Vegas gunman transferred $100K, set up cameras at hotel room (Videos released)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas gunman transferred $100,000 overseas in the days before the attack and planned the massacre so meticulously that he even set up cameras inside the peephole of his high-rise hotel room and on a service cart outside his door, apparently to spot anyone coming for him, authorities said Tuesday.Meanwhile, investigators are taking a harder look at the shooter's girlfriend and what she might have known about the attack at a country music festival, with the sheriff naming her a "person of interest" and saying the FBI is bringing her back to the U.S. on Wednesday for questioning.Authorities are trying to determine why Stephen Paddock killed 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.A Las Vegas hospital said Tuesday night that another person had died from wounds suffered in the weekend shooting.
Inslee calls on Legislature to ban 'bump-stocks,' other devices that speed up firing of weapons
OLYMPIA, Wash -- In the wake of the Vegas mass shooting, Gov.
Family gets death threats after internet users falsely accuse man in Las Vegas shooting
BELLA VISTA, Ark. – The family of Geary Danley, the man who amateur, online detectives falsely labeled the Las Vegas shooter, made a statement Monday after they started getting death threats.Investigators said that Marilou Danley, Geary Danley's ex-wife and a person of interest, was a companion of Stephen Paddock.
Seattle woman among victims of Las Vegas mass shooting
A Seattle woman was among those killed in Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas
Stranger helps reunite mother with 5-year-old son lost during Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS – While the heartbreaking tragedy in Las Vegas was unfolding, many people looked for loved ones lost in the crowd.On Sunday, Doris Huser and her two young children were enjoying the Route 91 Festival.Before the shooting began, her daughter said she needed to go to the bathroom.
Las Vegans looking for hope, baffled by generosity within the city
Not long after shots were fired into a crowd of concertgoers, Las Vegans were lined up before even the sun came up Monday morning.
Man posts video tour of same room where Las Vegas gunman fired deadly shots
LAS VEGAS - After realizing he and his wife had stayed in the same Las Vegas suite where gunman Stephen Paddock fired shots at a country festival Sunday night, a North Carolina man posted a video he took of the rooms during their stay last year.Paddock shot at a crowd of about 22,000 people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival as country star Jason Aldean was performing, killing 59 people and injuring 527 more.Paddock was in suite 135 on the 32nd floor of the hotel when he unleashed a hailstorm of bullets.On Monday, Jeff Bridges of Charlotte, North Carolina, posted a video that showed he and his wife's stay at Mandalay Bay last year.“Andrea and I stayed in that EXACT same room last year on the 32nd floor!
Las Vegas gunman used ‘bump-stock’ device to speed fire
NEW YORK (AP) -- The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas attached what is called a “bump-stock” to two of his weapons, in effect converting semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones.The devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities.California Sen.
'I'm going to die': Fear gripped Vegas strip as gunman killed 59, injured over 500
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The rapid-fire popping sounded like firecrackers at first, and many in the crowd of 22,000 country music fans didn't understand what was happening when the band stopped playing and singer Jason Aldean bolted off the stage."That's gunshots," a man could be heard saying emphatically on a cellphone video in the nearly half-minute of silence and confusion that followed.
How Western Washington prepares for mass casualty incidents
SEATTLE – While most people in Western Washington were reeling by Monday morning over the mass shooting in Nevada, many wondered what could happen if the same thing happened here.How do first responders prepare to handle a mass shooting on the same scale here in the Pacific Northwest?The Seattle Police Department says they are constantly training officers to handle an active shooter.
Local witnesses to Vegas massacre: 'Lights flashing from up above and people just dropping...'
Local witnesses to the Las Vegas massacre returned to Seattle Monday and recounted the horror of that night.
Las Vegas gunman was wealthy real-estate investor, brother says
MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) — Stephen Paddock lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce.
After Las Vegas tragedy many Washington officials take to social media
As the world tries to understand the tragedy that hit Las Vegas Sunday, many are taking to social media to share their thoughts and reaction to the shooting.All are trying to find hope in this tragedy.WA Attorney General@AGOWA AG Ferguson on the tragedy in Las Vegas:
Las Vegas shooter was retired, had no criminal record
The man who killed 58 people and injured at least 515 others at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived, police said Monday.
How to help victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting
LAS VEGAS — Donations are pouring in for those affected by a mass shooting in Las Vegas where a gunman opened fire from a 32nd-floor window at the Mandalay Bay hotel, killing at least 58 people and injuring hundreds more who had gathered below at an outdoor country music festival.In five hours, more than $700,000 had been raised toward the goal of $1 million.
Want to help the victims of the Vegas shootings? Donate blood this week
SEATTLE – If you haven’t donated blood recently, you can help the victims of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.Bloodworks Northwest said Monday morning that it’s offered to send blood to Las Vegas to help out.Bloodworks representatives said they contacted United Blood Services in Las Vegas, which said that while they have enough blood for the immediate future, additional supplies will be necessary.“We know that a large number of patients will need treatment and ongoing care,” said James P.
50 dead, 400+ hurt after shooting near Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
[Updated at 5:30 a.m.]LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Metro Police say now that 50 people are dead more than 400 people were taken to hospitals following a mass shooting late Sunday evening.The suspect is identified as 64-year-old, Stephen Craig Paddock from Mesquite, Nev.