A Metropolitan Police Department officer accidentally discharged his weapon inside the Mandalay Bay gunman’s suite the night of the Oct. 1 mass shooting, the Clark County sheriff confirmed Monday.
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Nearly a month has passed since the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, but we’re left with many unanswered questions.
Fifty-eight people killed. More than 500 injured. And yet, nearly a month after the Las Vegas Strip experienced the worst mass shooting in modern American history, local and federal authorities are now refusing to fill in the blanks.
The giant jet fuel tank struck by rifle fire during the deadly Strip mass shooting has been drained and McCarran International Airport officials are close to hiring a safety expert to inspect it.
Every mass-casualty event attracts its share of crackpots, and the Oct. 1 attack in Las Vegas is no different. But the flow of “fake news” about the shooting exceeds anything Sheriff Joe Lombardo has seen in other high-profile cases.
MGM Resorts International on Thursday released a new timeline of the events leading up to the Las Vegas Strip massacre, further challenging the sheriff’s latest account ahead of a planned Friday briefing.
In a statement released late Tuesday, MGM Resorts International disputed Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s revised timeline of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip.
Despite Mandalay Bay shooter Stephen Paddock’s well-documented gambling history, he had no known gambling debts, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said in an extensive interview Tuesday with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Las Vegas police released new details Monday about what occurred in the days and minutes before the mass shooting on the Strip, raising new questions about why it took about an hour for officers to enter the gunman’s hotel suite.
Officials on Sunday are expected to announce the process for Route 91 Harvest Festival concertgoers to retrieve their abandoned property.
An explosive compound known as Tannerite was found in Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock’s car and home is believed to have previously been used in an alleged terrorist bombing in New York City.
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 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.
In her first public statement Wednesday, the girlfriend of Stephen Paddock said she thought he was breaking up with her, not planning a massacre.
The Clark County coroner’s office has opened a 24-hour center at the Las Vegas Convention Center to assist with information and identification of victims of the Sunday night shooting that killed 59 people and wounded more than 500.
