''eric paddock'' dijo que su padre muri hace varios aÑos, pero nunca estuvo con la familia.. familia del pistolero hemos ido conociendo ms datos a lo largo del da.. --su ex esposa vive al sur de los ngeles y se puso en contacto con las autoridades nada ms conocer la tragedia --luis treto nos tiene los detalles... la exesposa de stephen paddock, de 64 aÑos vive en este complejo residencial de cerritos. la mujer que se ha negado a hablar publicamente inform a las autoridades que estuvo casada con el pistolero por seis aÑos, pero se divorciaron hace ms de dos dcadas. sargento court bishop/sheriff del condado de los ngeles "she's surprised like everybody else here- ella está sorprendida como todos aquí. han pasado 27 años desde que se divorciaron y ha sido una sorpresa para ella, dijo el sargento". de acuerdo a las autoridades la mujer no tuvo hijos con stephen paddock y no haba hablado con el desde su separacin... esta tarde investigadores llegaron hasta la residencia de la exposa. sin embargo, se negaron a hablar con los medios de comunicacin. un hermano del sospechoso dijo a l

eric paddock says his brother showed no signs of distress or mental illness, and that he didn't have any religious or political affiliation. >> there's not anything i say. how do you, i mean, my brother did this. this is like it was done you know, like he shot us. if he'd have killed my kids, i couldn't be more dumbfounded. >> eric paddock says he wants to know where his brother got the machine guns from. >>> until the pulse nightclub shooting last year, the nation's deadliest mass shooting was the virginia tech massacre. the shooter was a virginia tech student from fairfax county. he opened fire from a dorm, killing 32 people and then himself. peggy fox covered that shooting, the families, and the survivers. today, she talked to a mom of one of toes survivers. >> reporter: leslie, all of those emotions from those dark hours of waiting to hear if your son or daughter is alive, come rushing back for these parents when there's another mass shooting like this. >> this horrific, horrific proportions, that the ripple affects are just going to be broad. many, many, many hundreds of communi

eric paddock, the brother of stephen paddock, has been speaking to cbs. he has no police record.y. how did you hear? we got phone calls. we have talked to the police department. it is like you have called me up and said my next door neighbour did that, and i am, like, i've only ever seen him mow his lawn. the fact my brother did this, there is no... there is nothing. i mean, there is absolutely no... we don't understand. inaudible if you could, once again, your message to the people's families... there isn't even anything can say. how do you... i mean, my brother did this, i, this is like this was done, like, he shot us... if he had killed my kids i couldn't be more dumbfounded... it doesn't. .. my kids i couldn't be more dumbfounded... it doesn't... there's nothing. last communication... nothing, i can show you the text, it says, how is mum? did you get power? that was it... we have absolutely nothing for you, like i said. i mean, i hope... someone figures out... because we would like to know. were you a close family? the police are inside checking on your mum. i live here, he l

eric paddock, the brother of stephen paddock, speaking to cbs news in the united states.ws on our main story this evening, the collapse of monarch airlines, administrators kpmg and made 1858 employees redundant as a result of the collapse of the company. let's have a look at the weather prospects before we go to beyond 100 days with katty kay and christian. ben rich. it's been a rather blustery start of the week for many of us. an area of low pressure is in charge of the weather. still, through the evening, tightly squeezed isobars across the north of scotland. here, wind gusts of 60, possibly 70, miles an hour overnight. showers in north—west areas too. some rain flirting with southern england for a time. it clears to leave clear spells across many areas. especially where the winds fall light in the south, it will be quite a chilly night. they could be a touch of grass frost here and there. not a bad looking day, lighter winds than today. brucie in northern areas. scattered showers, -- it is northern areas. scattered showers, —— it is breezy in northern areas. 13-17d, bu

amamy: that's steven paddock's brother, eric paddock. as he noted, their father patrick benjamin paddock was a bank robber, and an escaped federal prisoner who made the fbi's most wanted list. an fbi poster from 1969 notes that the elder paddock had been "diagnosed as psychopathic, has carried firearms in commission of bank robberies" and "reportedly has suicidal tendencies and should be considered armed and very dangerous." that is the father. las vegas police say steven paddock used a hammer sunday night to smash a pair of windows and set up two high-powered rifles with scopes on tripods overlooking the route 91 harvest country music festival below, where more than 20,000 people were attending. paddock had at least 23 firearms in his hotel suite, and 19 guns were found at his home in mesquite, nevada, along with explosives and thousands of rounds of ammunition. paddock had no criminal record and was able to purchase his arsenal legally since nevada is a class three state, meaning an individual can legally own a machine gun. nevada has s

