A memorial to the 58 people who were killed in October JOHN LOCHER/APThe gunman who murdered 58 people in Las Vegas last year ranted about conspiracy theories and gun control weeks before he carried out America’s deadliest mass shooting, witnesses told police. Stephen Paddock, 64, had expressed outrage about what he believed was a plot by the federal government to disarm American citizens, according to newly released police documents. Weeks later he opened fire on a country music festival from a hotel room high above the Las Vegas strip. More than 850 people were injured in the attack last October before Paddock killed himself. Eric Paddock did not leave a suicide note APAccording to one witness, Paddock claimed that government relief camps set up after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were “a dry run for law enforcement and military to start kicking down doors and .

Source: The Times May 17, 2018 15:56 UTC