Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
A wealthy retired accountant opened fire from a hotel room above a packed outdoor concert in Las Vegas, killing at least 59, wounding 527 more and triggering a stampede as the panicked crowd scrambled for cover amid the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Gunman Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, an avid gambler who enjoyed playing high-stakes poker, killed himself shortly before officers stormed his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, said Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.
As of late Monday, authorities seized over 40 firearms that Paddock had either in his hotel room or at his home in Mesquite, Nev., where police also seized explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Another search warrant was executed Monday at a separate home that Paddock owned in Reno, but details weren't released as to what was found in that house.
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A wealthy retired accountant opened fire from a hotel room above a packed outdoor concert in Las Vegas, killing at least 59, wounding 527 more and triggering a stampede as the panicked crowd scrambled for cover amid the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Gunman Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, an avid gambler who enjoyed playing high-stakes poker, killed himself shortly before officers stormed his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, said Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.
As of late Monday, authorities seized over 40 firearms that Paddock had either in his hotel room or at his home in Mesquite, Nev., where police also seized explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Another search warrant was executed Monday at a separate home that Paddock owned in Reno, but details weren't released as to what was found in that house.
SEE THE REST @usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting/722191001