37manhattan beach department:37 - :40captain tim hagemanmanhattan beach police deptkcal/kcbs:44 - :47 eric paddock:47 - :51eric paddock gunman's brother1:03 - 1:09ksnv 1:12 - 1:25president trump1:26 - 1:32brendon o'neal --lead in--the man who carried out the deadliest shooting in modern american history had an arsenal of weapons in his las vegas hotel room -- and his home (vicki) as we learn (vicki) (vicki) as we learn more about what happened in las vegas we are hearing stories from bay area survivors. many of whom just arrived back. kron 4's j.r. stone is following the story and spoke with a woman from the north bay about her experience. (j.r.)yes, i've talked with several survivors tonight from the bay area. one said that at one point she hid in a porta potty with another woman as a way to try and take cover. you can see the woman i'm talking about in the small box on your screen. her name is katie cheetham. she is from novato and went to the three day music festival mainly to see country singer jason aldean. she was in this crowd. when gunshots ran out she and her girlfriend origionally though

. >> eric paddock, the killer's brother says he was interviewed by investigators for four hours. >> the fact that he had those kinds of weapons is -- just, just, where the hell did he get automatic weapons? >> anything? >> nothing. no religious affiliation, political affiliation, he just hung out. >> steven paddock was an accountant. family members say recently a professional gambler who had won large jack pots. a licensed hunter and pilot who rented, owned and sold multiple properties in four states over the last four decades. paddock's father was once on the fbi's most wanted list. the 1969 notice described benjamin hoskins, paddock, a bank robber and psychopathic and considered armed and dangerous. until last night's mass shooting, steven paddock's only run-in with law enforcement was the 2009 parking ticket. >> it was well planned out. >> former fbi profiler says paddock may have been planning at take for years. >> he had a view of the concert, and he probably had gone to other rooms and chose specifically this room. so there was surveillance, that likely occurred before this event.

completely dumbfounded. >> the shooter's brother, eric paddock shed no light on a motive when he spokereporters outside his orlando home. >> no religious affiliation. no political affiliation. no, he just, hung out. >> no >> he said steven paddock was an accountant who spent his retired life gambling some times earning large jack pots. he helped his brother move to nevada in 2015. >> he had a couple of guns. but they were all, handgun, legal, i mean he might have had one long gun. but he had them in a safe. >> he says they had limited contact after the move. >> it's hard to even begin to speculate, you know what this person was thinking. >> john mena or lane de's police chief. led his department through the pulse nightclub shooting. where 49 were killed last year. >> to me, truly this is either a very evil person, or something, someone who is very mentally deranged and was set off by something. >> what mena saw this morning brought back vivid memories of pulse. >> i think what has changed over the year definitely the active shooter training. officers are trained to go to the sound of g

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more on reaction from the shooter's family, eric paddock spoke outside of his home in florida this morning. he says the family had no indication that anything like this was coming. nbc 10's investigative reporter mitch flocker is joining us now. what are they saying about a link to paddock's gambling debts. >> well, he had no criminal history but according to casino officials, he was gambling significant amounts of money at the casino in multiple weeks. paddock gambled more than $10,000 a day on multiple occasions. in some cases, those reports show that he gambled more than $30,000. hotel records show that he checked in last thursday. you can see from this map that paddock's hotel was just across from the concert venue. paddock's brother says his family feels like they were hit by an asteroid. >> i mean, it's his fault that he did this but i'd like to know where he found the machine guns, because that's not something that is easy to come by, i assume. and he's not -- i mean, he has no criminal record. he has nothing, nothing, nothing. i mean, we've been working with the cops since the firs

