The hotel room mass murderer Stephen Paddock used to slaughter 58 people in Las Vegas will be locked up indefinitely.
MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Vegas strip, said they had no plans to open up the 32nd-floor, $500-a-night Vista Suite to guests in the future.
It comes after the firm was ordered not to destroy or change anything that could be classed as evidence in the hotel as part of a civil negligence case launched by a victim of the shooting.
MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Vegas strip, said they had no plans to open up the 32nd-floor, $500-a-night Vista Suite to guests in the future. Pictured: An example of one of the suites
Paddock, a retired 64-year-old millionaire, wounded over 500 people when he rained a hail of bullets on crowds enjoying the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on October 1. Pictured: The room he used as a sniper’s nest
It comes after the firm was ordered not to destroy or change anything that could be classed as evidence in the hotel as part of a civil negligence case launched by a victim of the shooting
The order to maintain evidence in the suite – number 32-135 – was sought by attorneys representing Rachel Sheppard, a woman from California who was shot three times in the chest but survived Paddock’s massacre. Pictured: Mass murderer Stephen Paddock
The order covers records kept by MGM Resorts International. Other defendants are the concert promoter, the Texas company that manufactures a device police say the gunman used to make semi-automatic weapons fire almost continuously, and Stephen Paddock’s estate. Pictured: The carnage Paddock caused on October 1
The Mandalay Bay has been ordered to preserve photos, surveillance video and gambling records of Paddock. Pictured: An example of the suite Paddock rented
Speaking to the Las Vegas Sun, MGM explained: ‘This was a terrible tragedy perpetrated by an evil man.
‘We have no intention of renting that room.’
The order to maintain evidence in the suite – number 32-135 – was sought by attorneys representing Rachel Sheppard, a woman from California who was shot three times in the chest but survived Paddock’s massacre.
The murderer, a retired 64-year-old millionaire, wounded over 500 people when he rained a hail of bullets on crowds enjoying the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on October 1.
Attorney Brian Nettles, representing Sheppard, said it was essential the order was made because Paddock was in the hotel for six days.
The Mandalay Bay has been ordered to preserve photos, surveillance video and gambling records of Paddock.
A Clark County District Court spokeswoman said Judge Mark Denton approved a temporary order yesterday.
Attorney Brian Nettles, representing Sheppard, said it was essential the order was made because Paddock was in the hotel for six days. Pictured: Some of the guns used by Stephen Paddock
The order last until October 30, when another hearing is planned. It could either be made permanent or MGM could successfully argue to have it overruled
The order covers records kept by MGM Resorts International. Other defendants are the concert promoter, the Texas company that manufactures a device police say the gunman used to make semi-automatic weapons fire almost continuously, and Stephen Paddock’s estate.
Judge Denton, quoted by News 3 LV, explained: ‘There’s evidence that’s coming out about surveillance cameras that he may have set up himself, evidence about ways that he may have altered his room or that hallway.’
The order last until October 30, when another hearing is planned.
It could either be made permanent or MGM could successfully argue to have it overruled.