MEDIA & TIMELINES ONLY - Mandalay Bay mass shooting in Las Vegas, 1 October 2017

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No, There Was Not More Than One Gunman in the Las Vegas Shooting


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/politics/fact-check-vegas-gunman.html

A familiar pattern often emerges as the authorities investigate a mass shooting: speculation in online forums that one person couldn’t have possibly committed this act alone.

Law enforcement officials have stated multiple times that, at this point, they believe that Stephen Paddock, who killed at least 58 and himself and wounded hundreds on Sunday night in Las Vegas, was the only gunman. (Still, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday that “it was troublesome that he was able to move this much gear into the hotel unassisted.&#8221


Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department explicitly addressed the issue on Monday night: “I want to emphasize we believe Paddock is solely responsible for this heinous act. We are aware of the rumors outside of the media and also on social media that there was more than one assailant. We have no information or evidence to support that theory or that rumor. We believe there was only one shooter and that was Stephen Paddock.”

 

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YouTube alters search algorithm over fake Las Vegas conspiracy videos

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...gorithm-over-fake-las-vegas-conspiracy-videos

YouTube has made changes to its algorithms after it was strongly condemned for promoting offensive and false conspiracy theory videos about the Las Vegas shooting.

The move to shift the way it delivers search results contradicts YouTube’s earlier statements defending its performance during breaking news.

 

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Las Vegas Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories

http://www.snopes.com/las-vegas-shooting-rumors-hoaxes-and-conspiracy-theories/

 

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The Latest: Las Vegas gunman barricaded stairwell door


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...7140d2eed02_story.html?utm_term=.f941836ee3f1

LAS VEGAS — The Latest on the mass shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):

4:20 p.m.


The Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people from his hotel room barricaded shut a stairwell door on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay to keep officers at bay during his rampage.


The police officers who responded to Stephen Paddock’s room tell the CBS program “60 Minutes” that they used a pry bar to open the door after he screwed a piece of metal on it.

 

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Vegas killer described his habits in 2013 testimony
He kept doctor 'on retainer'
By SCOTT GLOVER AND KYUNG LAH , CNN

LAS VEGAS (CNN) - He was a nocturnal creature who gambled all night and slept all day.

He took Valium at times for anxiousness, and had the doctor who prescribed it to him on retainer.

He wagered up to a million dollars a night, but wandered around glitzy Las Vegas casinos in sweatpants and flip-flops, and carried his own drink into the high rollers' area because he didn't want to tip the waitresses too much.

This was Stephen Paddock as he saw himself four years before he opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers, killing at least 58 people in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

The details are contained in a 97-page court deposition obtained by CNN. Paddock was deposed Oct.*29, 2013, as part of a civil lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where he slipped and fell on a walkway in 2011...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/vegas-killer-described-his-habits-in-2013-testimony

 

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Exclusive: Vegas killer described his unusual habits in 2013 testimony

[video=cnn;us/2017/10/09/las-vegas-shooter-gambling-habits-revealed-newday-dnt-lah.cnn]http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/us/las-vegas-stephen-paddock-deposition/index.html[/video]

Las Vegas (CNN)— He was a nocturnal creature who gambled all night and slept all day.

He took Valium at times for anxiousness, and had the doctor who prescribed it to him on retainer.

He wagered up to a million dollars a night, but wandered around glitzy Las Vegas casinos in sweatpants and flip-flops, and carried his own drink into the high rollers' area because he didn't want to tip the waitresses too much.

 

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New information on Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/new-information-on-las-vegas-gunman-stephen-paddock/

The Las Vegas Review-Journal learned last night that Paddock was prescribed an anti-anxiety drug in June that could lead to aggressive behavior.

Records from the Nevada Prescription Monitoring Program show Paddock was prescribed 50 10-milligram diazepam tablets by Henderson physician Dr. Steven Winkler. Diazepam, known by the brand name Valium, is in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which studies have shown can trigger aggressive behavior.

