. >> what's similar between paddock and his father?ds to be a manipulator, tends to get whatever they want, tends to blame everybody else for their issues. >> reporter: after being released from prison the father opened up a bingo parlor claiming it was part of a church. >> you guys don't print anything, you don't tell anything but lies, you have never been on my side, forget it. >> reporter: one prominent theory now among law enforcement is that paddock wanted to somehow outdo his fugitive father. >> so is that part of it? does he want to be more famous than benjamin? >> reporter: on the day of the shooting, paddock made five separate trips back and forth between his home in mesquite, and the mandalay bay hotel, 70 miles away. presumably shuttling his weapons, setting up his 32nd floor sniper's nest. he left behind no social media footprint, no manifesto, no suicide note and the hard drives on his computers are missing. >> i think this is going to boil down to, i want attention, and i want to feel powerful. >> and that's the motivatio

paddock killed himself as police stormed the room.guns, some with scopes in the hotel room. 19 more guns, explosives and thousands of ammunition were found at paddock's home. the motive for the attack remains unknown. authorities are found no links to international terrorism. >>> and as the gun fire erupted sunday, police ran toward the scene, past the fleeing crowd. the dramatic radio calls describing the chaos. >> shots fired. >> reporter: they came in short tense bursts, messages from first responders struggling to make sense of the senseless. >> i see flashes in the middle of mandalay bay on the north side. >> be advised automatic fire, fully automatic fire from an elevated position. take cover. >> as police made their way toward the source of the gun fire, they encountered the injured and the dead. >> we have multiple, multiple victims. >> reporter: with hundreds of rounds slamming into buildings and humans, one officer's voice brought their main test into focus. >> we need to get the shooter. anybody have eyes on the shooter? >>

>> reporter: ...stephen paddock booked a room at the blackstone hotel in chicago. it overlooked the lollapalooza music festival in august, but paddock never checked in. he also booked rooms overlooking a different festival in las vegas and researched locations in boston around fenway park. some of the information is coming from searches of paddock's online activity and electronic devices. police are also looking for people who came in contact with paddock before the shooting, including a woman reportedly seen with him at the mandalay bay casino. investigators are focusing on why, starting in october of 2016, paddock accumulated 33 weapons from gun stores in nevada, california, texas, and utah, and why his car contained ammunition, fertilizer, and tannerite. a powerful explosive as this youtube demonstration shows. why the fixation with crowd of tens of thousands of people? why the fixation? ron hosko is a former assistant director of the f.b.i. >> you know, as we look at active shooters over time, from time to time, you do get a sense of competition. >> reporter: c

ngnley thought paddock was planning on breaking up with her. stthony. >> mason: john blackstone, thanks. justice and homeland security correspondent jeff pegues s ntinues to work his law t forcement sources and has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents could he seen today sifting through the hotel suite stephen paddock used to rain down bullets on the atncert crowd. >> go that way! get out of here! there are gunshots coming from over there! >> reporter: law enforcement is still searching for a motive. f.b.i. deputy director andrew mccabe spoke to cnbc. >> we don't have any immediately accessible thumbprint that would indicate the shooter's ideology or motivation or really what compelled him to get there. >> reporter: in the last 36 hours, f.b.i. labs began processing electronic devices like cell phones and computers recovered during searches of his properties. >> i think it's the quieter and harder work that we have to do iw, in terms of identifying people who may have known him, who may have seen him, who crossed paths with

paddock was 64 and lived in mesquite, nevada.ls believe heave acted alone, and had no links to terrorism. but they have not yet discovered a motive. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, our coverage of the massacre in las vegas continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news, and cbs this morning. from the las vegas strip, i'm anthony mason. our condolences to the victims tonight. thank you for watching. good night. [ gunfire ] >> we have an active shooter. >> massacre in las vegas. >> shots fired from mandalay bay. >> a gunman in a high-rise hotel opens fire on a concert 32 floors below. it was an act of pure evil. >> the shots just kept coming. >> you can see bodies dropping and -- >> scores are killed in the deadliest shooting in modern u.s. history. i saw strangers helping strangers, saving lives. >> we need to get people to the hospital okay. >> in moments of tragedy and horror, america comes together as one. [ bell tolls ] >> announcer: this is the cbs reporting tonigh

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 paddock's home turned up additional weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosives. isis claimed responsibility for the attack but investigators say so far they have found no link between paddock and the terrorist group. cbs news,

paddock was 64 and lived in mesquite, nevada.e and hod no links to terrorism. but they have not yet discovered a motive. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. >>> it's tuesday, october 3rd. 2017. this is the cbs morning news. the nation is in mourning following the mass murder of at least 59 people in las vegas. >> he brutally murdered more than 50 people. and wounded hundreds more. it was an act of pure evil. >> now law enforcement will try to uncover what led the gunman to commit such a horrific crime.

these are photos from inside stephen paddock's hotel room. police say he fired on and off from between nine and 11 minutes, he had bump fire stocks, illegal. pad tock also brought surveillance equipment. >> there were two cameras located in the hallway so he could watch law enforcement or security to approach his room and also in the peephole so he could see down the hallway. >> reporter: law enforcement says there has been hundreds of suspicious reports. las vegas police say paddock's girlfriend marilou danley is a pen of interest. she flew back and was met by fbi agents. investigators also looking into whether paddock planned an earlier attack in las vegas before feenlt settling on sunday night's concert. anne-marie? >> mola length guy in las vegas. thank you very much, mola. >>> in the wake of sunday's shootings, some hotels have enacted enhanced security detectors. earlier the las vegas "review-journal" report thad the hotels were checking every bag but have scaled back. and at least 130 victims from the shooting remain hospitalized. we'r

paddock killed 58 and injured nearly 500. more than 150 people remain in hospitals tonight. john blackstone begins our coverage from las vegas. >> reporter: investigators are no closer to understanding what may have inspired 64-year-old stephen paddock to create such carnage. his preparations were so elaborate, including placing cameras outside his room, that investigators believe may have had an accomplice. clark county sheriff joseph lombardo: >> stephen paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo, and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood. >> everybody go! ( gunfire ) >> reporter: this new video, obtained by the "review" journal shows the harrowing moments as the attack unfolded. >> do we have medical set up somewhere yet? >> reporter: police have now pinpointed a more exact timeline. at 10:05 p.m. paddock fired the first shots from mandalay bay. 10 minutes later, the shooting stoppe

be many account, 64-year-old stephen paddock was a gambler., living with his girlfriend in a retirement community 80 miles of eastern las vegas. still unclear why he opened fire last night. abc news is reporting paddock has 19 guns in that room, including some they were high-powered. sources say paddock had a camera mounted in the courtroom, apparently to record himself. there was only one bay area address that comes back to stephen paddock and that's in haze valley from march of 2008. no one was home at that returned when i knocked but i broke the news to the neighbor. >> i'm just shocked, you know. that's just, it's scary and it feels -- it feels strange to know that someone like that lives next door. would -- you know live next door. >> reporter: and people who have lived in the area for a long time tried but couldn't remember stephen paddock. they did know the man who may have been his roommate also listed at that address. one thing that doesn't make sense, this address is low income housing and by many reports paddock was a wealthy man. s

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

paddock dead of an apparent gunshot wound. paddock was a regular at the gun shop near his moment in mesquite, nevada. he bought five guns here, including a bolt-action rifle, three days before the shooting, says general manager christopher sullivan. >> over coffee i was having a moment in myself thinking that i may have very well been the last person to shake hands with that man. >> reporter: marilou danley's attorney said last this afternoon she had no idea he was planning the rampage. the thousands of dollars he wider to her in the philippines, she said, was meant for her to buy a home there. danley thought paddock was planning on breaking up with her. anthony. >> mason: john blackstone, thanks. justice and homeland security correspondent jeff pegues continues to work his law enforcement sources and has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents could be seen today sifting through the hotel suite stephen paddock used to rain down bullets on the concert crowd. >> go that way! get out of here! there are gunshots

paddock had no prior history of violence or mental illness.uren blanchard, fox news. >>> out of the tragedy we're also seeing the good in humani humanity. a lot of people in nevada are waiting in line for hours to donate blood. state officials have stressed the need for blood right now to help the victims and volunteers are responding in a big way. >>> ♪ we have breaking news right now. rock legend tom petty in critical condition. tmz however is reporting that doctors took tom petty off of life support because he was brain dead. that from tmz. the music icon of course known for incredible classic hits like free fall and american girl from what we understand someone found him unconscious yesterday. not breathing and in full cardiac arrest. he's at ucla medical center santa monica, and apparently as we said on life support. now he had complete add very large tour just last week that ended at the hollywood bowl. this past summer as you might recall he was at the wells fargo center. >>> your fox 29 weather authority right now. live look at rehobot

