bill: to that point, if the killer had decided to act at lollapalooza with malia obama there, could it have been prevented because of secret service. >> yes, parts of their process to screen all buildings, to have snipers on rooftops, and able to be close by, and in terms of you know armed agent, so, if anybody if secret service had been there and done a pressure have a lens -- resurveillance, and done a sweep. bill: do you think that secret service present there is maybe what scared him away. >> that is possible, this is somebody we're learning more about him, it possible he knew what he was doing, he could have known or read something, and changed hid plan. bill: okay, bob thank you. >> coming up on "chasing news," trick or trump. that is right, trump as a pirate, wait until you see this. and da danno with your weather. >> we have more warm on the way, and a few rain drops, i'll have your forecast coming up. bill: welcome back to "chasing news," i am bill spadea, we have more show coming up, we'll get to your weather in a bit, but first a story. i thought at least one holiday would b

this wasn't just an event, this was country music's lollapalooza.tival was the talk of the town. the destination for the hoards of fans coming from seemingly everywhere descending on this town, including paddock who would finally move to that two bedroom suite that he always wanted two days later, saturday. but on that day, as on this day, a week ago, reports were that he had a lot of luggage. an awful lot of luggage for one guy. paddock didn't use a bellman. he carried it on his own in multiple trips. nobody noticed, no one cared, this is vegas after all. there were all types of things. this day, the word's top country artists. eric church would take the stage friday followed by lee brice. brothers osborne and michael ray. saturday would have sam hunt. marin morris was coming, too. the big finale with jason aldean, a week ago today it hadn't started. a week ago today, nobody had any idea it would end. only a general admission pass was $210. a v.i.p. package up to $750. the thing was sold out a week ago today. stephen paddock was taking it all in, a

but he never showed up. >> 400,000 people rocked out at lollapalooza.two rooms at the famed black stone hotel, but he never checked in. you can see how the black stone hotel would have given paddock a direct line of fire to the concert. investigators also believe he scted fenway park in boston, via a google search. now police say they're looking for a possible accomplice in the las vegas massacre. >> it's troublesome that this individual was able to it move this amount of gear into a hotel room unassisted. >> do you think this was all accomplished on his own? >> you have to make theassumption, he had to have some help. >> reporter: he ordered an angus burger, and a bottle of pepsi. note how it said it was for two guests. he was seen with a mystery woman, not his girlfriend, days before the shooting. and shocking new video shows the complete chaos that erupted as bullets rained down on the music festival in vegas, and concert goers ran for their lives. as they run, someone sees where the gunfire is coming from. >> there's a guy shooting from the mandalay

in las vegas the weekend before this shooting and another in last august in chicago during the lollapalooza music festival. there's reports that paddock scouted out hotels in fenway park in boston and we're learning he might have planned to escape after the vegas attack. that's according to the sheriff who didn't give any other details. police say the gunman killed himself in his hotel room as swat units closed in. he killed 58 people and injured hundreds more at the country music festival across the street. investigators say they're still struggling why he did this. fbi agents questioned the gunman's girlfriend yesterday. her lawyer says she had no idea what stephen paddock was planning when he sent her to the philippines to be with her family. she said when he sent her $100,000 and told her to buy a house, she thought he was breaking up with her. we have team fox coverage. let's begin with kevin corke at the white house. kevin? >> the white house continues to maintain a laser-like focus on the healing and the after math of the devastation in nevada but that doesn't take away from the fact

weeks earlier, a guest by the name, stephen paddock booked a room over looking lollapalooza. it was from this suite on sunday he attacked country music fans. not only did he shoot out the broken windows, but at least more than 200 rounds into the hallway, injuring a security guard. police believe paddock, whose body is seen on the floor of the suite, planned to survive and leave the building. >> he was doing everything possible to figure out how to escape. his concern was personal concern versus what was occurring down below. >> reporter: they believe he carried the arsenal into the hotel in ten suitcases but kept more in his car in the parking lot, 1600 more rounds of ammunition. specifically, seen here in the demonstration. even as that investigation goes on, the first of the memorial services begins in charleston heartfield. a former las vegas police officer who died. he was off duty at the concert that night. he is considered a hero. 34 years of age, a father, married with two children. erin? >> thank you very much, martin. dan simon is out front and also in las vegas. th

