Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo responds to a question during a media briefing at the Las Vegas Metro Police headquarters in Las Vegas on Oct. 3, 2017. Aaron Rouse, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Las Vegas Division, looks on at right. Reuters/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus
A police officer accidentally fired his weapon after breaching the 32nd-floor suite of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock’s room, the Clark County sheriff told Las Vegas Review-Journal on Monday, Oct 31.
The revelation breaks more than two weeks of silence from authorities as they grow increasingly tight-lipped about the investigation surrounding the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