there is also a reaction from the brother of the suspect steven paddock his brother his name is eric paddock he lives in orlando florida and he has spoken to reporters he said as far as he knew his brother had a save or with a couple of handguns but no out omatic weapons he said it just makes no sense but the comments are also getting more and more a political fill and democrat senator booker for example said it is not enough to ask how could someone do this he said we must also ask ourselves how can we prevent something like this from happening again so this coming clearly addresses to more regulation regarding the gun laws in the fight also hillary clinton tweeted in a more political way saying that people should stand have to the national rifle association though this is a powerful gun lobby and this is a very interesting and a very interesting point because nevada has some of the most relaxed gun laws in the country never that has not require firearms owners to have licenses or just sort of the weapons or to even limit the number of firearms say process. now tell us about the victims car

eric paddock:"he was a wealthy guy and he liked to play video poker. he went on cruises. he... he sent his mother cookies from, i mean, huge crazy boxes of cookies and stuff." paddock did not have a criminal history. but according to officials.... his now-deceased father had a colorful criminal past. benjamin paddock spent 8 years on the fbi's most-wanted list for bank robbery. the wanted poster describes the elder paddock as "psychopathic" with "suicidal tendencies" who was considered "armed and very dangerous." (vicki) mass shootings in america are getting deadlier. five of the worst all happened in the last ten years.here's a look at how they compare. the orlando pulse shooting last year left 49 people dead, 58 injured.omar saddiqui mateen opened fire on a gay nightclub. he told police negotiators he was a soldier of the terrorist group isis.he was killed by police.the year before 14 people died and 22 people were injured when syed rizwan farook and his wife began shooing at an employee holiday party in san bernardino.an fbi report said the two shooters were "homegrown

listen to eric paddock, addressing reporters outside his orlando area home. >> it's like an asteroid fell out of the sky. we have no -- he hasn't -- you know, now it's -- last time i talked to him he texted me to ask how my mom was after he didn't have power for five days in the neighborhood. he talked to her a week or two ago and then sent her a walker because she was having trouble walking. he had no machine guns when he moved from melbourne to mesquite. find out who he bought the guns from. he bought the machine guns and he did this, i mean, it was him who did this. there's no doubt about it, because he was him -- >> it was completely out of character? >> he's never -- i mean, he's never even drawn his gun. it makes no sense. >> the gunman lived with his girlfriend. police initially called her a person of interest but now say they no longer believe she was involved in the shootings. and as you heard, she is currently out of the country, law enforcement needs to talk to her. the victims come from all walks of life. they're all gone leaving loved ones behind. we're joined now live f

one was eric paddock.e came to las vegas over the weekend and immediately greeted by police at the airport. they pulled him into a room and interviewed him for four hours. there was an fbi profiler and criminal psychologist. eric paddock told local reporters he doesn't believe he's a suspect but he didn't discuss the questions he was asked. clearly they're trying to figure out what triggered stephen paddock's rampage. we know he had been prescribed valium and let his appearance go but that doesn't tell us why. we heard from the first swat team in the killer's room and the fear they felt as they approached. >> now i'm standing in front of this bullet ridden door with nothing except our shield. i'm hoping it would help a little bit. that was the point i said -- i was praying that nothing goes off phone-wise, radios. we were trying to be quiet. we didn't want him to know we were out there and start spraying at us. >> the officers saying there was so much am ymunition and guns, they said it looked like a gun s

eric paddock — the brother of steven paddock — has been speaking to reporters.nd i would go... he did that? all i've ever seen him do is mow his yard. the fact that my brother did this is... there is no... there's nothing. there is absolutely no... i don't understand. did he have kids? 0nce don't understand. did he have kids? once again, it is simple public record stuff. and your message to these people, these families... i... there's not even anything i can say. imean... how there's not even anything i can say. i mean... how do you... i mean, my brother did this. this is like it was done... like he shot us. i mean, if he had killed my kids, i couldn't be more dumbfounded. i mean, it doesn't. .. there's nothing. your la st doesn't. .. there's nothing. your last communications... there's nothing, i can show you the text. he said, how is mum? did you get power? that was it. there is absolutely... we have nothing. like i said, we have nothing for you. i mean, i hope someone finds out, figures out. because we'd like to know. where you are a close family? he's a good