investigators are hoping paddock can yield some answers. she voluntarily flew back from the philippines tuesday night and met with the fbi for hours of questions. just before the shooting patrick sent marilou danley to her native country and wired her money. >> it never occurred to me in in way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone. >> law enforcement said paddock stockpiled 49 guns since 1982 and bought 33 over the last year. they have adjusted the number of injured to 489. that's down from the more than 500 originally reported. more than 300 have been released from the hospital, but about two dozen remain in critical condition. anne-marie. >> mola lenghi in las vegas. thank you, mola. >>> as we mentioned, paddock had been stockpiled the weapons. he purchased the guns in four states, california, utah, and texas. that's why he was able to fly under the radar. >> we wouldn't get notified of the purchases of the rifles. we would onto get notified if there was a multiple sale, which is two or more handguns in a single purchas

but so far investigators are stumped over how stephen paddock went from being a varsity tennis player and sociable high school student in california to the anti-social former accountant who became a mass murderer. his brother eric says he knows of no serious health problems that would have made such a profound change. >> something happened in his head that the steve i knew two weeks ago no longer the guy who did that. >> reporter: and officials say his girlfriend marilou danley has told authorities paddock had some mental health issues and would sometimes lie in bed crying out, oh, my god. but investigators say they have yet to find any health problems, physical or mental, grave enough to push him into becoming a killer. >>> as for police saying he might have had an escape plan, investigators say they found no hard evidence of that or of help from anyone else in planning or carrying out the attack. and despite tips that paddock was with a woman the day of the shooting, no such person has yet been found. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >> reporter: i'm miguel almaguer. tonight thi

say paddock killed himself in the hotel room.killed, off-duty police officer at the concert. president trump offered somber words, talking unity and using bible verses. days after most divisive -- of presidency. will visit las vegas after stop in puerto rico. reporting live, stephanie ramos, abc7 news. >> thanks. in addition to the president's comments, also held a moment of silence on the white house lawn in honor of the shooting victims, later called for unity. the president and first lady participated in the ceremony along with vice president mike pence and his wife. president and first lady will visit las vegas on wednesday after going to puerto rico tomorrow. mr. trump ordered white house flags to half staff. clark county commission chair started a gofundme page to support victims and families. raised $1.8 million since this morning. >>> rock icon tom petty in the hospital this afternoon, reports he's not doing well. tmz reports he's off life support but still alive in critical condition. rushed to hospital from malibu home.

paddock's only real passion appears to have been gambling.is brother, eric, says paddock recently won a $40,000 jackpot, and was a multimillionaire. >> he was a wealthy guy and he liked to play video poker. he played multi-hundred dollar a hand video poker. >> reporter: six years ago, paddock sued a las vegas casino. video shows him rubbing his leg in pain. an arbitrator found in favor of the casino. until today, the only known connection to crime was paddock's late father, a violent bank robber who spent seven years in the 1960 fugitive, described as psychopathic, suicidal, armed and dangerous. >> and brian ross with us from new york tonight. and brian, we heard there, in your reporting, the shooter's brother say that he had no political ties, religious ties, no criminal history. even saying today, no parking tickets. but he did describe his brother as a multimillionaire, who played high stakes poker, but even there, no signs yet tonight of any financial problems? >> reporter: yes, david. not only did he have real estate holdings, but he's a

paddock's father was once on the f.b.i.'s most wanted list.969 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, and he probably had gone to other rooms and chose specifically this room. s so there was surveillance that likely occurred before this event. >> reporter: a search of paddock's home turned up 18 additional weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosives. today isis claimed responsibility for this attack, bu but investigators say so far they have found no link between paddock and the terrorist organization. >> hony? >> mason: jeff pegues. thanks, jeff. people who encountered paddock recently are having a tough time believi

he shot gun shops confirmed they sold guns to paddock. the gun shops say their sales were legal, and at least one of those stores claiming paddock passed an fbi background check. one shop owner in utah said paddock bought a shotgun from him. >> it was just a normal timing for him to come in. he was talking how he was new to the area. kind of visiting all the firearms stores in the area. found something on our shelves that he really liked, and it took him a couple of different trips, i guess you could say, before he ended up purchasing. >> the investigation continues. we learned more about the gunman's past. newly obtained security footage shows paddock sitting in a green striped shirt in the cosmopolitan hotel, he sued the hotel for $100,000. he lost the case and still owed court fees at the time of the are held in las vegas. some waiting five hours to donate blood. a local congresswoman described the overwhelming response to this massacre. >> the whole day has revolved around that act. it's been police briefings and talking with the fbi,

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paddock checked into the mandalay bay last thursday. hotel workers say he immediately put out a "do not disturb" sign.over the next few days he was able to smuggle 23 guns along with "bump=stocks" to increase their rate of fire.this promotional video from one of the manufacturers "what our founding fathers felt deep in their hearts, the long- silenced soul of liberty rose up from a commoner's dream to become everyman's birthright." today senator dianne feinstein said she is introducing new legislation to ban the devices. "i don't know what to do except to continue to fight because reason doesn't control this situation. (catherine) tonight we're hearing from more survivors of sunday's shooting rampage. one of them - has helped provide some comfort for a bay area family.(steve) his name is kody robertson and the shooting survivor is shedding light on what happened during the final moments of michelle vo. the 32 year old was among at least 58 people killed. her older sister cathy-- described her as a truly beautiful person with a bubbly in

but paddock never checked in.oms overlooking a different festival in las vegas and researched locations in boston around fenway park. some of the information is coming from searches of paddock's online activity and electronic devices. police are also looking for people who came in contact with paddock before the shooting, including a woman reportedly seen with him at the mandalay bay casino. investigators are focusing on why, starting in october of 2016, paddock accumulated 33 weapons from gun stores in nevada, california, texas, and utah, and why his car contained ammunition, fertilizer, and tannerite. a powerful explosive as this youtube demonstration shows. chicago is preparing for next week's marathon which is expecting 40,000 competitors. >> we are constantly asking fundamental questions about what's going on. i am glad the fbi is here. we work with a lot of our federal partners in preparation for this marathon. >> experts say it is apparent paddock wanted to constantly be paddock wanted credit for at tack. h

whether paddock initially had a different target.n said he tried to got a hotel room near a music festival featuring chance the rapper and lorde a week earler but the suites he requested weren't available. >> something happened that drove him into the pit of hell. >> reporter: in florida, paddock's brother eric was trying to make sense of what happened. >> steve is a, was a highly intelligent, highly successful person. he could have done anything he wanted to do. and he did. he made himself wealthy. he made us wealthy. >> a former accountant, paddock once worked for the postal service and as an irs agent. in recent years spent his time gamble. paddock transferred tens of thousand, some overseas to the philippines where his girlfriend is believed to be now. marylou danley is a person of interesting in the investigation, and unclear when she plans to return the united states. eric paddock described his brother as quirky and narcissistic. >> my heart is torn, is destroyed for all of these people. but i can't tell you why steve did what

paddock, stephen paddock made two decisions. one he was going to end his life. going to end it in a way that the whole world would remember him. they would know his name. he would no longer be a nobody, but a somebody. he would capture the attention of the entire country. he plotted and planned this mass murder. bringing all of those guns in there. he went out the way he wanted to go out. i think the way he wanted to be remembered. in other words, it was personal, not political, religious. it was the way -- >> tucker: we don't know that yet. >> it was the way stephen paddock wanted to end his life. we know he wanted to end his life this way. >> tucker: it was premeditated and he also surveiled fenway park and new york. did he plan an escape? he had handguns? was he trying to get out and do it again? we don't know if he has a political or religious agenda. >> the point is, what happened? what reward did he get? he will die. supposed he escaped for a couple of hours. he is going to die in this. what he wanted i believe was to be remembered for what he had done and

teams to breach paddock's second home in reno, nevada.what they took from his home outside of vegas in mess 88 -- mesquite, nevada, an additional firearms, explosionives and ammo rounds and hard drives from the computer, fbi will review, andy this found several pounds of ammonia nitrate in his car, that is used to make explosionives, they gave details about how paddock got 17 guns into his hotel room. he packed them in to 10 suitcases, some rifles had scopes, a source tells fox news that paddock purchased 30 firearms throughout his life, he passed at least 30 background checks, they have identified several gun dealers that sold him firearms, one. chris sullivan, released a statement saying that paddock did not raise any red flags, saying mr. paddock was a customer and purchased firearms from our store, aller necessary back ground checks and procedures were required, he never gave any indication or reason to believe he was unstable or unfit at any time. officials say, they are investigating paddock's girlfriend, marilou denley who is in to

so what do we know about stephen paddock?ld was a former accountant who had invested in property and was a serious high—stakes gambler. but he had no criminal record. he lived in this house in the quiet town of mesquite, 80 miles from las vegas, with his partner, marilou danley. his father was a bank robber, who, while on the run from the authorities, was described by the fbi as a psychopath with suicidal tendencies. the president, on his way to puerto rico, and who will be visiting vegas tomorrow, had this to say about paddock. he was a sick man, a demented man. a lot of problems, i guess, and we are looking into him very, very seriously. but we are dealing with a very, very sick individual. but any review of gun law seems a long way down the line, if it will happen at all. meanwhile, more details are emerging about the massive arsenal that paddock had assembled. some came from this shop in utah. average, everyday joe blow. nothing stood out. it was just normal timing, for him to come in. he was talking about how he was new

benjamÍn paddock falleciÓ y lo sobreviviÓ su esposa que tuvo 90 aÑos.s luego desde las vegas. jorge: en puerto rico el alcalde tuvo que tomar cartas en el asunto por la seguridad del pueblo. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ marÍa: la atenciÓn estÁ centrada en las vegas, pero tambiÉn hay que recordar al pueblo de puerto rico. jorge: ilia calderÓn estÁ en la isla. buenas tardes, ilia. ilia: estamos en "la perla". estuvimos recorriendo la isla y ricardo arrambarri, nos tiene un reporte. ricardo: estos camiones transportan botellas de agua y cajas con comida. la primera parada es en juana dÍaz, una ciudad al sur de puerto rico. el camiÓn irÁ a otras seis. tan pronto baja la ayuda, se carga en camiones municipales para su reparto y el alcalde no quiere almacenar nada en el coliseo. cuando llegamos al barrio, ya hay una pequeÑa cola. para no crear una situaciÓn que fÁcilmente puede salirse de control, no le avisan a nadie que vienen. cuando estÁn arribando a comunidades como esta, entonces le avisan a todos los pobladores que la ayuda ya estÁ aquÍ. de esta manera evitan q

paddock. paddock's girlfriend is one of those loose ends.marilou darnley left the country shortly before the shooting and is in the philippines. paddock reportedly used her name to check into the hotel. and police want to talk to her, she is currently a person of interest. (steve) the clark county sheriff says marilou danley is currently in the philippines. her linkedin profile says she worked as a hostess catering to high=rollers at a reno casino. (catherine) grant lodes is here now with some chilling body camera footage from first responders -- just released tonight. grant? (grant) we want to warn people who might have young kids watching. it's as the gunman was spraying down bullets. (grant / con't vo) a chaotic, terrifying situation...trying to get people to safety while at the same time figuring out where the shots were coming from. to see more of that video, you can go to kron4.com. (catherine) we're learning more about victims of the las vegas massacre. at least three of them have ties

yesterday the fbi spoke with paddock's girlfriend marilou danley.hrough her attorney she says she had no idea what he was up to when he sent her to the philippines. >> "i was worried at first the unexpected trip home and then the money was a way of breaking up with me. it never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence ." >> reporter: authorities say based on the amount of weapons found at the crime scene, they assume paddock had to have help. mola lenghi for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> well, incredible stories of selflessness and courage are emerging in the aftermath of the las vegas shooting. canadian jan lam born's life was saved by a nevada man she had never before. they saw each other yesterday for the first time since the attack. when the gunman opened fire jan was hit in the stomach. justin stayed with her until she was taken in for surgery. >>> we are tracking all of the developments in the las vegas shooting. stay with cbs3 as we bring you the latest here on "eyewitness news" and you can always stay informed on cbsph

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the sheriff suggests at some point paddock had to have had some help. investigators in las vegas continue to comb through the life and hotel room of gunman stephen paddock trying to figure out why he carried out sunday's massacre. >> we don't have any immediately accessful thumbprints that would indicate the shooter's ideology or motivation. >> president trump visited the city wednesday to meet with survivors and first responders as authorities provided fresh insight into the fateful night. they say there's evidence paddock planned to escape rather than kill himself as officers close in. officials add that none of the cameras paddock brought to his hotel room were recording. joseph lombardo said it's impossible to imagine one man alone could have stockpiled this. >> you have to make the assumption somebody was helping at some point. >> reporter: investigators are hoping pad tock can yield son answers. she voluntarily flew back from the philippines tuesday night and met with the fbi for hours of questions. just before the shooting patrick sent marilou da

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he added that paddock passed a background check.(vicki) and paddock is considered the lone-gunman... in last night's deadly shooting in vegas. we know 59-people have died more than 500.. others injured. paddock fired from the 32-floor of the mandalay bay casino and hotel.(grant) despite training for the very thing that happened in las vegas last night, the odds were against a swat team... from getting to that shooter before the damage was done. kron four's rob fladeboe got a former bay area first responder to weigh in on the challenges that were faced last night. i asked retired san mateo county sheriff swat team member mark wyss to put himself in theshoes of las vegas metro police last night. sot mark wyss/former swat team member"....we got to get up there, we got to get on his level...but before they could do that, the the vegas swat team had to cover their approach to the building. they had to be sure they knew exactly where the threat was coming from and whether their might be more than one shooter. ".....once they were in the b

paddock of mesquite, nevada, started firing an automatic weapon from 32nd floor of mandalay bay resort and casino, at an outdoor country music festival on las vegas strip. paddock killed himself, police found 16 weapons, and another 19 in his home, his motive remains unknown. we know from his brother, paddock was a multimillionaire who made his money, investing in real estate, and a high stakes gambler, it no -- had no children. his father was on the fbi's most wanted list, a fugitive bank robber, the gunman's family said they were shock and bewillers how stephen paddock could have shot and killed so many last night. [ sound of gunfire ] reporter: little is known about what motivated 64-year-old stephen paddock of mesquite, nevada to unleash a hail of bullets into a crowd of country music lovers gathered on the las vegas strip, monday, isis claimed responsibility, but right now federal investigator are disputing that. >> we have determined to this point, no connection with an international te

and found paddock dead of an paddock was a regular at the gun shop near his home in mesquite, nevada.>> this is a bolt action rifle. >> including a belt action rifle three days before the shooting says general manager, christopher sullivan. >> over scoff fee i was having a moechlt in myself thinking that i may very well have been the last person to shack hand with that man. >> marilou danley's attorney said she had no idea he was planning the rampage. the thousand of dollars he wired to herren the philippines, he said was meant for her to buy a home there. danley thought paddock was planning on breaking up with her. >> reporter: fbi agents could be seen today sifting through the hotel suite, steven paddock used to rain down bullets on the concert crowd. >> go that way. get out of here. >> reporter: law enforcement is still searching for a motive. fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe spoke to. kr nbc. >> we don't have any immediately accessible thumb prints that would indicate the shooter ideology or mode motivation. >> in the last 36 hours, fbi labs began processing electronic devices c

he approached paddock's room. paddock shot him in the leg and that helped him locate the room. there was no more shooting after the place got there. so the theory was he was looking for a place to escape or he put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. that's what the time line is. it took another 72 minutes for swat to go in the room. the reason it took so long is because at that point in time, with us no longer an active shooter. it was a barricade situation. when they went in, they found the suspect on the floor with a gunshot wound to his head, neil. >> neil: trace, any time within that hour, he could have killed himself. they're not exactly sure when, right? >> any time in that hour. the sheriff said yesterday surprised all of us saying he thought that stephen paddock was trying to escape. he believes that he was looking for a way out, which was surprising to everybody. so any time in that hour but again, there was no shot after the security guard caught the bullet in the leg that the shooting stopped. >> neil: thanks, trace, in las vegas. steve rogers is part of the

