As the gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, fired round after round, gun smoke filled his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, said Randy Sutton, a retired lieutenant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, citing police sources. Paddock, 64, killed himself before the officers entered, according to Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo. It does not take long for the smoke from a fired round to fill a room, especially a small one without any ventilation. There was an intense police presence along the Las Vegas Strip near the site of the shooting at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Oct. 1 in Las Vegas. Read more:Route 91 Harvest Festival: The Las Vegas ‘sleepover’ that ended in a nightmareHow far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooterLas Vegas gunman enjoyed gambling, country music, lived quiet life before massacreHow a Domino’s pizza crust led police to a suspect in mysterious D.C. slayingsAfter shootings, police fear being ‘a public target’ — even at lunch

Source: Washington Post October 02, 2017 14:53 UTC