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Saturday, 7 October 2017

Las Vegas attack: What we still don't know

Veronica Hartfield (L), widow of slain Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer Charleston Hartfield, and their son Ayzayah Hartfield, 15, attend a vigil for Charleston Hartfield at Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas police hold a vigil for for slain officer Charleston Hartfield, who was killed in Sunday's massacre
Las Vegas police have chased "more than 1,000 leads" in their quest to establish a motive for why a gunman killed 58 people at a music festival. 

Survivors are still reeling five days after Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from his hotel room on the crowd below before turning the gun on himself. The attack is considered the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history.

Police said they have "looked at everything" but have yet to determine why Paddock went on a shooting rampage.


"We have looked at everything, literally, to include the suspect's personal life, any political affiliation, his social behaviours, economic situation, and any potential radicalisation that so many have claimed," said Kevin McMahill, undersheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

"We all want answers," he told reporters on Friday. But as police continue to piece together the clues left behind by the elusive gunman, several questions remain unanswered, including why the the wealthy, retired accountant carried out such a crime.
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