What we learned from the Las Vegas shooting report
EP4PRO, January 21st, 2018, in ep4records
(CNN)Authorities on Friday released a preliminary investigative report on the Las Vegas shooting in response to large public interest in the case.
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div class=”zn-body__paragraph” speakable”>Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said the FBI is investigating an individual of federal interest related to the case. Charges could be brought within 60 days, he said.
Here is what we have learned from the report.
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New information about the investigation
• Authorities have determined how many victims were injured. Officials told reporters Friday that investigators determined 422 people suffered injuries as a direct result of gunfire, while another 851 individuals suffered other injuries during the attack. The report says all 22,000 people who attended the festival that night are recognized as victims.
31 victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The rest were pronounced dead at medical facilities they were taken to afterward. Police have previously said that 58 people died in the attack.
• Investigators have chased 1,965 leads in the case. They’ve also reviewed more than 21,000 hours of footage and issued 1,062 legal notices during the investigation.
Revelations about the gunman
• Investigators recovered “several hundred images of child pornography” on Paddock’s hard drive. The investigation into the images in ongoing, the report says.
CNN previously reported that Paddock’s brother was charged with possession of child pornography.
• Paddock’s doctor believed he may be bipolar. According to the report, Paddock’s physician described him as “‘odd” in behavior with “little emotion’ shown.” Though he believed Paddock could have had bipolar disorder, Paddock “did not want to discuss that topic further with him.” Paddock refused anti-depressants but accepted prescriptions ordered for anxiety.
• He was described as “germaphobic.” Paddockalso claimed multiple times to friends or family that he “felt ill, in pain or fatigued,” the report said.
• Paddock paid off all his gambling debts before the shooting. It’s already been reported that Paddock, a notorious gambler, was completely funded by his gambling habits and real estate transactions.
• Paddock’s demeanor changed over the last year. His girlfriend, Marilou Danley, told investigators he had become “distant,” the report says, “and their relationship was no longer intimate.”
• The shooter’s girlfriend believed buying guns was a hobby for Paddock. The 64-year-old purchased 55 firearms between October 2016 and September 2017, the report says. All of the guns recovered in the Mandalay Bay, with one exception, the report says, were purchased after September 2016.
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