by one estimate, paddock fired off as many as nine rounds per second.evans looks at how he might have turned a rifle into a rapid-fire weapon. he shows us how it works. >> reporter: this is not an automatic weapon. >> whoooo-hooo! >> reporter: but it's been modified to shoot like one, and it's completely legal. it's done with a simple plastic e vice known as a bump stock, that converts a semi-automatic rifle to perform like a fully automatic one. a semiautomatic rifle requires the shooter to squeeze the trigger each time to fire a bullet. law enforcement officials say the las vegas gunman used a bump stock to convert at least one of his guns. photos from inside his room show two ar-15 rifles on the floor. experts believe this one has the device installed. >> it's not an automatic gun. the gun itself has to recock every time, and the trigger has to be pulled every time. >> reporter: but gun range owner e ankie mccrae demonstrates how a bump stock allows continuous firing, as the gun slides back and forth on the stock. >> so basically, when you place your

paddock took brief pauses, likely to reload.iller's perch more than 300 feet above, the packed crowd was 1,100 feet away, providing a shooting gallery for the killer. with a crowd of easy targets requiring little skill. disturbingly, a law enforcement source items abc news, a camera was discovered in the room, suggesting the gunman may have recorded himself. late today, this gun store in mesquite, nevada, confirming that paddock purchased guns here. the store saying he passed all necessary background checks. it is unknown if these were the guns used in the rampage. david, as the search continues, authorities found an additional 18 weapons and an explosive at the suspect's home. david? >> pierre thomas in washington. >>> and when we come back tonight, what president trump said to the nation today about what we witnessed here in las vegas. and his promise to this city. each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. that's the height of mount everest. because each day she chooses to take the stairs. at work, at home... even on the escalator.

paddock's girlfriend returned to the u.s.m the philippines she could hold the key to the motive. john blackstone begins the coverage. >> reporter: this afternoon, marilou danley was questioned at the fbi field office. she returned after visiting her native philippines taken from the gate in a wheelchair and met by federal agents. authorities say she is key in helping to piece together what motivated paddock. in an interview with australian tv, danley's sisters whose identities were withheld said paddock himself had sent her out of the country before he carried out his massacre. investigators are also going through paddock's two homes and crime scene evidence from the hotel suite. they recovered a total of 47 firearms overall. 24 of them from his hotel room. some seen here in these pictures. jill snyder of the atf told cbs's norah o'donnell that paddock had been stockpiling weapons for years. >> how many firearms were purchased in the last year? >> he purchased 33 firearms. majority rifles. awe thought didn't set off a red fla

paddock has no profile on social media.usual in this day and age and as an avid gambler, he preferred video poker. a game that requires noun interaction with a dealer or fellow gamblers. according to published reports in june, he was prescribed valium, an antianxiety drug that can cause aggressive behavior. looking into whether something may have happened in october of last year that caused him to start stockpiling weapons. he bought 33 guns in the last 12 months. investigators tonight examining that arsenal as well as hist cell phone records and computers and they are following the money trail, tracing thousands of dollars he recently spent on casino chips and that he wired overseas.us paddock had no known financial problems or criminal history. tonight, the search for motive, amid growing frustration here in vegas. >> brian: let's bring in brian russell. a psychologist and attorney. that's what we know. what do you think? >> when we look at how meticulously this guy did everything else, related to this event, i have to be

police say paddock intended to evade capture and fine. but a hotel security guard showed up outside his suite minutes after the gunfire began. >> his bravery was amazing. >> reporter: paddock fired into the hallway, hitting the guard in the leg. >> he remained with our officers, providing them the key pass to access the door and continued to help them clear rooms. >> reporter: a week before the shooting, paddock rented another room in another las vegas hotel, the ogden. police don't know why, but that hotel was close to where another music festival was performing. >> vlad, thanks. >>> the fbi spoke to stephen paddock's girlfriend for hours looking for clues. in a public statement, marilou danley called paddock a kind man and said she had seen no sign that he was planning a massacre. >> reporter: danley's description of the killer contradicts what investigators are seeing, someone who is meticulously planning, building an arsenal, then putting his deadly plan into action. still, in her four-hour interview with investigators, danley denied

police say paddock used her i.d. to check into the hotel. darley lived with him in mesquite, nevada, an hour outside las vegas. federal authorities are processing their home searching for any evidence that would give them some insight into a possible motive. neighbors say they saw paddock and his girlfriend together in the last couple weeks and there was no sign of distress. the suspect's brother lives in florida. he says the mass shooting just doesn't make sense. >> i mean, when you get a phone call that says your brother, you know, just killed a bunch of people, i mean i can show you the text, he said, how's mom? find out who he got the machine guns from. i'm -- where the hell did he get the machine guns? >> 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