the room overlooked the lollapalooza music festival at grant park. >> and in las vegas, debris and personal belongings remain around the concert grounds right across the street from the mandalay bay hotel. tonight investigators are still working to determine what motivated stephen paddock to open fire from the 32nd floor of that hotel killing 58 people and injuring more than 400 others. >> caroline shively is on the strip tonight with the latest from the investigators. >> reporter: high there, frank and julie. this has gone nationwide. this investigation started here in las vegas, they pulled the fbi in. now we are looking at boston and chicago because the shooter was looking all over this country at major u.s. cities to attack. that's according to authorities. what we still don't know at this late hour is his motive. >> we are starting to think, oh-oh, are we having attacks at other locations? >> reporter: las vegas fire officials holding a debrief noting challenges they face as sunday's deadly mass shooting was unfolding. >> people would show up at hotels say caesar's palace and other pla

sources saying paddock booked hotel rooms in chicago in august during the lollapalooza festival. authorities say she rented a room at this las vegas condo overlooking a different concert a week before the massacre that left 58 innocent people dead, 487 others inju among them, jesus compos, security guard first to approach his hotel room, the gunman shooting him through the door. s bravery was h amazing because he remained with our pass to access the door and e k actually continued to help them clear rooms until our officer demanded he go seek medical attention. >> reporter: campos tells abc news he was doing his job and is doing okay. today, 150 others injured in the attack are still hospitalized. marcie gonzalez, abc news, las vegas. >>> this morning we're hearing for the first time from the parents of stacee etcheber, one of the victims. etcheber and her husband vinnie were at the las vegas concert. during the shooting the couple got separated when vi in, innie to help victims and lost stacee. the family checked all the hospitals were vinnie reluctantly went to the morgue. >> t

trace, back to you. >> trace: if you want to lollapalooza or the life is beautiful concert, it has toive you tools that he may have been scoping those venues. caroline shively live in las vegas. carolyn, thank you. sunday shooting sparking a heated gun debate. while republicans and gun rights activist has long said that gun control is not the answer to preventing such tragedies, the nra and the trump administration are now opening up to one area of the regulation some common ground, a possible ban on bump stocks. the device which police say was used by the las vegas shooter, allowing for a weapon to fire continuously, some 400-800 rounds in a single minute. in essence, it turns a semiautomatic weapon into almost an automatic weapon. the obama administration's atf approved the devices in 2010 after determining they did not violate federal law because they didn't really change or alter the physical makeup of the weapon. these were originally created for gun owners of the disabilities. the nra is now calling for a review of the federal law allowing them and top republicans have indicated

paddock searched for information on lollapalooza, a summer music festival in chicago. agents say he reserved rooms in a hotel that overlooked the concert park, but never showed up. he researched events at hotels near boston's fenway park. he may have thought of carrying it out before the slaughter along the vegas strip. you know, the fbi is still pulling information from 12 cell phones or laptop computers they have recovered at part of the investigation here. scott? laura? >> still so devastating to think about. 5:03. thank you, jay. >>> here at home, people gathered at the cal campus to mourn the victims of the massacre. ♪ >> students and teachers standing shoulder-to-shoulder honoring the 58 people killed. many shared their own experiences with gun violence, including a campus minister whose daughter attended uc santa barbara when six people were killed in 2014. >> there is that terrible 15 minutes when i didn't know where my daughter was. >> a student advocate was there as well, offering students counseling and encouragement. our coverage continues online at www.nbc

be the gunman booked a hotel room in chicago overlooking the site where another music festival, lollapalooza, was taking place. but paddock didn't show up in chicago. this as another news report citing law enforcement sources says the gunman appears to have researched possible attack locations in boston, specifically hotels around boston's fenway park. now police in both boston and chicago say they are investigating. >> we're aware of the media reports, but because it's an ongoing investigation, i'm not going to speak any more to it than that. >> reporter: investigators confirmed wednesday that paddock previously rented another room in las vegas in september around the time the "life is beautiful" alternative music festival was taking place. >> paddock rented a room at the ogden hotel in downtown las vegas. >> because of all of these added layers and these other cities and all of the planning that apparently went into this the sheriff here in las vegas has now openly questioned whether paddock had help. >> what are authorities saying about an autopsy on paddock? >> there was no confirmation

trace, back to you. >> trace: if you want to lollapalooza or the life is beautiful concert, it has toive you tools that he may have been scoping those venues. caroline shively live in las vegas. carolyn, thank you. sunday shooting sparking a heated gun debate. while republicans and gun rights activist has long said that gun control is not the answer to preventing such tragedies, the nra and the trump administration are now opening up to one area of the regulation some common ground, a possible ban on bump stocks. the device which police say was used by the las vegas shooter, allowing for a weapon to fire continuously, some 400-800 rounds in a single minute. in essence, it turns a semiautomatic weapon into almost an automatic weapon. the obama administration's atf approved the devices in 2010 after determining they did not violate federal law because they didn't really change or alter the physical makeup of the weapon. these were originally created for gun owners of the disabilities. the nra is now calling for a review of the federal law allowing them and top republicans have indicated

