Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said Thursday she would seek a security review of the jet fuel tanks targeted Sunday by Las Vegas Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock.
The Attack
The National Rifle Association announced Thursday its support for tougher regulation of bump stocks, devices designed to increase the firepower of semi-automatic rifles.
Las Vegas Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock used his Mandalay Bay hotel room to spray massive aviation fuel tanks with bullets Sunday night, a knowledgeable source told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The Mandalay Bay security officer that Stephen Paddock shot has been identified as Jesus Campos by the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.
Stephen Paddock, the gunman who rained bullets on the Route 91 Harvest festival on Sunday night, spent decades stockpiling weapons and ammunition, and he “meticulously” planned the night he sprayed gunfire from his room at the Mandalay Bay on a crowd of concertgoers on the Strip, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday.
About 10 p.m. Sunday, Raymond Page heard the first gunshots. The Henderson man grabbed his phone, turned it on and started recording.
In her first public statement Wednesday, the girlfriend of Stephen Paddock said she thought he was breaking up with her, not planning a massacre.
At a Tuesday evening news conference, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill showed a few minutes of footage compiled from a few of the 67 body cameras worn by Metro officers on Sunday night.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is seeking legal guidance into whether the state can implement the stalled background check law for private gun sales and transfers that voters approved in 2016.
Roughly 300 people fleeing the mass shooting at Mandalay Bay managed to break through the security fence surrounding McCarran International on Sunday night, wandered onto an active airfield and brought flights to a halt, airport officials said.
Edward Davis, the former commissioner that led the Boston Police Department during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, was a last-minute surprise speaker at the Tuesday opening of the 17th annual Global Gaming Expo at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
Las Vegas taxi driver Cori Langdon heard gunshots on the Strip and picked up passengers fleeing the mass shooting scene at the Route 91 Harvest Festival and Mandalay Bay.
Las Vegas Boulevard reopened in front of Mandalay Bay Tuesday evening for the first time since Sunday’s deadly shooting at the Route 91 music festival.
Listen to the Las Vegas police dispatch call saying that one suspect is down on the 32nd floor on the Mandalay Bay in room 135.
Witness video of the Las Vegas shooting provided by Lily Lustig from the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival.