The question haunting Las Vegas: what was the gunman's motive? He booked rooms overlooking the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago in August and Life Is Beautiful in Las Vegas late last month. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Workers board up a broken window at the Mandalay Bay hotel, where shooter Stephen Paddock conducted his mass shooting along the Las Vegas Strip. “As far as we know, the Las Vegas shooter passed background checks and legally purchased his weapons,” she said. “It’s also a distraction from the task at hand, which should be acting to stop tragedies like the attack that just took place in Las Vegas from happening again.”

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2017 18:42 UTC