he booked hotels in august during the lollapalooza festival. he also rented a room overlooking a different concert a week before the massacre that left 58 innocent people dead, 487 others injured. amo, theem, jesus c security guardis, and the gunman shot him through the door. >> his bravery was amazing. he helped continue to clear rooms until the officer demanded that he seek medical attention. marci: he says he was just doing his job and today he is doing ok. 150 others are still hospitalized. melanie: and tonight, a mass shooting. denise burdine is was at the concert with her husband of 32 years. the vigil will be held just outside of martinsburg at 6:30 p.m. she was 50 years old. county nativel who was hurt sunday night remains in a coma. tina frost was at the festival with her boyfriend. she was shot in the forehead. her boyfriend was not hurt. we continuec 7, as to track the investigation into sunday's massacre. a live report from las vegas coming up at 12:30 p.m., and for information on how you can help the victims, head to our website, w

a person matching the gunman's name reserving the room during the same time as the lollapalooza festival was going on. have you heard anything about venues that he may have been casing? >> other than what is reported, no. we have the professionals and that's their job. we have been trained in the process of keeping a safe city here. we know our role and that's a part of mine. i just those who follow-up with the investigation and the thoroughness. we are all ready to step up and help in any way they can and do what they want us to do in the investigative process. is there anything more than they can do to prevent someone from amassing an arsenal along the lines that this gunman had in that hotel suite at the mandalay bay? >> i think that's going to be left to the private partnerships out there to make an assessment, but keep in mind, this is just las vegas. when you do something that will be so far reaching, it becomes international. are you talking about having to do the same thing in every office building and every performing arts and every government building? how are you going to see

we know that he may, someone named stephen paddock reserved a room at the time of the lollapalooza festival. that's pretty scary. >> 100,000 people visited. >> including he rented a condo room. and in front of another las vegas venue, in it front of another music venue. this is very well thought out here. >> absolutely. this is a level of detail in pre attack planning that i haven't seen before or studied. but this individual, again, has been very method i cal in the way he thought about this attack, from the different weapons platforms he was outle liesing to the ammunition, the location of the -- different attack points. think about the suite itself. he had two fighting positions within that location. he had what's been reported as an escape plan. he was thinking he was going to leave those battle positions and go to another location. again, there's a -- there is a level of fidelity in his planning that a lot of people, as it evolves is taking people by surprise. >> here's a 64-year-old at the time of the shooting he had essentially not a friend on the planet, no digital footprint, so wha

in august he booked hotel rooms in chicago with a view of the lollapalooza festival and searched for rooms >> because it's an ongoing investigation i won't speak to it more than that. marci: officials confirming he went to the room in the las vegas condo overlooking a music festival a week before the massacre. investigators now say paddock may not have acted alone. >> he had to have help at some point. >> his girlfriend marilou danley now a person of interest. she is cooperating with the f.b.i. and said she knew nothing about the plans but now an official briefed on the investigation said paddock was seen with a different woman in the days leading up to the attack. they are trying to figure out who she is and whether she knows anything about what led to the rampage that left 487 people injured. among them jesus campos, the security guard and the first to approachpadpad's hotel room. the gun -- approach paddock's hotel room and the funman shooting -- goneman shooting him through the door. 150 ot marci gonzalez, abc7 news. nancy: the moment that singer brian hopkins and the fans at the

but the hotel faces grant park where lollapalooza takes place. the group included 400,000 people including sasha and malia obama. this weekend at the chicago marathon security will be beefed up? we're putting in a significantly larger number of officers. they're going to be line, the start line. >> reporter: wbbz reports paddock had searched out hotels. there's no evidence he actually traveled to boston. massachusetts governor charlie baker. >> there's no imminent threat to anything in massachusetts. >> reporter: paddock's motives so far has eluded investigators app one may never be found says randy sutton, a 23-year-old veteran of the las vegas police. >> that's probably the most frustrating part of this investigation so far is he double fit the profile that anyone would have expected. >> reporter: investigators are also looking at paddock's gun purchases, especially the ones he made in november and december of last year. that's when he bought a shotgun in las vegas, a rifle in california, and a couple of handguns at another gun store in nevada,

weeks earlier, a guest by the name of stephen paddock booked a room in this hotel overlooking lollapaloozan chicago but never checked in. attendance there- north of 300,000. arnette heintze/lollapalooza security consultant: "it's concerning that an individual like this was thinking about potentially carrying out an attack like this in chicago."but it was from this suite on sunday, where the gunman executed his attack on country music fans. áánats of shots firedáá authorities say he not only shot out of these broken windows but unleashed more than 200 rounds into the hallway - injuring a security guard.police believe paddock - whose body is seen here on the floor of the suite- had planned to survive and leave the building.sheriff joseph lombardo/las vegas metropolitan police: "he was doing everything possible to see how he could escape at this point. his concern was personal concerns versus what was occurring down below him." police confirm paddock carried his arsenal into the hotel in 10 suit cases... but kept another large lethal cache in his car in the parking lot. 16 hundred additional

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before sunday's massacre a person named stephen paddock booked a hotel in chicago overlooking the lollapalooza music festival is it was taking place. chicago is stepping up security ahead of this weekend's chicago marathon. >> the fbi and atf is involved.>> reporter: police in boston confirmed investigators came across mention of the cities fenway park. police say they are aware of reports he had been researching hotels surrounding fenway park >> we are in conversation with the center here in massachusetts which is in contact with them.>> reporter: trump says his a ministration will look at whether bump stocks should be banned. the devices found in his hotel room can modify semi automatic guns so they mimic automatic weapons. >> we will look into that over the next short period of time. >> reporter: at this hour still no word on a motive. >>> we have heard reports stephen paddock was gambling in the days leading to the shooting. there are some indications he might have been with a woman at the casino. you know anything about that?>> reporter: these reports from the fbi dismissed this mystery w

the same dates as the lollapalooza festival across the street... though he never checked in. stephen paddock killed 58 people at a country music concert on sunday. many of those victims remain in the hospital. investigators - still have not come up with a motive. conversations now - are shifting to gun regulations. and one gun part in particular. we'll have more on that still ahead. larry? steps forward for a woman from maryland who was wounded in las vegas. a spokesperson for tina frost's family says she was able to take a few breaths on her own when she was taken off a ventilator overnight. the graduate of arundel high is in a coma after suffering brain an eye. we'll keep you posted as we find out more about her condition. in wake of the vegas shooting. the debate surrounding gunlaws is back in the forefront for congress. and this morning - all eyes are focused on the device that allowed stephen paddocks gun to fire faster. right now the nra is calling for a federal review of "bump stocks" and says they should be subject to additional regulations. the weapon modifier allows

he booked a hotel in august that overlooks a park where the lol lollapalooza festival ws held. >> todayt took a significant step forward with several high ranking republicans, the white house and even the national rifle association opening the door to possible new regulations concerning those bump stocks. lindsey watts is live on capitol hill. lindsey, surprising the nra is saying this. >> reporter: absolutely. so, extremely rare for the nra to be in favor of anything that would impose new regulations on the gun industry but that's what we're seeing today. the nra saying they do that want to see regulations on bump stocks. we'll show you some video now so you can see what these devices look like. a bump stock allows a gun to fire at a rate of 400 to 800 rounds. the las vegas shooter used these on 12 of his rifles according to authorities. automatic weapons are all but banned in the u.s. it's not impossible to get one but they're extremely regulated. yet these bump stocks are legal, very, very easy to get ahold of and they became that way in 2020 over the obama 2020. it says despite the

targets at fenwayhel park and the lollapalooza concert in chicago. a lot of conversations about the words used by the president after meeting with top military brass. lindsey mastis is at the live desk. he did choose interesting words that has people scratching their heads. there are questions about the cryptic comments, amid increasing tension with north korea. while surrounded by top military leaders, he called it "the cal m before the storm," and today he would not elaborate. the white house spokeswoman said they would not reveal what the president is planning to do in advance, but his comments are sincere. >> i think you can take the president protecting with north korea, some people believe that the president could recertify -- decertify the iran nuclear deal. nancy: developing now, airports across the area are on alert. the tsa wants agents to be on the lookout for this man. he has several aliases. to get says he has tried on all the airports on several occasions. he has posed as a passenger, crew member, and even a pilot. incidents have happen

that's where stephen paddock booked a hotel room overlooking lollapalooza. keeping an eye what's going on in boston at fenway park. they don't run there until sunday. the point is, they're worried just the same. if there's buildings nearby, they're keeping an eye on it as is garrett tenney outside national's park in washington d.c. >> yeah, neil. the department of homeland security says they have no credible information. law enforcement is not taking any chances. that includes here in washington at national's stadium for tonight's game against the chicago cubs. there's the normal security. you can see they have the snowplows showing up to help security the perimeter. there's the metal detectors, the bag checks. there's also going to be security measures unseen on top of those that you see. there's a heightened police presence here as well as chicago where both teams will head after this weekend. this weekend will be big in chicago. there's 1.5 million people lining the streets for the marathon. the city's police chief says he's department has plans to employ

. >> an fbi scan of electronics from home and hotel room, he searched for information on lollapalooza, a summer festival in chicago. agents say he reserved rooms in a hotel that overlooked the concert park, but never showed up. he researched events at and hotels near boston's fenway park. an indication he may have been considering an attack on a large crowd, long before carrying out the slaughter along the vegas strip. yeah, the fbi still pulling information and data from 12 cell phones and laptops that they have recovered as part of this investigation. they hope that they are going to get some inkling of how and why all of this happened. scott, laura, back to you. >> i think we all want those answers. 6:03. thank you, jay. >>> people gathered on the cal campus to mourn the victims of the shooting. ♪ >> students and teachers stood shoulder-to-shoulder honoring the 58 people killed. many sharing their own experiences with gun violence, including a campus minister whose daughter attended uc santa barbara when people were killed in 2014. >> there is that terrible 15 minutes when i didn't

they say he booked but never checked into a hotel room in chicago overlooking the lollapalooza music festival. same goes for rooms overlooking another festival in las vegas and around boston's fenway park. >> until they can actually completely complete this investigation, we're not going to know what he was -- what was on his mind. >> the massacre in las vegas has some republicans here on capitol hill open to banning the piece of equipment paddock used to make his semiautomatic gunfire like a fully automatic. democratic senator dianne feinstein has introduced legislation that would ban the import and sale of bump stock. house speaker paul ryan thinks congress should consider the idea. >> fully automatic weapons have been outlawed for many, many years. this seems to be a way of going around that. >> on thursday the nra also signaled its support. in a joint statement, the ce o and executive director of the nra said quote, the nra believes devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. president trump s

we booked rooms overlooking earlier las vegas concert and lollapalooza in chicago. you will remember malia obama was at that concert. we are learning that he had 50 pounds of explosives and ammunition in the car that could have been used to make a car bomb. that adds to evidence he didn't plan to kill himself in a standoff with police. >> he was doing everything possible to figure out how to escape. his concern was the personal concern v jonathan: we have learned that the gunman was firing rounds into aviation fuel tanks at the las vegas airport. huge tanks. conflicting reports whether they were intentional. the biggest question tonight is what motivated the attack? that remains unanswered. michelle: whatever the motive, though, in the attack, 58 innocent people lost lives. in minutes west virginia community will mourn one of the lives lost. denise burditis. and tom roussey joins us live where a vigil will begin shortly. tom: this is scheduled to start in what -- in half an hour. >> she was in las vegas and the tragedy happened on sunday. denise had gone out there f

they say that paddock's potential targets included the lollapalooza festival in chicago in early august added that he went as far as booking a room in a chicago hotel but did not show up. officials also say that paddock did research on hotels around boston's fenway park and other locations in that city, but they say there's no indication paddock ever traveled to boston or chicago for that matter. his girlfriend marilou danley said she remembers him having symptoms such as lying in bed and moaning. they say that danley told them that paddock would, quote, lie in bed moaning and screaming, oh, my god. adding she discussed the possibility he was struggling with mental health issues. ron allen joining us live from there. ron, good to talk to you this morning. as investigators try to piece through what they're finding out and search for that motive, that major question as to why, you're seeing a lot more memorials sprouting up throughout the vegas area. talk to us about that. >> indeed, yasmin. there are still people arriving at this memorial that came to life earlier today. if you take a lo

he searched for information on lollapalooza, a summer concert in chicago. he reserved a room but never showed up. >> paddock had another target while shooting. bullet holes were found 2000 feet away at the las vegas airport. it's unclear if it was targeted or if they ricocheted. >> we have more on that and more about the gunman's past that led him to las vegas. >> reporter: new information at the airport, two rifle rounds hit a 43,000 barrel fuel tank sunday. it was partially full. one round penetrated this tank. it was never in danger of exploding. we don't know if the tanks were an intended target. the names of all 58 people he killed were released. 36 women and 22 men. the oldest, 67 years old and the youngest, just 20. funerals and memorials for some of the victims including officer charleston hartfield of the pd. he drove from chicago to the strip placing 58 crosses in front of the iconic las vegas sign as the investigation continues. new video shows the horror and heroism the night of the shooting, recorded by a county employee. he took half a dozen i

