Las Vegas shooting

CELEBRITY INTERVIEW

Jul 27, 2018 1:33 PM CDT

Country Singer at Vegas Show Faults NRA

Eric Church: Nevada massacre 'wrecked' him, NRA lobbying ensures continued gun violence

(Newser) - For Eric Church, the year he left his 30s was rough. "Forty sucked," he said of his birthday last spring, which was followed by a life-threatening blood clot in his chest, emergency surgery to get rid of it, and then, a few months later, the massacre in Las...

'No Liability': MGM Sues
Las Vegas Shooting Victims

Jul 17, 2018 10:04 AM CDT

'No Liability': MGM Sues Las Vegas Shooting Victims

Company says it can't legally be held responsible for the massacre

(Newser) - MGM Resorts is suing more than 1,000 victims of the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas, claiming it has "no liability of any kind." The company—which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel from which Stephen Paddock opened fire, as well as the targeted venue of the Route...

Vegas Hairdresser Recalls
Disturbing Talk of Paddock

May 23, 2018 7:15 PM CDT

Vegas Hairdresser Recalls Disturbing Talk of Paddock

Client with that name spoke of how easy it would be to shoot at a concert on Vegas Strip

(Newser) - A hairstylist said in documents released by police Wednesday that a client named Paddock spoke in the months before the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history that a Las Vegas Strip concert venue was susceptible to attack, reports the AP . The Police Department released about 2,100 pages of...

Vegas Shooter's Staring Disturbed Hotel Worker

Housekeeper: Paddock Acted
Strangely Days Before Shooting

May 17, 2018 1:39 AM CDT

Housekeeper: Paddock Acted Strangely Days Before Shooting

She says he wouldn't stop staring at her

(Newser) - Days before he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, Stephen Paddock's odd behavior disturbed a housekeeper at the Mandalay Bay hotel. The housekeeper, whose account was among 1,200 pages of witness statements released by Las Vegas police Wednesday, says that when she cleaned his...

Footage From Vegas Massacre
Out: 'Breach, Breach, Breach'

May 3, 2018 7:28 AM CDT

Footage From Vegas Massacre Out: 'Breach, Breach, Breach'

About 160 minutes of video released

(Newser) - Las Vegas police have released body cam footage from officers who stormed gunman Stephen Paddock's Mandalay Bay hotel suite on Oct. 1. The videos are graphic, a word used by Sheriff Joe Lombardo Tuesday in describing the release of what the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports is a total of...

New Video Shows Shooter in Days Before Vegas Massacre

New Video of Vegas Shooter
Shows 'True Mark of Sociopath'

Mar 23, 2018 4:50 PM CDT

New Video of Vegas Shooter Shows 'True Mark of Sociopath'

Surveillance video shows Stephen Paddock eating sushi, tipping hotel staff

(Newser) - New surveillance video of Stephen Paddock in the days before he killed 58 people from his hotel room window in Las Vegas shows nothing out of the ordinary, and that's what troubles Randy Sutton. "A guy who can order lunch knowing that he's going to kill people...

Caesars Changes Policy
on 'Do Not Disturb' Rooms

Feb 16, 2018 9:58 AM CST

Caesars Changes Policy on 'Do Not Disturb' Rooms

All will be checked daily

(Newser) - One of the world's largest casino companies will check its guests' hotel rooms every 24 hours, even if they have a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the doorknob. Caesars Entertainment told the AP Friday it also is considering giving panic buttons to its employees to enable them...

Vegas Gunman Autopsy: Bad
Teeth, Overweight, No Drugs

Feb 10, 2018 7:00 AM CST

Vegas Gunman Autopsy: Bad Teeth, Overweight, No Drugs

No substances in Stephen Paddock's system that would have caused aggressiveness

(Newser) - The much anticipated autopsy report on Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock did nothing to help explain why he carried out the deadliest shooting in modern US history—his body didn't hold diseases or drugs or other substances that could have caused aggressive behavior. In fact, it showed he was...

Man Who Sold Ammo to
Las Vegas Shooter Charged

Feb 2, 2018 7:08 PM CST

Man Who Sold Ammo to Las Vegas Shooter Charged

Douglas Haig charged with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets

(Newser) - An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, the AP reports. Unfired armor-piercing bullets found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the attack on Oct. 1 contained...

