Las Vegas shooting: Ammunition dealer charged
February 03, 2018 17:24
A man who sold ammunition to Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has been charged with conspiracy to manufacture and sell armour-piercing bullets without a licence.
Police said they found Douglas Haig's fingerprints on unused ammunition at the hotel room from where Paddock shot dead 58 people last October.
Haig earlier told a news conference he had nothing to do with the attack.
He said he had met Paddock in September and sold him 720 rounds of ammunition.
Haig, 55, of Mesa, Arizona, is the first person to be charged in connection with the mass shooting - the deadliest in modern US history.
Paddock opened fire on hundreds of people attending a music concert from a 32nd floor window of the Mandalay Bay hotel.
When officers stormed the room they found Paddock dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had smuggled 24 weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition into the hotel concealed in 10 suitcases.
According to the chargesheet, investigators also found a cardboard box with Mr Haig's name and address on it that had contained some of the ammunition.
If convicted he faces up to five years in prison.
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