Who was the Las Vegas mass shooter?

Stephen Paddock – named by police as the gunman who opened fire on a Las Vegas outdoor music concert from a 32nd-floor hotel room – had no criminal record and no history of mental illness

Stephen Paddock lived in upmarket retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada

Wealthy 64-year-old real-estate investor and retired accountant liked to travel to Las Vegas to play high-stakes video poker

Paddock was twice divorced. His first marriage lasted from 1977 to 1979. He remarried in 1985, and divorced again in 1990. Paddock lived in Mesquite with his 62-year-old girlfriend, Marilou Danley (above)

He had private pilots’ licence since 2003, had owned two single-engine planes, and reportedly enjoyed cruises

Paddock bought three guns – one handgun and two rifles – from Mesquite store Guns & Guitars, in past year. All purchases were legal

Paddock held hunting licence in Alaska

Paddock’s father, Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, (right) was sentenced in 1961 to 20 years for string of bank robberies. He escaped from La Tuna federal prison, Texas, in 1968 and lived in hiding until 1978. Diagnosed by FBI as “psychopathic”

Oct 1, 2017: Stephen Paddock unleashes deluge of bullets killing 59 people and injuring more than 500 others.
When police storm his hotel suite, Paddock lies dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound, surrounded by 23 guns. At his home police find further 19 guns and masses of ammunition


Source: Associated Press, CNN, New York Times Pictures: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS