A memorial at the Welcome To Las Vegas Sign on October 5, 2017 for the victims taken during the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival this past Sunday.
Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 | 2:23 p.m.
Five days after Sunday’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, investigators scouring the background of the gunman “from birth do death” still can’t explain why he opened fire on a country music festival, killing 58 people and injuring nearly 500, Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said.
Police have probed Stephen Paddock’s personal life, political beliefs, social behavior and economic habits, McMahill said, adding that there’s no evidence he was radicalized at any point, as the Islamic State terror group has claimed.
Authorities have received more than 1,000 leads, but there remains no clear motive for Paddock’s shooting rampage from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, McMahill said.
“We all want answers,” he said, adding that rumors and speculation are not helpful to the investigation.
Authorities are confident there were no other shooters, and there’s no evidence anyone else used Paddock's hotel room key or that anyone else was with him at the resort in the days before the shooting, McMahill said.
Investigators are still probing whether anyone else might have had knowledge of Paddock’s plans before the shooting, McMahill said.
McMahill also used this afternoon’s media briefing to praise Jesus Campos, the security guard who led officers to Paddock’s room and who was shot when Paddock fired at least 200 rounds through the door. “He’s an absolute hero,” he said.
Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak announced that the tragedy would officially be referred to as 1 October.
Special Agent in Charge Aaron Rouse of the Las Vegas Division of the FBI announced a billboard campaign to try to develop leads to explain the shooting.
