FBI: 2017 Las Vegas Shooter Was Angry About How Casinos Treated Him

FBI: 2017 Las Vegas Shooter Was Angry About How Casinos Treated Him
Stephen Paddock's license photo is seen next to the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, following a deadly shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Department of Motor Vehicles; AP Photo/John Locher, File
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The shooter who killed 60 people in a Las Vegas massacre in October 2017 may have been angry at casinos after he lost a significant amount of money in the days before the incident, according to newly released FBI files.

Stephen Paddock was accused by law enforcement of shooting into a crowd of country music fans from his Mandalay Bay hotel suite after transporting dozens of rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition into his hotel room. Officials said that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound as responding officers attempted to access his room.

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