2nd 'Person of Interest' Named
in Vegas Shooting Investigation

Jan 31, 2018 5:42 AM CST

2nd 'Person of Interest' Named in Vegas Shooting Investigation

'I'm the guy that sold ammunition to Stephen Paddock'

(Newser) - Another "person of interest" authorities wanted to talk to after the Las Vegas mass shooting was identified Tuesday when his name was accidentally left unredacted in case records released to the Las Vegas Review-Journal . The October document named Douglas Haig as somebody "who may have conspired with Stephen...

Sheriff Goes 'Against Normal
Protocols' on Vegas Massacre

Jan 20, 2018 7:09 AM CST

Sheriff Goes 'Against Normal Protocols' on Vegas Massacre

Releases preliminary report, photos of scene

(Newser) - "I am going against normal protocols," said Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo Friday in his first public comments in two months on the Oct. 1 massacre in his city. They came as police released an 81-page preliminary investigative report along with photos of the scene—an atypical move...

More Questions After FBI
Releases Vegas Shooting Files

Jan 13, 2018 1:43 PM CST

Man Survives Vegas Bloodbath Only to Die on Nevada Highway

Roy McClellan was killed in a hit-and-run just weeks after shooting

(Newser) - "I don't understand why he wasn't taken at the shooting, but a month later he was taken this way," Denise McClellan tells CNN of her husband, Roy, who survived the Las Vegas massacre on Oct. 1 only to succumb to another tragedy. Roy McClellan was killed...

Vegas Shooter's Use of Service
Elevator May Cost Hotel

Nov 21, 2017 5:23 PM CST

Vegas Shooter's Use of Service Elevator May Cost Hotel

Victims and families say Mandalay Bay shouldn't have given access to Stephen Paddock

(Newser) - The biggest lawsuit to date in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas has been filed in California on behalf of 450 people who were injured or at least present when Stephen Paddock opened fire. The lawsuit was actually just one of five filed in California on Monday,...

Vegas Marathon
Goes Ahead
Under Tight Security

Nov 13, 2017 2:47 AM CST

Vegas Marathon Goes Ahead Under Tight Security

Runners spoke of defiance, strength after mass shooting

(Newser) - Las Vegas ramped up security for the annual Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, which was the first major outdoor event on the Strip since the mass shooting. The city posted snipers and used a helicopter to watch for danger as tens of thousands participated in the race. Many wore T-shirts...

Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Speak
Out in Wake of Vegas Shooting

Nov 11, 2017 10:08 AM CST

Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Speak Out in Wake of Vegas Shooting

Country stars call for 'common sense' gun control

(Newser) - In the wake of last months deadly shooting in Las Vegas, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are speaking out in favor of gun control—an unusual move for country stars, USA Today reports. “Look, I’m a bird hunter," McGraw tells Billboard . “However, there is some common...

Las Vegas Shooter Was
Losing Money, Sheriff Says

Nov 3, 2017 12:47 PM CDT

Las Vegas Shooter Was Losing Money, Sheriff Says

'I think that might have been a determining factor on what he was determined to do'

(Newser) - What pushed Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock to kill 58 people and wound more than 500 others last month? It's still not clear, but in a new interview with Vegas' 8 News Now , Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says that while the 64-year-old was "status-driven based on how...

Maker Resumes Bump Stock
Sales Month After Shooting

Nov 2, 2017 9:19 AM CDT

Maker Resumes Bump Stock Sales Month After Shooting

Fate of legislation aiming to ban or regulate devices is unclear

(Newser) - Despite a bipartisan cry to review or ban bump stocks in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, in which the rapid-fire devices were used in the slaughter of 58 people, no legislation regarding bump stocks has advanced past the proposal stage in Congress. And though a popular maker of...

Couple That
Escaped Las Vegas
Massacre Dies in Car Crash

Oct 30, 2017 4:25 PM CDT

Couple That Escaped Las Vegas Massacre Dies in Car Crash

Tragedy strikes just two weeks after a miraculous escape

(Newser) - A married couple who survived the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people died just weeks later in a car crash not far from their home in Murietta, Calif. Dennis Carver and his wife, Lorraine, were at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas when...

Vegas Gunman Shot Self in
Head, but His Brain Is 'Usable'

Oct 27, 2017 2:10 AM CDT

Vegas Gunman Shot Self in Head, but His Brain Is 'Usable'

'Usable' for the purpose of examination by a neuropathologist, that is

(Newser) - Dr. Hannes Vogel will be slicing up Stephen Paddock's brain next week—but he doubts he will find anything that could explain why he massacred 58 people. Vogel, director of neuropathology at Stanford University Medical Center tells the New York Times that he will "leave no stone unturned"...