10-08-2017, 01:02 AM
Investigation Update
The note found in Paddock's hotel room appears to have been a tactical one, based on an interview tonight with officers who were on the scene at Mandalay Bay.
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The note was first discovered by Officer Dave Newton from the Las Vegas Police Department's K-9 unit, lying face-up on Paddock's nightstand.
'I could see on it he had written the distance, the elevation he was on, the drop of what his bullet was gonna be for the crowd,' Newton said. 'So he had that written down and figured out so he would know where to shoot to hit his targets from there.'
The room looked down on the crowd across the street and was an estimated 400 feet away, according to Las Vegas officials.
Newton said it was very 'eerie' to enter the room and find the lifeless body of a man who had just minutes before unleashed a rain of carnage upon hundreds of innocent people.
Authorities also revealed on Saturday that Paddock may have driven to the Nevada desert to prepare for Sunday's attack.
Investigators said that they have found surveillance footage showing Paddock driving towards a secluded area on the outskirts of Mesquite, Nevada where locals are known to practice shooting.
Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ctory.html
The note found in Paddock's hotel room appears to have been a tactical one, based on an interview tonight with officers who were on the scene at Mandalay Bay.
The note was first discovered by Officer Dave Newton from the Las Vegas Police Department's K-9 unit, lying face-up on Paddock's nightstand.
'I could see on it he had written the distance, the elevation he was on, the drop of what his bullet was gonna be for the crowd,' Newton said. 'So he had that written down and figured out so he would know where to shoot to hit his targets from there.'
The room looked down on the crowd across the street and was an estimated 400 feet away, according to Las Vegas officials.
Newton said it was very 'eerie' to enter the room and find the lifeless body of a man who had just minutes before unleashed a rain of carnage upon hundreds of innocent people.
Authorities also revealed on Saturday that Paddock may have driven to the Nevada desert to prepare for Sunday's attack.
Investigators said that they have found surveillance footage showing Paddock driving towards a secluded area on the outskirts of Mesquite, Nevada where locals are known to practice shooting.
Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ctory.html