where the lollapalooza festival was. he booked a hotel and asked for a room that overlooked the park. it was the exact dates of lollapalooza. the time that malia obama was there. he made the reservation but he never followed up. you were talking about the dry run the week before. that's when he booked a reservation at a hotel in downtown las vegas. it happened exactly one week before the shooting happened. there was something called the "life is beautiful" concert in downtown las vegas. he booked a hotel. the same set up. a room overlooking the park. it's unclear whether or not he was in the hotel when the concert was going on but very frightening to think he was laying some groundwork. there's clearly developing a pattern of surveillance in this pattern of potential alternate sites to go after. >> brian: we have that in the shooting site. what makes no sense, what's with the car? all the explosives in the car? it's a part of the would-be escape plan? it's pretty clear that thought he could survive this attack. have you

durante las fechas del musical festival de lollapalooza pero nunca llegÓ a ocuparlas.000 personas a diario . la asociaciÓn nacional del rifle y los republicanos informaron que estÁn dispuestos a limitar la venta de adaptadores como el que usÓ el atacante de las vegas. el grupo que defiende el derecho a portar armas sugiriÓ que se regule mÁs la venta del aparato que permite que un rifle dispare hasta 10 veces mÁs rápido de lo que estÁ diseÑado para hacerlo. como nos dice sergio flores, eventos violentos irÓnicamente impulsan la venta de armas de fuego. sergio: el equipo de la tienda de armas acababa de abrir sus puertas con comenzÓ a llevar su clientela. >> compraron una rÁpida. [inteligible] sergio: nos mostrÓ un arma de juego que es una rÉplica de una que utilizo el francotirador de las vegas . nos explica que el hombre modificÓ su arsenal. >> utilizÓ un sistema que se llama sistema de rebote y estÁ integrado la culata de la pistola. hace que el martillo rebote mÁs rápido. sergio: contÓ que no existe un monitoreo federal que detecte la compra de armas en grandes canti

possible that paddock may have planned to attack earlier and booked hotel rooms in august during the lollapalooza festival. and he had a hotel room at a concert last week. and among them jesus compose, the security guard the first to approach the hotel room the gunman shooting him through the door. >> his bravery was amazing because he remained with our officers providing them the key pass to access it's door and actually continued to help them clear rooms until our officer demanded he go seek medical attention. >> he says he was just doing his job and doing okay. today more than 150 others injured in the attack are still hospitalized. channel 6 "action news." >>> and we continue to follow the latest from las vegas on air and online at 6abc.com. for video and photos from the scene and information on ways you can help. >>> in the wake of sunday's deadly shooting the debate for gun control is on capitol hill. at the center of the debate are bump stocks, attachments allowing them to fire hundreds of rounds per minutes. and they introduced a bill that would ban the sale and possession. >> someone sai

that's where lollapalooza is. could this have been his game plan all along? >> it's starting to look that way. something further back in his past obviously started to trigger him researching, looking, evaluate iing so i thi the law enforcement needs to be looking at the whole timeline certainly going much further back in his past to try to understand what were his drivers and piece them together in relation to this research and acquisition of the weapons. and the other -- this nitrate that was found in his car. you know, all of that goes on the timeline. was he moving forward with plans deliberately and evaluating each one of these? was it starting and stopping? and if so, what made him stop? what made him pick this particular location? because sounds as though he rented a hotel room near a venue that was going to be much more populated with people. why did he pull back from that one. >> let's stay on researching this man. as i'm looking at the images of the luxury hotel suite, stephen paddock just doesn't fit the profile of -- i can't believe there's such a

the attack on-stephen paddock booked room at the blackstone hotel in chicagole it overlooked the lollapalooza festival in august, but paddock never checked in. he also booked rooms for a different festival in las vegas and around fenway park. some of the information is coming from searches from his online tinkt and other electronic devices. police are in contact with people with him before the shooting including a woman at the mandalay bay casino. he acquired 33 weapons from four states and why his car contained ammunition, fertilizer, and tannerite, a powerful explosion as this youtube demonstration shows. why a physician yafixation with thousands of people? ron hosko in -- >> reporter: they're rethinking outdoor events. rahm emanuel is preparing for next week's marathon which has 40,000 competitors. >> we constantly go through our minds of what goes on. i'm glad the fbi is here. in fact, we work with a lot of our federal partners. >> experts say stephen paddock wanted granite for the attack. he called the hotel complaining about loud music and he was constantly in the casino where he had to