''eric paddock'' dijo que su padre muri hace varios aÑos, pero nunca estuvo con la familia..muestra de solidaridad, decenas de personas en las vegas han hecho largas filas para donar sangre... todo para ayudar a las victimas hospitalizadas... rigo villalobos con esa parte de la historia... -- los momentos de terror tambien los vivieron algunos residentes del area de la bahia -- los momentos de terror tambien los vivieron algunos residentes del area de la bahia que disfrutaban un fin de semana en las vegas -- pilar niÑo estuvo en el aeropuerto de san francisco donde algunos testigos de la tragedia relataron su experiencia. -- pilar cuentanos. 00:01 00:11 00:18 00:55 01:05 02:03 gracias pues como se imaginaran ellos apenas se están recuperando del susto, lo que debía ser una gran celebración o un gran viaje se convirtió en una experiencia muy traumatica de ahí al toque bajaron el telon y nos dijeron que vayamos todos cuerpo a tierra porque había un francotirador tirando tiros esto es lo que barbara recuerda les dijeron anoche mientras estaban en un concierto adentro del hotel m

eric paddock described his brother as quirky and narcissistic. >> my heart is torn, is destroyed for these people. i-- but i can't tell you why steve did what he did. it doesn't-- it's so far over the side of the cliff from steve that i knew. >> reporter: the las vegas sheriff says the weapons recovered are being sent to f.b.i. labs. agents have been working to document the still-active crime scenes inside the mandalay bay hotel, and at the concert venue. anthony. >> mason: jeff pegues with the investigation. thanks, jeff. among the wounded is nick campbell, a 16-year-old basketball player who was protecting his girlfriend when he was shot through his shoulder and chest. i spoke with him today in his hospital room. nick, what do you remember happening? >> people started getting hit, some actually went down, and every timed it stopped for the guy to reload, people started moving behind walls and stuff and i got hit in the second round so i couldn't go anywhere. and someone helped my girlfriend get over the waller and once she's over i had to duck down because more bullets come behind

>> eric paddock says his brother had no religious or political affiliation. las vegas authorities and the fbi are denying reports that paddock was connected to isis. this morning, the terror group claimed responsibility for the attack saying paddock was one of its soldiers who converted to islam months ago. an fbi agent connected to this investigation said that is absolutely false and they've determined no connection to international terrorist groups. eyewitness accounts of the shooting are continuing to pour in this morning. abc news reporter matt gutman fau talked to a man who used hi own shirt to stop the bleeding of one of the victims. >> we were at the concert there, jason aldean was playing, kind of sounded like fireworks going off then i think there was, like, the first kind of volley, then the second volley, my bu y buddy's like i got hit, got hit three times and people started diving for the ground. >> this man and three others grabbed four victims including the friend who was shot in the chest. they put them in the back of a pickup truck and tried to

but the owner says paddock passed all the background checks. ericmas, abc 7 news. >> and tonight people across america honored the victims of the las vegas shooting. ♪ like a bridge over troubled water ♪ >> keith urban joined other country stars for a tribute in country music's capital, nashville. >> if not physically, then emotionally and spiritually we're here to wrap our arms around las vegas and all those who have suffered. >> and in las vegas, city hall is lit up with the image of an american flag. but clark county commission chair started a go fund me page to support the victims and their families. it's raised more than $2.8 million since this morning. >>> people who were at the las vegas concert are arriving back home now in the bay area tonight. >> it was unbelievable. the whole thing i'm just glad we're home. >> you'll hear what it was like when the gunfire started. >>> also, keeping you safe. what cities are doing to increase security with several big events coming up. >>> well, a breezy night is leading to heightened fire danger for some

but the owner says paddock passed all the background checks. ericmas, abc 7 news. >> and tonight people across america honored the victims of the las vegas shooting. ♪ like a bridge over troubled water ♪ >> keith urban joined other country stars for a tribute in country music's capital, nashville. >> if not physically, then emotionally and spiritually we're here to wrap our arms around las vegas and all those who have suffered. >> and in las vegas, city hall is lit up with the image of an american flag. but clark county commission chair started a go fund me page to support the victims and their families. it's raised more than $2.8 million since this morning. >>> people who were at the las vegas concert are arriving back home now in the bay area tonight. >> it was unbelievable. the whole thing i'm just glad we're home. >> you'll hear what it was like when the gunfire started. >>> also, keeping you safe. what cities are doing to increase security with several big events coming up. >>> well, a breezy night is leading to heightened fire danger for some

