■ CNN: “Before checking into the Mandalay Bay days before the massacre, Paddock rented a room at a Las Vegas condo complex that overlooked the Life is Beautiful music festival. He liked country music, relatives said, and went to concerts like the Route 91 Harvest festival where he killed so many Sunday night.' He owned homes in four states but preferred staying in casino hotels, sometimes for weeks at a time, as he worked the gambling machines… In the final years of his life, Stephen Paddock was living out his retirement in quiet obscurity. ■ The Washington Post: “He liked to bet big, wagering tens of thousands of dollars in a sitting. Paddock struck a jet fuel tank near McCarran International Airport with two rifle rounds, said Chris Jones, an airport spokesman, though a police official expressed doubt that he targeted it intentionally.'
Paddock set up to monitor the area around his location. Paddock, including a dozen in his hotel suite that were enhanced to fire at an accelerated rate, and discovered a system of cameras Mr. Investigators have identified 47 firearms belonging to Mr. ■ The New York Times: “He (Paddock) stockpiled expensive firearms over the course of many months.