called the blackstone, 21 stories high, it overlooks grand park, and that was the sight of the lollapaloozaoncert. the hotel confirms that he made the reservation but he did not show up for the reservation. and one week before the shooting here at the mandalay bay concert, he also booked a room in downtown las vegas at a hotel that overlooked the life is beautiful concert. it is unclear if he was actually inside the hotel room while the concert was going on. the sheriff, as he heard, now on the record saying he believes that stephen paddock had an accomplice. he did not give us evidence to push that board, but it's interesting because we now know that in the run-up, in the days before the shooting, inside the mandalay bay, it stephen paddock was gambling very heavily for hours at a time, seven, eight i was at a time, and there were reports that he had a female companion with him most of the time. the authorities are now in the process of trying to track down that female companion. and today we learned, as he watched the people running out of the venue during and after the shooting, that fir

for hotel rooms around boston's fenway park and booking rooms in chicago that coincided with the lollapalooza festival across the street. but he never checked in. >> we made the assumption he had to have some help at some point. >> reporter: his girlfriend marilou danley is considered a person of interest and is cooperating with the fbi. paddock was seen with a different woman in the days leading up to the attack. we're trying to figure out who she is and what show knows. meanwhile the national rifle association, the white house and a growing number of republicans are looking at regulations on bump stock devices paddock is said to use. the nra's president on fox news. >> that being said we didn't say ban, we didn't say confiscate. >> bipartisan support to deal with it. >> reporter: as this investigation continues, more than 150 of the injured remain in hospitals. we're live from the satellite center, katherine scott, channel 6 action news. >> the breaking of this year's noble peace prize has just been announced and it goes to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. it seeks to

in august paddock booked room at chicago's blackstone hotel across the street from the lollapalooza festival. in the aftermath of the las vegas shootings there's been growing support to ban what are called bump stock adapters. the devices make guns function like fully automatic rifles. the nra also issued a statement in support of additional regulations, though they want them to be drafted by the atf and rather by congress and later clarified existing bump stocks should not be banned or confiscated. >> vice president mike pence and his wife will visit puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands today. pence was in florida helping to pack up supplies heading for the caribbean. he praised the efforts to fill 15 trucks with supplies and send 150 generators. >>> ses la ceo elon musk is offering to solve puerto rico's energy cries. he claims he could rebuild the power grid. he has already helped many smaller islands in a similar way. >> time now to turn to karen rogers who is talking about muggy weather and hurricane nate. >> right now nate tropical storm. when it hits our region it will be aan area

paddock may have also scoped out other cities, possibly targeting fenway park in boston and the lollapalooza festival in chicago. as a result, police tactics across the country may need to adapt to this new kind of threat. >> i think what you're going to see is that if anybody else is going to have an outdoor concert that's in the proximity of buildings that are above the concert, they're going to have to put uniformed officers with sniper rifles on the roof. >> reporter: days into the investigation, the shooter's motive remains a mystery. but authorities have ruled out financial problems, and they hope paddock's live-in girlfriend, marylou danley, can provide answers despite repeated denials about knowing anything of his plans. danley was with paddock when he bought this ka are in reno, paying for this with this check of over $14,000. >> she said she had a bad relationship prior to him and he had turned her life around, really helped her out. >> reporter: the fbi asked dealership employees about the purchase. >> marylou wanted to get a lexus. but he was like, i'm not going to spend $10,000

chicago police told us to believe he booked two rooms at this hotel overlooking the lollapalooza festival this summer. and other reported location boston pick >> we are fully plugged in on that investigation. there is no imminent threat to anything in massachusetts.>> reporter: he might have also had additional las vegas targets. he rented a room in september near the life is beautiful festival. they might never fully understand what pushed the man they are calling disturbed and dangerous to carry out the worst the mystic attack in u.s. history. >> he is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition. living a secret life. much of which will never be fully understood.>> reporter: they believe he probably did not act on his own. >> the fbi spent hours questioning mary lou danley his girlfriend after her return from the philippines. she is cooperating and said she knew him as a kind caring quiet man. is hospitals continue to treat the injured the death toll has remained at 58.>> as of 9:34 pm we have officially identified all 58 victims and one suspect that have been involved in t

but the hotel overlooks grant park. ♪ where lollapalooza was taking place. four-day music festival attracted some 400,000 people including sash that and malia obama. at this weekend's chicago marathon, police say security will be beefed up. >> we're putting a significantly larger number of undercover officers, they're going to be intermingled with the crowd and around the runners and at the finish line and be at the start line. >> reporter: cbs boston station wbz reports paddock cinched for hotel rooms near fenway park and concert venues in the city. there is no evidence he actually traveled to boston. massachusetts governor charlie baker. >> we and many others are fully plugged in on the investigation and there is no imminent threat to anything in massachusetts. >> reporter: paddock's motive has so far eluded investigators and one may never be found, says randy sutton, a 23-year veteran of the las vegas police. >> it's probably the most frustrating part of this investigation so far is that he doesn't fit the profile that we -- that anyone would have expecte

