- A trove of documents recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show that the shooter who killed 58 people at a Las Vegas concert in 2017 was “very upset” about how casinos were treating him.
- The documents provide the strongest indication yet of a motive for the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
- Stephen Paddock, 64, a regular gambler who had a penchant for video poker, killed himself at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino before he could be apprehended.
- The documents provide the most detailed look to date into Paddock’s possible motive and gambling habits, delving into the weeks and years before he fired from his 32nd-floor windows into a crowd of 22,000 people at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
