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Police, relatives and neighbors described him as a [[Gambling|gambler]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/02/las-vegas-gunman-liked-to-gamble-listened-to-country-music-lived-quiet-retired-life-before-massacre/|title=Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was a high-stakes gambler who 'kept to himself' before massacre|work=Washington Post|date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-gunman-stephen-paddock-neighbors-say-recluse-675584|title=The neighbors of gunman Stephen Paddock say he "kept his head down," was a gambler and a pilot|date=October 2, 2017|work=Newsweek|access-date=October 2, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Police said Paddock had made recent casino transactions in the tens of thousands of dollars, but did not say whether they were losses or wins.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/stephen-paddock-las-vegas-shooting-suspect-identified-n806471|title=Suspect in Las Vegas shooting identified as Stephen Paddock|last=Williams|first=Pete|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=NBC News|last2=Connor|first2=Tracy|language=en}}</ref> Paddock's father, bank robber<ref>{{cite web |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/news/353461-vegas-suspects-father-was-notorious-bank-robber-on-fbi-most-wanted-list |title=Las Vegas suspect's father was bank robber on FBI Most Wanted list |work=The Hill |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref> [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1969#Benjamin Hoskins Paddock|Benjamin Hoskins Paddock]], was reported to have been on the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI's most-wanted list]] nearly fifty years earlier, after he had escaped from federal prison.<ref>{{cite web |first1=David |last1=Harris |first2=Michael |last2=Williams |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-stephen-paddock-las-vegas-shooter-brother-20171002-story.html |title=Accused Las Vegas gunman previously lived in Central Florida, brother says |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jaeger |first=Max |url=http://nypost.com/2017/10/02/vegas-gunmans-psychopath-dad-landed-on-fbis-most-wanted-list/ |title=Vegas gunman's 'psychopath' dad landed on FBI's most-wanted list |work=New York Post |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19780915&id=w_lVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2278,4163503|title=Prison escapee to stand trial on Bank Charge|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=September 15, 1978|via=Google News Archive}}</ref>
Police, relatives and neighbors described him as a [[Gambling|gambler]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/02/las-vegas-gunman-liked-to-gamble-listened-to-country-music-lived-quiet-retired-life-before-massacre/|title=Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was a high-stakes gambler who 'kept to himself' before massacre|work=Washington Post|date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-gunman-stephen-paddock-neighbors-say-recluse-675584|title=The neighbors of gunman Stephen Paddock say he "kept his head down," was a gambler and a pilot|date=October 2, 2017|work=Newsweek|access-date=October 2, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Police said Paddock had made recent casino transactions in the tens of thousands of dollars, but did not say whether they were losses or wins.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/stephen-paddock-las-vegas-shooting-suspect-identified-n806471|title=Suspect in Las Vegas shooting identified as Stephen Paddock|last=Williams|first=Pete|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=NBC News|last2=Connor|first2=Tracy|language=en}}</ref> Paddock's father, bank robber<ref>{{cite web |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/news/353461-vegas-suspects-father-was-notorious-bank-robber-on-fbi-most-wanted-list |title=Las Vegas suspect's father was bank robber on FBI Most Wanted list |work=The Hill |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref> [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1969#Benjamin Hoskins Paddock|Benjamin Hoskins Paddock]], was reported to have been on the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI's most-wanted list]] nearly fifty years earlier, after he had escaped from federal prison.<ref>{{cite web |first1=David |last1=Harris |first2=Michael |last2=Williams |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-stephen-paddock-las-vegas-shooter-brother-20171002-story.html |title=Accused Las Vegas gunman previously lived in Central Florida, brother says |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jaeger |first=Max |url=http://nypost.com/2017/10/02/vegas-gunmans-psychopath-dad-landed-on-fbis-most-wanted-list/ |title=Vegas gunman's 'psychopath' dad landed on FBI's most-wanted list |work=New York Post |date=October 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19780915&id=w_lVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2278,4163503|title=Prison escapee to stand trial on Bank Charge|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=September 15, 1978|via=Google News Archive}}</ref>

The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] has claimed responsibility for the shooting. A propaganda video by ISIL that emerged in May called for a lone wolf attack on the Vegas Strip. While it has not been confirmed that the attack on Vegas are related, the propaganda video could have been a call to arms for a potential jihadst.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4940156/ISIS-video-called-lone-wolf-attack-Las-Vegas.html ISIS called for a lone wolf attack on the Las Vegas Strip in a chilling ‘call to arms’ video released in May] - dailymail.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017</ref>


== Aftermath ==
== Aftermath ==

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Las Vegas Strip shooting
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2017 Las Vegas shooting
2017 Las Vegas shooting is located in Nevada
2017 Las Vegas shooting
2017 Las Vegas shooting is located in the United States
2017 Las Vegas shooting
LocationLas Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Coordinates36°05′43″N 115°10′18″W / 36.0953°N 115.1718°W / 36.0953; -115.1718
DateOctober 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)
approx. 10:08 p.m. (PDT; UTC−07:00)
TargetConcert audience
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapons18–20 firearms
Deaths59+ (including the perpetrator)
Injured515+
PerpetratorStephen Craig Paddock

In the late evening of October 1, 2017, the Las Vegas Strip shooting took place at the fourth-annual Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. During the closing performance by singer Jason Aldean at a packed outdoor concert, a gunman located on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino across Las Vegas Boulevard opened fire into the festival crowd.