paddock was 64 years old, and lived in a retirement community in mesquite, nevada. he often came to the strip to gamble. he previously lived in florida. that's where his brother eric lives. >> he was my brother. he was a guy. he gambled. he was nice to my kids. >> paddock had no children, but he lived with a woman. 62-year-old mary lou danley. ve lawsuit against another vegas hotel, the cosmopolitan. that suit got dismissed. when asked about a motive, police say they just couldn't get into the mind of a psychopath. [ bell ringing ] >>> on the south lawn of the white house, a bell rings for the victims of the las vegas shooting. president trump and the first lady observed a moment of silence, standing with them vice president pence, and his wife karen. the president ordered flags to be flown at half staff. and the president was briefed on the shooting shortly after dawn by his chief of staff john kelly. he addressed the nation later in the morning. he called the shooting an act of pure evil. >> hundreds of our fellow citizens are now mourning the sudden loss of a loved one. a parent, a child. a brother or sister. we cannot we cannot imagine their loss. the families

liz: to recap the brother of the shooter, eric paddock, who lives outside of orlando speaking to the mpletely dumbstruck why their brother stephen paddock did what he did. they're likening the revelation being struck by an asteroid. he have no idea why this happened. he liked to go to shows in vegas. lived north of las vegas in mesquite, nevada. we spoke to him before hurricane irma struck. they are completely baffled, saying to the police, if you know why he did it, tell the family. stuart: in the immediate aftermath of the shooting there were some former police officers, off-duty police officers, in the crowd and some me personnel, off-duty in the crowd. it was a country music festival. 22,000 people gathered for it. ashley: yes. stuart: those people effectively set up triage outside of the las vegas strip. ashley: yeah. stuart: from there, the, there was a lot of rumor and speculation at the time of the shooting. people were, there was rumor there was more than one shooter. not true. ashley: right. stuart: there was a rumor other hotels had been affected by this. not true. ashley:

eric paddock interviewed for hours by the f.b.i., profiler and psychologists. investigators are stumped why stephen paddock shot a large concert crowd killing 58 people and injuring hundreds before taking his own life. jonathan: funeral services held for the west virginia woman among the 58 victims. 50-year-old denise burditus was killed. she died in her husband's arms after being shot. she survived by her two children. nancy: new information now on the white nationalists rally in charlottesville in august that turned deadly. the anti-demission league says it drew five times more people than any other white nationalist rally decade. they have identified at least 200 different people coming from 35 states. jonathan: saving daca may no longer be the done deal that democrats thought they had with president trump. the president now has a set of immigration demands he is asking for in exchange to protect the so-called dreamers. we are talking a lot of demands. the president's list includes more than two dozen requests. among them border security that includes the wa

. >> reporter: eric paddock, the shooter's brother says he has no clue what led his brother on this murderousmembering him as a man who grew up without conviction. >> steve had nothing to do with any political organization, religious organization, no white supremacist, nothing. as far as i know. >> reporter: and the fbi says there's no connection to any overseas terror group despoit a claim today by isis. >> we have determined at this point no connection with an international terrorist group. >> reporter: while he enjoyed gambling, his brother said he didn't have a problem and had recently won a $40,000 jackpot. >> he was a wealthy guy and he liked to play video poker. he went on cruises. he sent his mother cookies. >> reporter: but in recent months, paddock's financial activities had become abnormal, sending tense of thousands of dollars to someone in the philippines, authorities say his girlfriend marilou danley is right now. officials are hoping danley who once worked as a casino hostess for high end players may provide insight. earlier today authorities descended on the two homes paddock

eric paddock arrived to meet with investigators and retrieve his brother's body. country star jason aldean and his wife met with vegas survivers yesterday. aldean was performing on stage, when those bullets started to fly. today, police opened another section of concert venue to help people retrieve what they left behind. >>> one of the heros in the las vegas mass shooting being rewarded with a new pickup truck. taylor winston stole a truck, using it to drive the wounded to safety. the iraqi veteran says he found keys in the ignition, and began transporting the wounded to the hospital. >> i saw a field with a bunch of white trucks. i tested my luck to see if any of them had keys in it. the first one had keys sitting right there. i started looking for people to take to the hospital. there was just too many, and was overwhelming how much blood was everywhere. >> winston says he drove 20 to 30 people to the hospital that night. an arizona auto dealership saw winston's story and decided to show its appreciation today with a spanking new silver f150 pickup truck. winst

