the Vegas Strip had risen to 59, while 527 people had been
injured.
He said law enforcement were working four separate crime scenes:
Paddock’s room at the Mandalay Bay hotel, the concert venue, the gunman’s house
in Mesquite, and another house he owns in northern Nevada which a SWAT team was
poised to raid.
Paddock’s room at the Mandalay Bay hotel, the concert venue, the gunman’s house
in Mesquite, and another house he owns in northern Nevada which a SWAT team was
poised to raid.
The arsenal uncovered in Mesquite comes on top of at least 16 firearms
discovered in the Vegas hotel room, from which Paddock launched the deadly
assault before killing himself.
discovered in the Vegas hotel room, from which Paddock launched the deadly
assault before killing himself.
Lombardo said investigators had discovered several pounds of an
explosive called tannerite in the Mesquite home, as well as ammonia nitrate, a
type of fertilizer, in the gunman’s car.
explosive called tannerite in the Mesquite home, as well as ammonia nitrate, a
type of fertilizer, in the gunman’s car.
Asked if they had discovered anything to bolster the claim of
responsibility by the Islamic State group, Lombardo replied:
responsibility by the Islamic State group, Lombardo replied:
“Good for them – no, we have no evidence of that.”– AFP