The shooter was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, who lived in Mesquite, Nevada. Paddock was found dead in his hotel room; he had killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. With at least 58 fatalities and 515 injuries, the mass shooting is the deadliest by a single gunman in modern United States history.

Background

Route 91 Harvest is a country music festival in the United States that has been held in Las Vegas, Nevada. It has been held every year since 2014 at Las Vegas Village, on a 15-acre (6.1 ha) lot on Las Vegas Boulevard across from Mandalay Bay.[1] On October 1, 2017, singer Jason Aldean gave the closing performance of the third and final day of the festival; the event was attended by 22,000 people.[2]

Shooting

During Aldean's performance at approximately 10:08 p.m. local time on October 1, 2017,[3][4] a man began firing a weapon[5] from an upper floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel into the crowd attending the festival,[3][6][7] 360 m (1,180 ft) from the hotel,[8] across South Las Vegas Boulevard. Many people in the crowd initially mistook the gunfire for fireworks.[9] Based upon sound recordings of long bursts of gunfire during this incident, analysts suspect that a fully automatic rifle was used.[10] Between 18 and 20 firearms were found in Paddock's hotel room; some were fully-automatic weapons.[11]

At 11:58 p.m. local time, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department stated that one suspect was "down".[12] The perpetrator was found dead in a 32nd floor Mandalay Bay hotel room, having apparently committed suicide via gunshot just before the police entered.[6][13][14][15]

Casualties

The view north along the Las Vegas Strip, with Mandalay Bay, center. The concert took place on the dark lot, to the right of and beyond the hotel
The concert area, bottom right, lies opposite the Luxor Hotel "pyramid". The Mandalay Bay is partially visible, to the left.
Annotated photograph (taken 2011) showing proximity of Mandalay Bay to the area where the Route 91 concert was being held

At least 58 people were killed,[16][17][18] including an off-duty police officer.[19] At least 515 people were injured, some of whom were sent to hospitals that included the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada and Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.[20][21][22]

The shooting is the deadliest in modern U.S. history, surpassing the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting (49 fatalities).[21][23][24]

Perpetrator

The gunman was identified as Stephen Paddock (April 9, 1953 – October 1, 2017),[25] a 64-year-old Sun Valley, California, native who was living in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada.[26][2][27] Police found at least ten rifles inside the hotel room that Paddock had rented since September 28. According to police, the perpetrator acted alone and his motive is unknown.[14][28][29][30] An FBI spokesperson said that the agency has no evidence of international terrorist involvement on the part of the deceased gunman.[31]

Paddock owned and managed some apartment buildings with his mother.[26] He also owned two planes and was a licensed pilot.[26] He had previous residences in Reno, Nevada, and in California and Texas.[25]

Police, relatives and neighbors described him as a gambler.[32][33] Police said Paddock had made recent casino transactions in the tens of thousands of dollars, but did not say whether they were losses or wins.[34] Paddock's father, bank robber[35] Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, was reported to have been on the FBI's most-wanted list nearly fifty years earlier, after he had escaped from federal prison.[36][37][38]

The ISIL has claimed responsibility for the shooting. A propaganda video by ISIL that emerged in May called for a lone wolf attack on the Vegas Strip. While it has not been confirmed that the attack on Vegas are related, the propaganda video could have been a call to arms for a potential jihadst.[39]

Aftermath

Mandalay Bay from McCarran International Airport, to which some of the survivors fled

A large portion of Las Vegas Boulevard was shut down as police SWAT teams combed the venue and neighboring casinos, hotels, and businesses. McCarran International Airport, lying immediately south-east of the festival site, was temporarily closed and multiple flights were rerouted or cancelled in response to the shooting as evacuees entered airport property as they fled.[40][41]

Reactions

President Trump remarks
  • President Donald Trump tweeted his "warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting".[43] In a public press conference the following morning, he declared the shooting an "act of pure evil", a "senseless murder" and a "terrible, terrible attack". He praised the "miraculous" quick response of first responders and announced he would visit them in Vegas on October 4, along with victims' relatives and police.[44] Later that day, he led a moment of silence on the White House lawn with the Vice President and White House staff in attendance out of respect for those killed.[45]
  • Jason Aldean, who was performing when the shooting started, posted on Instagram: "Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still don't know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that me and my crew are safe. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night. #heartbroken #stopthehate". [46]
  • Ariana Grande, was reported by the New York Times as reacting. "The pop singer Ariana Grande, whose concert in Manchester, England, was struck in May by a suicide bomber who killed 22 people and wounded hundreds more, wrote on Twitter, 'My heart is breaking for Las Vegas,” and called for more gun control measures.'"[47]
  • Shares of firearm manufacturers rose on the day following the mass shooting, which often occurs in the wake of mass shootings in the US. It is generally fuelled by increases in demand due to concerns of tighter firearm regulations and an intention to protect oneself from future attacks.[48][49]

See also

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