American Steven Paddock, staged on 1 October massacre at Las Vegas (Nevada), led a “secret life” and for decades had collected a weapon. This was announced by the Sheriff of Las Vegas Joseph Lombardo, reports NBC News.
He said that investigators for the last three days figured out details of the life of the Paddock, but did not give any examples. He also said that authorities still don’t know much about how led their existence in the Paddock.
The reasons that prompted Paddock to go on the offense, Lombardo also was not named, but indicated that he planned to flee the scene of the massacre. In the car the killer was discovered more than 22 kilograms of tannerite used for making exploding targets and 1, 6 thousand ammunition.
1 Oct 64-year-old American Steven Paddock opened fire from automatic weapons by members of the festival of country music, being on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, and then killed himself. Because of his actions killed 59 people, injured more than 500.
In his room was found 23 weapons, including 19 guns, thousands of rounds, and at his home in Mesquite (Nevada) police found explosives and its components.