Las Vegas shooting: Murderer Stephen Paddock’s secret life REVEALED | World | News | Express.co.uk
Author: Vincent Wood
Description: STEPHEN Paddock could have spent more than 20 years plotting his devastating attack on innocent people in Las Vegas, police have revealed.
Date: 2017-10-05T00:58:00+01:00

# Las Vegas shooting: killer Stephen Paddock 'spent decades plotting and did NOT act alone'

### STEPHEN Paddock could have spent more than 20 years plotting his devastating attack on innocent people in Las Vegas, police have revealed.

By Vincent Wood
PUBLISHED: 00:58, Thu, Oct 5, 2017 | UPDATED: 02:20, Thu, Oct 5, 2017

Officials also believe Paddock may not have acted alone.

Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said: “At face value he had to have some help at some point and we want to ensure that that’s the answer

“Maybe he was a superhuman who figured this out all on his own but it would be hard for me to believe that.”

Police confirmed the shooter “meticulously” planned his strike on the Route 91 Harvest Festival from his vantage points in the Mandalay Hotel.

Officers, who are investigating the double life of the cold-blooded killer, believe he spent decades acquiring weapons and living a “secret life”.

Police also told a news conference that 317 of the 489 people injured in the Las Vegas shooting have been discharged from hospitals.

His former girlfriend Marilou Danley has confirmed she had no idea Paddock was going to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

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Police have revealed new details about mass murderer Stephen Paddock

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She arrived in the US yesterday and spoke to FBI officials after flying in from Manila after the attack.

Officials had been looking to speak to the 62-year-old to clear up the motives of Paddock, who wired his partner £75,500 ($100,000) before his attack.

Speaking through her lawyer, Ms Danley said: ”I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together with him.

### Newly released police bodycam footage shows chaos of Las Vegas massacre

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## Police body camera video released at a press conference has revealed the manic chaos of the Las Vegas mass shooting as officers tried to figure out the location of the gunman.

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A frame grab taken from a bodycam video released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) shows officers responding to the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival near Mandalay Bay hotel

“He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of, that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen.

“A little more than two weeks ago, Stephen said he found a cheap ticket for me to the Philippines and that he wanted me to take a trip to see my family.

“Like all Filipinos abroad, I was excited to go home and see family and friends.

### The aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting

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## Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the music festival, leaving at least 59 people dead and over 527 injured

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Experts from FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) inspect the perimeters of Mandalay Bay Hotel after gunman attack in Las Vegas

“While there, he wired me money which he said was for me to buy a house for me and my family.

“I was grateful, but honestly I was worried that first, the unexpected trip home and then the money, was a way of breaking up with me.

“It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.”

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