A New Report on the Las Vegas Gunman Was Released. Here Are Some Takeaways.
- 6 years ago
A New Report on the Las Vegas Gunman Was Released. Here Are Some Takeaways.
Two weeks later, he looked for “swat weapons,” “ballistics chart 308,” “SWAT Las Vegas,” and “do police use explosives.”
• Mr. Paddock stayed in a room at the Ogden condominium complex on Sept. 17, during the Life is
Beautiful music festival, requesting rooms that overlooked the downtown outdoor venue there.
• Mr. Paddock appeared to begin thinking about a mass shooting last May, searching on Google for “summer concerts 2017”
and “biggest open air concert venues in USA.” In early September he searched for “Las Vegas high rise condos rent” and “life is beautiful expected attendance,” a reference to another large outdoor concert in Las Vegas that month.
“I am going against normal protocols,” Sheriff Lombardo said, adding that he hoped the preliminary report would “quell the zest for information.”
The report offers extensive details about Mr. Paddock’s actions and planning in the time leading up to the attack.
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a news conference
that while he was confident that Stephen Paddock was the only gunman, there was another person under investigation who is likely to be charged in the next two months.
Two weeks later, he looked for “swat weapons,” “ballistics chart 308,” “SWAT Las Vegas,” and “do police use explosives.”
• Mr. Paddock stayed in a room at the Ogden condominium complex on Sept. 17, during the Life is
Beautiful music festival, requesting rooms that overlooked the downtown outdoor venue there.
• Mr. Paddock appeared to begin thinking about a mass shooting last May, searching on Google for “summer concerts 2017”
and “biggest open air concert venues in USA.” In early September he searched for “Las Vegas high rise condos rent” and “life is beautiful expected attendance,” a reference to another large outdoor concert in Las Vegas that month.
“I am going against normal protocols,” Sheriff Lombardo said, adding that he hoped the preliminary report would “quell the zest for information.”
The report offers extensive details about Mr. Paddock’s actions and planning in the time leading up to the attack.
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a news conference
that while he was confident that Stephen Paddock was the only gunman, there was another person under investigation who is likely to be charged in the next two months.