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Las Vegas police confident Paddock was only shooter, but still no motive

Las Vegas police think Stephen Paddock might have shot at a fuel tank near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival before opening fire on the crowd but have yet to find a motive for the massacre, Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill.

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Assistance center shifts mission to recovery after Las Vegas shooting

The Family Assistance Center set up at the Las Vegas convention center to help family members of victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting has shifted its mission to focus on helping survivors heal and move on.

 
Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says

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.

 
Authorities still not clear on who Stephen Paddock was

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.

 
Escape from Las Vegas Strip shooting — RAW VIDEO

About 10 p.m. Sunday, Raymond Page heard the first gunshots. The Henderson man grabbed his phone, turned it on and started recording.

McCarran’s fence breached by people fleeing Las Vegas Strip shooting

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.