The FBI recently released documents revealing that Stephen Paddock was fascinated by other creators of mass destruction and terror.
Stephen Paddock committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on October 1, 2017, in Las Vegas.
Documents revealed by the FBI suggest the shooter was fascinated by other creators of mass destruction and terror such as the Oklahoma City Bombers and Adolf Hitler.Mystery still surrounds the motive of the 64-year-old killer behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, but new documents revealed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation suggest the shooter had a fascination with other evil wrongdoers.
On October 1, 2017, Paddock smuggled nearly two dozen guns into his hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. He thenon the Las Vegas Strip, killing 58 people and wounding at least 500 after firing nearly 1,000 bullets from his 32nd-floor room. Two women died years later as a result of the injuries they suffered from the shooting. The victims killed that night included an off-duty Las Vegas police officer, a California kindergarten teacher and parents of young children.
The Oklahoma City bombing, which has been deemed the deadliest domestic terror attack in U.S. history, bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995. Two white supremacists who were known to be anti-government extremists perpetrated the bombing, which killed 168 people and injured more than 680. The bombing also severely injured the building, which was later demolished.
Aftermath of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 following the devastation caused by a fuel-and fertilizer truck bomb that was detonated early April 19, 1995. Documents released by the FBI revealed that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was fascinated by the Oklahoma City bombers.The FBI revealed information acquired from someone who knew Paddock, although the person's connection is unclear due to the heavily redacted documents.
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