In a jailhouse interview with an unemployed chef who claimed that he had offered to sell Paddock schematics for automatic firearms , the chef said that Paddock had spoken of anti-government conspiracies , and had claimed FEMA 's actions after Hurricane Katrina were " a dry run for law enforcement and military to start kickin ’ down doors and … confiscating guns . " The man went on to say he thought Paddock was " another internet nut , you know , watching too much of it and believing too much of it . " On the night of October 1 , 2017 , at 10:05 p.m. , Paddock opened fire from his hotel room , room 32-135 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino , onto a large crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip , killing 58 people and wounding 851 others before shooting and killing himself
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2017 Las Vegas shooting
Stephen Paddock