he also reserved rooms in a chicago hotel, facing the lollapalooza festival back in august. but the chicago hotel says no one by paddock's name stayed there. authorities also say, based on the number of weapons paddock had with him during the shooting, they assume he had to have had help. >>> here's a timeline of the mass shooting released by las vegas authorities. investigators say paddock fired the first shots at 10:05 p.m. he stopped shooting 10 minutes later. two minutes after that, officers reached the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel, where paddock was holed up. 11:20p.m., police breached the hotel room, and found the gunman dead from a self- inflected gunshot. police believe paddock had intended to try and escape, but minutes after that shooting began, a hotel security guard showed up outside his suite. paddock then shot him in the leg. the guard was still able to assist >>> hey. how are you doing? >> you're looking at the first time, justin uhart has seen jan lambor since he saved her life sunday night. jan was in the crowd. justin worked as a bartender nearby. j

for hotel rooms near boston's fenway park and booking rooms in chicago, the same dates as the lollapalooza festival across the street, some cities are stepping up security for major events including in chicago for this weekend's marathon. >> there's been a double, triple checking of everything. >> reporter: back in las vegas, a somber reminder of the overwhelming loss. 58 white crosses, one for each life taken. one of those victims, charleston hartfield. thousands gathering last night to honor the army veteran, police officer and father of three. >> if there's a checklist to be an american, charlie hit every single box then made up some boxes. >> reporter: and donations to help the victims' families and the survivors are still pouring in with more than $9.5 million raised so far. marcie gonzalez, abc news, las vegas. >>> and tonight's "2020" is devoted to the las vegas mass shooting. hear from the heroes to helped throughout the horrific tragedy tonight at 10:00 on abc 7 followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> happening now a group of bay area radio stations teaming up to help mexico as it re

he booked a room at the black stone hotel above chicago's lollapalooza but never checked in and researched locations around boston's fenway park. in addition to the arsenal of weapons in paddock's hotel room, las vegas metro police and the fbi found two types of explosives in his car in the mandalay bay parking lot. the first, ammonium nitrate, infamously used in the 1999 bombing in oklahoma city. >> timothy mcveigh put 2500 pounds of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil in to a van and exploded it in to the building and took a good chunk of the building down. >> reporter: tanneride. when used in large amounts, it has this power. >> basically if you take the tannerite and fire at it with a rifle that's traveling about 2,000 feet a second, it will explode. and it does create an explosion. so with ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, you need something to accelerate that explosion. you can't just mix it together and you suddenly have a bomb. >> reporter: kpix 5 security analyst jeff harp, former assistant special agent in charge of the san francisco fbi office says the rifles he used to shoot at the crow

he booked a room at the blackstone hotel above chicago's lollapalooza but never checked in, and researched locations around boston's fenway park. in addition to the arsenal of weapons in paddock's hotel room, las vegas metro police and the fbi found two types of explosives in his car in the mandalay bay parking lot. the first immonium nitrate infamously used in the 1999 bombing of the federal building in oklahoma city. >> timothy mcveigh put about 2500 pounds of immonium nitrate and fuel oil into a van and exploded it in front of the building and took a big chunk of that building down. >> the second 60 pounds of tanarite when used in large amounts it has this power. >> basically if you take the tanarite and fire at it with a rifle it's a traveling about 2,000 feet a second, it will explode, and it does create an explosion. so with immonium nitrate and fuel oil you need something to accelerate that explosion. you can't just mix it together and you suddenly have a bomb. >> kpix security analyst jeff harp, former assistant special agent in charge of the san francisco fbi office says the rifle

it overlooked the lollapalooza music festival in august, but paddock never checked in. he also booked rooms your looking a different festival in las vegas and around fenway park. some of the information is coming from searches from his online activity and other electronic devices. police are in contact with people with him before the shooting including a woman at the mandalay bay casino. investigators are focusing why starting in 2016 paddock acquired 33 weapons from gun stores in nevada, california, texas, andth, and why his car contained ammunition, fertilizer, and tannerite, a powerful explosion as this youtube demonstration shows. why a fixation with tens of thousands of people? why the fix yags? ron hosko a former director of the fbi. >> you know, as you look over active shooters from from time to time, at times you get a competition. >> reporter: they're rethinking outdoor events. rahm emanuel is preparing for next week's marathon which has is expecting 40,000 competitors. >>> we're constantly revising and asking fundamental questions about what goes on. i'm glad