Report: Las Vegas Shooter Was Prescribed Anti-Anxiety Drugs in June

Report: Las Vegas Shooter Was Prescribed Anti-Anxiety Drugs in June
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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Stephen Paddock, the gunman who killed 59 people and wounded 527 more was prescribed anti-anxiety medication months before he opened fire on a crowd of 22,000.

Paddock purchased 50, 10-milligram tablets of diazepam, more widely known under its brand name Valium, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing records from the Nevada Prescription Monitoring Program.
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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