Las Vegas gunman spent decades acquiring weapons
October 05, 2017 15:57
Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas gunman, who killed 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, stockpiled weapons and ammunition over decades, and meticulously planned the attack, Clark County Sheriff said.
What we know is that Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo. said at a news briefing.
Lombardo said he found it hard to believe that the arsenal of weapons, ammunition and explosives recovered by police in their investigation could have been assembled by Paddock completely on his own.
Police recovered nearly 50 firearms from three locations they searched, nearly half of them from the hotel suite from where he fired bullets on people at an outdoor country music festival below.
Twelve of the rifles there were fitted with so-called bump stocks, officials said, allowing the guns to be fired almost as though they were automatic weapons.
Lombardo said investigators were examining the possibility Paddocks purchase of more than 30 guns in October 2016 may have been precipitated by some event in his life. He did not elaborate.
In the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, at least 59 people were killed and over 500 injured.
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