What a tragedy. So many people killed, and so many others injured. My thoughts are with all those who are suffering.
A colleague of mine is in Las Vegas at the moment. She is OK, but she will feel devastated. The USA and its gun laws.... Jeez.
Less than 24 hours after the massacre at an open-air country music concert in Las Vegas, authorities are still piecing together what shooter Stephen Paddock did in preparation for his deadly shooting rampage that left 59 people dead and 527 others injured.
There is still a lot they don't know about what motivated Paddock, described by officials as a "lone wolf," to launch the most deadly mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/02/555229322/many-questions-remain-in-the-aftermath-of-the-las-vegas-shooting
CNN)After the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, the evil of one person was countered by the benevolence of countless others.
Heroes risking their lives to save strangers. Blood donors waiting for hours to help the wounded. Vigils from Reno to Las Vegas, where 59 country music fans were killed on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night.
Another 527 people are still trying to recover from injuries -- everything from gunshot wounds to stampede injuries suffered when 22,000 people tried to flee the gunman's aim.
No one knows yet what caused 64-year-old Stephen Paddock to inflict such mass tragedy. But based on what authorities have found, he may have been planning something even worse.
In the gunman's 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, police recovered 23 weapons, including a handgun and multiple rifles -- some with scopes on them.
Authorities also found several pounds of ammonium nitrate, a material used to make explosives, in his car.
And at Paddock's home in Mesquite, Nevada, police found at least 19 firearms, explosives, several thousand rounds of ammunition and some electronic devices.
So far, police believe Paddock acted alone -- which could make the motive harder to determine.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/03/us/las-vegas-shooting-investigation/index.html
