Las Vegas authorities on Friday said that after running down “well more than 1,000 leads,” they remain clueless as to why 64-year-old Stephen Paddock decided to open fire on a crowd of concertgoers on Sunday, killing 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at a press briefing the department has been exploring every aspect of Paddock’s life, from birth to death, in search of an explanation. He said they have looked into details regarding Paddock’s personal life, political affiliations, social behaviors, and economic situation — but answers remain evasive.
“We have been down each and every single one of these paths trying to determine why. Trying to determine who else may have known of these plans,” McMahill said, adding that the rumors and speculation that have abounded in the wake of the shooting have been unhelpful to their investigation. – READ MORE
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