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Report: Vegas Gunman Booked Hotel Overlooking Lollapalooza

There's no indication Stephen Paddock checked into Chicago's Blackstone Hotel

(Newser) - An eerie pattern may be emerging regarding the Las Vegas gunman: After police earlier confirmed that Stephen Paddock rented a room through Airbnb at Las Vegas' Ogden hotel, which overlooked the Life Is Beautiful alternative-music festival that took place the weekend prior to the Jason Aldean concert, comes a report...

Vegas Victims, Families Upset Over Conspiracy Theory Videos

And YouTube, Facebook, and Google are all helping to spread them

(Newser) - Scrolling through YouTube, one might assume the Las Vegas shooting was carried out by a member of "antifa," or perhaps government agents. That's because dozens of conspiracy theory videos—including one from Alex Jones, viewed more than 1 million times—are being promoted by YouTube in the...

Cops Think Vegas Shooter Planned to Escape
Sheriff: Paddock Had
'Secret Life,' Escape Plan
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Oct 5, 2017 6:07 AM CDT

Sheriff: Paddock Had 'Secret Life,' Escape Plan

Source says he also targeted jet fuel tanks

(Newser) - Stephen Paddock planned to make a getaway after massacring scores of people at a Las Vegas outdoor concert, police say. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters Wednesday night that the gunman, who killed himself as police closed in, appears to have had an escape plan, though he didn't...

Unarmed Security Guard Tried to Stop Vegas Gunman

'I was just doing my job,' says Jesus Campos

(Newser) - One of the most amazing stories of heroism to emerge from the Las Vegas mass shooting is that of Jesus Campos, an unarmed security guard who was the first to locate gunman Stephen Paddock. Union chief Dave Hickey says Campos arrived at the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel...

Lawmakers Push for Ban on Device Paddock Used

Republicans say they're willing to consider bump stock ban

(Newser) - The deadliest mass shooting in modern US history might actually result in bipartisan progress on gun control—although it involves a device many people hadn't heard of before the Las Vegas massacre. Republicans in the House and Senate say they're willing to consider banning bump stocks, a device...

Girlfriend of Vegas Shooter Gives 1st Public Statement

Marilou Danley says Stephen Paddock was 'kind, caring'

(Newser) - "He never said anything to me, or took any action—that I was aware of—that I understood to be in any way a warning that something like this was about to happen," the Independent quotes Marilou Danley as saying in her first public statement after her boyfriend,...

Investigators: Vegas Shooter Was 'Descending Into Madness'

Meanwhile, Trump visits Vegas and commends law enforcement, others

(Newser) - "In the depths of horror, we will always find hope in the men and women that risk their lives," President Trump said during a press conference in Las Vegas. "America is truly a nation in mourning." CNN reports Trump visited the city Wednesday after a gunman...

The Onion Keeps Running Same Post After Mass Shootings

Headline and post satirize inability to stop them from recurring in US

(Newser) - "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" reads the headline on a widely shared Onion article after the Las Vegas shooting. If the headline sounds familiar, it's because the Onion has run essentially the same piece under the same headline at...

Sheriff: Vegas Shooter &#39;Preplanned Extensively&#39;
Vegas Gunman's Preparations
Included Hidden Cameras
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Oct 4, 2017 5:43 AM CDT

Vegas Gunman's Preparations Included Hidden Cameras

Stephen Paddock was prescribed anti-anxiety medication in June

(Newser) - "For this individual to take it upon himself to create this chaos and harm is unspeakable," Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Tuesday as he released new details on the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The sheriff says gunman Stephen Paddock had "preplanned, extensively" for...

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-Based Airline Is Helping Out Hometown

Allegiant offering free flights to families of shooting victims

(Newser) - As bullets rained down on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, some 30 people escaped to Allegiant Air's office at McCarran International Airport. There, airline officials gave them food, water, clothes, and helped them get in touch with loved ones, report KSNV and the Las Vegas Review-Journal . Now, Allegiant...

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

CBS Legal Exec Fired Over Comments About Vegas Massacre

She said she had no sympathy for victims

(Newser) - A CBS legal executive who said she was "not even sympathetic" to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre has quickly found herself without a job. The Daily Caller first reported Hayley Geftman-Gold's comment, posted to Facebook on a discussion thread that has since been deleted: "...

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...

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