Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the man who opened fire on a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs had mental health problems, violent tendencies and a connection to the community “that would come to light” over the coming days.
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An Oklahoma City man faces charges of threatening to blow up a temporary employment agency while referencing the deadly Las Vegas shooting.
Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago — and perhaps Boston’s Fenway Park — before setting up his perch in a casino hotel and raining deadly fire on country music fans.
Diazepam, the anti-anxiety medicine prescribed for Las Vegas gunman less than four months before the mass shooting, has a deserved reputation as a Jekyll-and-Hyde drug, calming some and causing others to become more aggressive.
The Las Vegas shooter was prescribed anti-anxiety medication in June. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The brother of Strip mass killer Stephen Paddock wept Monday morning as he reacted to the news of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.