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Stephen Craig Paddock [5] (April 9, 1953 – October 1, 2017) [6] was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.Paddock opened fire into a crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers attending a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 people [a] and injuring approximately 867 (at least 413 of whom were wounded by gunfire).
Stephen Paddock was a 64-year-old former auditor and real estate businessman who had been living 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Las Vegas in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada. [9] He was twice divorced, had a long-term girlfriend, and had no known children. [ 10 ]
Paddock bought the newly constructed two-story house the couple would live in on Babbling Brook Court, a cul-de-sac on the edge of the small city of Mesquite that backs out onto dusty red desert ...
Bruce Paddock, Stephen Paddock's brother, was arrested in October 2017 and charged with possessing over 600 photos of child pornography. Bruce was reportedly bragging about his brother's acts, which prompted workers at his assisted living home in North Hollywood , California, to notify the authorities. [ 13 ]
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2017, file photo, Eric Paddock holds a photo of himself, at left, and his brother, Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, at right, outside his home in Orlando, Fla. Stephen ...
The 64-year-old targeted concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival at around 10 p.m. local time on Sunday night.
As more information on Paddock emerges, it's becoming clear that the man behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was an avid gambler.
There is consensus to continue with the current phrasing of using gunman in the first sentence and Stephen Paddock in the second. Those in favour of this formulation have noted that this allows for including further information about Paddock without filling the lead sentence with too much information, or having an awkward standalone sentence about Paddock's age and hometown.