From a few minutes ago:
58 dead.
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58 dead.
Quote:'Las Vegas sheriff Joe Lombardo answers a few questions from reporters in the room.
On the 10 weapons found in the gunman’s hotel room:
“We do know that he brought the weapons in on his own. In the original briefing we believed
that he had [a companion].We have determined that the female is out of the country.
He brought these weapons in on his own.
On the new property being investigated, he says it was found by searching through property
assessor records. Was the gunman known to law enforcement?
“Not at all. We’ve checked all the federal databases and Nevada databases and we have no
knowledge of this individual.”
On Marylou Danley, the gunman’s girlfriend who is currently abroad:
“We still consider her a person of interest.
We have been in contact with her and we plan to engage her upon her return to the country.”
On how he broke the hotel room windows:
”We believe he had a device similar to a hammer to smash through the windows.”
Whether he had tickets to the concert:
“I have no idea.”
On the gunman’s actions in the hotel:
“There will be hours and hours and hours of video surveillance that we will have to recall with the
cooperation of the MGM [hotel].”
Whether law enforcement could have acted before the shooting:
“I don’t know how it could’ve been prevented if we had no prior knowledge of the individual.”
Whether cleaning services noticed anything:
“It has been reported that individuals were going to and fro from his room, and nothing nefarious
was noticed, at this point, as we know now.”
On what he knows about the gunman’s final moments:
“(I was told) he had killed himself. Exactly – we’ll have to go through our body worn camera and
existing video as to whether we engaged him at the same approximate time.”
On motive:
“I can’t get into the mind of a psychopath at this point.”
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