but again, eric paddock was shocked that his brother might have been involved in this. he said he was just a guy. take a listen. >> our condolences to everyone. we just don't understand. it's like i said, an asteroid just fell out of the sky. we have no reason, rhyme, rational, excuse. there's just nothing. >> so why did paddock open fire on a concert killing 58 and injuring more than 500 others? authorities are trying to piece together a motive but so far it is slow going. so far we know he was a 64-year-old of mesquite, nevada in 2015 he bought a two story home in a retirement community there, from 1985 to 1988 he worked for a press december sor company, lockheed martin. police say he checked into the mandalay bay hotel on thursday, bringing upwards of ten rifles into the room. authorities tell nbc news he was gambling upwards of $10,000 a day as well. joining me now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. you said it took an hour and 12 minutes for officers to figure out where paddock was and to break down the door of his hotel room. >> yes, that's based on

eric paddock says his brother was a wealthy accountant who was retired with no signs of trouble.>> i hope to hell they find when they do the autopsy, there is a tumor in his head or something. if they don't, we are all in trouble. >> reporter: he graduated from cal state in 1977 with a business degree. he worked as a mail carrier for 2 years and then became an irs agent and later worked as a defense department auditor. u.s. officials learned in the weeks before the shooting, he made at least one doesn't gambling transactions, each one $10,000 or more. he also transferred $100,000 to an account in the philippines days before the shooting. he had no criminal record but his father shown here in 1998 was on the fbi's most wanted list for 8 years. he was a convicted bank robber and diet most -- diagnosed like a puff. they are is -- still searching for clues. >>> we are in nevada were hundreds of people turned out to remember the victims. >> reporter: she was a treasured friend, to so many. stacy, a local hairstylist and mom, married to a san francisco police officer. he and their children

his brother eric paddock from florida said there's nothing in his past suggesting mental illness or violence>> nothing. no religious affiliation, no political affiliation. he just hung out. >> reporter: authorities say stephen paddock was a retired accountant, but recently became a professional gambler. he was also a licensed hunter and pilot with two planes who rented, owned, and sold properties in four states over 40 years. his late father benjamin paddock was once on the fbi's most wanted list. a bank robber described as a psychopath. and before last night's attack, stephen paddock's only run in with the law was a parking ticket eight years ago. kpix 5's security analyst jeff harp says investigators are digging deep into his background. >> they'll look at all of his social media if he had any. any electronic media he had with him at the hotel, at home. they'll dissect his entire life. >> reporter: officers say they've spoken to paddock's girlfriend marilou danley who's out of the country. they say she's no longer a person of enter. >> investigators expected to trace how he got the firearm

let's listen to more from eric paddock the brother of the suspect. >> eric lives in orlando florida. here is some of what he had to say this morning after news reporters were able to track him down. >> we're shocked. i mean, it is like you think it is -- except it came in all five of my phones in the house and everything lit up at the same time. you know, i decided it it was one of my friends joking. but, i mean, when you get a phonecall that says your brother, you know, just killed a bunch of people. >> eric says his brother showed no signs of distress or mental illness. and had no religious or political affiliation that he knew of. >> president trump has called the mass shooting in vegas concert being act of pure evil , and ordered flags to be flown at half staff to honor the victims weaning weijia with more from the white house >> president trump addressed the nation this morning about the mass shooting in las vegas hundreds of our fellow citizens are now morning the sudden loss of love loved one. a parent, a child, a brother, or sister, we cannot fathom their pain. we cannot imag

. >> eric paddock, the killer's brother says he was interviewed by investigators for about four hours. >> the fact that he had those kind of weapons is just -- where the hell did he get automatic weapons? >> anything -- >> nothing. no religious affiliation, no political affiliation. no, he just hung out. >> stephen paddock was an accountant. family members say recently he was a professional gambler what had won large jackpots. he was also a licensed pilot who had rented and sold multiple properties over the last four decades. paddock's father was once on the fbi's most wanted list, the 1969 notice described him as a bank robber who was psychopathic and considered armed and very dangerous. stephen pod dock's only run-in with law enforcement was this 2009 parking ticket. >> it was well planned out and i took a lot of strategic thinking. >> profiler says paddock may have been planning the attack for years. he had a view of the concert and he probably had gone to other rooms and chose specifically this room. so there was surveillance that likely occurred before this event. >> a search of