 

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Resident or not, Paddock left little imprint on Mesquite

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime...-not-paddock-left-little-imprint-on-mesquite/

MESQUITE — Stephen Paddock owned a home here, but no one seems to remember him as a true member of the community.

Mayor Allan Litman said he hasn’t talked to a single local resident who really knew Paddock since the 64-year-old was identified as the gunman in the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas.


“They say he was a resident. That’s a pretty loose term,” Litman said Friday in his first interview since the attack. “He was a nonentity as far as anybody knows in Mesquite. I’m not sure even his neighbors knew him.”

 

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https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-las-vegas-guard-20171010-story,amp.html

Before the Las Vegas massacre began, a wounded Mandalay Bay hotel security guard called hotel officials to warn them about a gunman on the 32nd floor, an investigator told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.

But police did not arrive at the room where the guard had been shot until after Stephen Paddock had finished a 10-minute shooting spree on a crowd gathered below for a country music festival, the investigation now shows.


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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-l...es-questions-on-police-response-idUSKBN1CF2YI

(Reuters) - Las Vegas police faced new questions on Tuesday about their response to this month’s mass shooting at an outdoor concert, a day after a county sheriff disclosed the gunman shot a security guard before, not after, opening fire on a concert crowd below his window at the Mandalay Bay hotel.

 

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Las Vegas shooter fired 'incendiary' rounds at fuel tank

[video=cnn;us/2017/10/10/las-vegas-shooter-room-ammo-lah-sot-lead.cnn]http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/us/las-vegas-shooter-incendiary-rounds/index.html[/video]

(CNN)Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock fired special "incendiary" bullets at a 43,000-barrel fuel tank in what investigators believe was an attempt to cause an explosion, two law enforcement sources told CNN.

Those types of rounds, meant to ignite what they hit, were found inside Paddock's room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and near the fuel tank a short distance away on the grounds of McCarran International Airport, the sources said.

 

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Could Vegas police have taken down the gunman sooner?

http://katu.com/news/nation-world/could-vegas-police-have-taken-down-the-gunman-sooner

The revised timeline given by investigators for the Las Vegas massacre raises questions about whether better communication might have allowed police to respond more quickly and take out the gunman before he could kill and wound so many people.

 

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Las Vegas shooting victims file lawsuit against bump stock makers

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1CF2IC

(Reuters) - A lawsuit seeking to represent the victims of the Las Vegas rampage, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, was filed against the makers of so-called bump stocks, which the shooter used to achieve a near-automatic rate of fire.

The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in state court in Clark County, Nevada, over the weekend and announced on Tuesday, accuses Slide Fire Solutions and other unnamed manufacturers of negligence leading to the infliction of emotional distress on thousands of people who witnessed or were injured in the Oct. 1 shooting at a Las Vegas music festival.

 

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https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-l...-shooting-pierced-jet-fuel-tank-idUKKBN1CC01S
OCTOBER 6, 2017 / 9:25 PM
[h=1]Gunfire from Las Vegas mass shooting pierced jet fuel tank[/h]
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Two bullets fired during the mass shooting in Las Vegas struck a large jet fuel storage tank at the edge of McCarran International Airport, and one round pierced the tank, but there was no fire or explosion, an airport spokesman said on Friday.

Airport authorities declined to speculate on whether the gunman, Steve Paddock, was aiming to hit the cylindrical 43,000-barrel fuel tank or whether the vessel was struck by two stray rounds in the midst of the shooting spree.

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But the position of the fuel tank, about twice as far from Paddock’s high-rise hotel perch as the country music festival he strafed, and at a different angle to the hotel, suggested he deliberately aimed at the tank.
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https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxn...wakes-up-from-coma-takes-first-steps.amp.html

A Maryland woman who was grievously injured in the Las Vegas shooting earlier this month has woken up from a coma and begun walking with assistance.

Frost was attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival with her boyfriend when gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay. Frost was shot in the head and was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Moreland said doctors removed her daughter's right eye, where the bullet was lodged. Doctors also removed a bone in Frost's forehead to relive brain swelling.

... more at link.


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