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Texas church gunman sent hostile text messages before attack

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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Strip shooter’s brother in Las Vegas, cooperating with authorities

The brother of Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday night and was undergoing his second extensive interview by law enforcement investigators on Sunday, Eric Paddock told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Las Vegas police say Stephen Paddock’s SUV found

Las Vegas police announced they found Hyundai Tucson they had been seeking in connection with Sunday’s mass shooting investigation.

Las Vegas Strip shooter may have checked out other music festivals

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.

Paddock’s game of choice, video poker, allowed him to blend in

Stephen Paddock’s casino game of choice — video poker — was a perfect means to win money in a way that he could get complimentary rooms, like the Mandalay Bay suite where he died Sunday night, without raising suspicion.

 
Drug given to Paddock calms some, provokes others, experts say

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.