. >> that's eric paddock outside his home in orlando talking to our affiliate, wesh, about why he thinks his brother might have done this. he said it's a complete mystery to the family. he did confirm some details about the suspect, stephen paddock, that he had lived for a time in florida, that they owned some apartments together and that he decided to move back to nevada, to las vegas, where he was living in a retirement community. we believe that he had some -- spent some time as an accountant. he worked for a while for the predecessor company of defense contractor lockheed martin from 1985 to '88, but we're still not sure what he was doing in the years since then, and authorities say they are completely at a loss here about why this happened. they hoped that a search of his home will turn up some answers to that question. isis has claimed that he recently converted to islam, but several u.s. officials have said they found absolutely nothing to confirm that. >> well, that was a fascinating interview because there you have a brother who seems completely just absolutely dumbfounded by wh

. >> that's eric paddock outside his home in orlando talking to our affiliate, wesh, about why he thinks his brother might have done this. he said it's a complete mystery to the family. he did confirm some details about the suspect, stephen paddock, that he had lived for a time in florida, that they owned some apartments together and that he decided to move back to nevada, to las vegas, where he was living in a retirement community. we believe that he had some -- spent some time as an accountant. he worked for a while for the predecessor company of defense contractor lockheed martin from 1985 to '88, but we're still not sure what he was doing in the years since then, and authorities say they are completely at a loss here about they hoped that a search of his home will turn up some answers to that question. isis has claimed that he recently converted to islam, but several u.s. officials have said they found absolutely nothing to confirm that. >> well, that was a fascinating interview because there you have a brother who seems completely just absolutely dumbfounded by what's taken place an

. >> reporter: eric paddock, the killer's brother, says he was interviewed by investigators for aboutr hours. >> the fact that he had those kind of weapons is just... where the hell did he get automatic weapons? >> anything? >> nothing. no religious affiliation, no political affiliation. no, he just hung out. >> reporter: stephen paddock was an accountant, but family members say recently he was a professional gambler who won large jackpots. he was also a licensed hunter and pilot who rented, owned, and sold multiple property in four states over the last four decades. paddock's father was once on the f.b.i.'s most wanted list. a 1969 notice described benjamin hoskins paddock as a bank robber who was psychopathic and considered armed and very dangerous. until last night's mass shooting, stephen paddock's only run-in with law enforcement was this 2009 parking ticket. >> it was well planned out, and it took a lot of strategic thinking. >> reporter: former f.b.i. profiler mary ellen o'toole says paddock may have been planning the attack for years. >> he had a view of the continues early, a

police department have not had any contacts with these people in >> reporter: a younger brother, eric paddock, says the family never saw it coming. >> it's just like an asteroid fell out of the sky. there's no -- there was nothing that would say he would do this kind of thing. there's no affiliations. there's no church. there's no religion. there's no politics. there's no anything. >> reporter: he says paddock recently texted to ask how his 90-year-old mother was doing after hurricane irma and texted about a family wedding. their father was once on the fbi's ten most wanted list after escaping from prison in 1968 while serving time for bank robbery. the fbi described the father was psychopathic with suicidal tendencies. but the son, stephen paddock, had no brushes with the law, state and federal officials say. he was a retired accountant after living for a time in texas and florida. a multimillionaire real estate developer, his brother says. investigators say in the past few weeks he gambled casinos, placing tens of thousands of dollars in bets. federal officials and gun store owners say he h

and one other headline from here, we understand that eric paddock, stephen paddock's brother, has comeo town. he's here in las vegas working with investigators and fbi profilers trying to get into the mind of this gunman who did this. and again, try and help authorities find the answer to that question so many people have as to why this happened and just what was going on with this guy. >> all right, ron allen for us in las vegas. thank you. >>> and the senate is out of town this week, but of course, as you can imagine, after something like las vegas, the gun debate is now raging, both in and outside of washington. in fact, our own chuck todd spoke to lawmakers on both sides of the issue. democratic senator dianne feinstein and house majority whip steve scalise, who just returned to washington last week after he was nearly killed by gun violence. >> is there a point where somebody's right to bear arms infringes on somebody else's right to be safe and secure at a country music concert? >> absolutely! you know, if they break the law and take away your rights, you've got a right to be pro