More guns were found at the homes of the man who shot dead 59 people and injured 527 others in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
Stephen Paddock, 64, took a huge arsenal of 23 guns into his Mandalay Bay hotel room, which he transformed into an elaborate sniper’s nest before opening fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
But after SWAT teams raided the millionaire gambler’s two properties in Mesquite and Reno, Nevada, authorities found another 19 weapons, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo said.
More guns were found at the homes of the man who shot dead 59 people and injured 527 others in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Pictured is gunman, Stephen Paddock’s home in Reno, Nevada
After SWAT teams raided the millionaire gambler’s two properties in Mesquite (pictured) and Reno, Nevada, authorities found another 19 weapons, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo said
In his Mesquite home police found the explosive tannerite, which can be bought commercially. In his car, police also found ammonium nitrate, which can be used to make bombs
Stephen Paddock (pictured), 64, took a huge arsenal of 23 guns into his Mandalay Bay hotel room
Those guns were found along with explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition in Paddock’s home in Mesquite.
In his Mesquite home police found the explosive tannerite, which can be bought commercially. In his car, police also found ammonium nitrate, which can be used to make bombs.
Police have also searched Paddock’s Reno home but have not revealed what they retrieved from the house.
The firearms found in the hotel had calibers ranging from .308 to .223, and a handgun was also among the weapons.
Police believe Paddock smuggled the weapons into the hotel using more than 10 suitcases. It’s believed he brought the suitcases into the hotel room one-by-one.
Paddock checked into the hotel four days prior to the massacre, using his girlfriend, Marilou Danley’s identification.
Police no longer believe Danley, 62, had anything to do with the massacre, as she was out of the country at the time.
An official said initial reports suggested at least one rifle was altered to function as an automatic weapon used during the terror attack.
He turned the hotel room into an elaborate sniper’s nest before opening fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival Sunday night
Those guns were found along with explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition in Paddock’s home in Mesquite
Paddock had two ‘bump-stocks’ that could have converted his semi-automatic guns in fully automatic ones. An FBI team is seen gathering evidence from Paddock’s home
Thousands of rounds of ammunition were also found in his suite, enabling him to fire repeatedly over the course of 72 minutes. His car had traces of a fertilizer used in bomb-making. Investigators gather outside Paddock’s home
Paddock, who killed himself after mowing down hundreds of concert-goers, had two ‘bump-stocks’ that could have converted his semi-automatic guns in fully automatic ones.
The gunman had made millions from real estate deals, according to his brother; he also owned two planes and several properties across the US, and seemed normal apart from his passion for gambling large sums.
But he’d also secretly amassed a massive arsenal of 42 guns, at least one of which was automatic and several of which had scopes.
He took 23 of those guns into his Mandalay Bay suite over several days and set up two rifles on tripods at windows overlooking the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.
Thousands of rounds of ammunition were also found in the suite, enabling him to fire repeatedly over the course of 72 minutes. His car had traces of a fertilizer used in bomb-making.
Paddock had lived in 27 residences in Nevada, Florida and Texas as an adult, but other than that he had apparently lived a quiet and unremarkable life – and the reason for his assault remains a mystery.