The heavy gambler had $2.1 million in his bank account in 2015. By last September, that had dwindled to $530,000. It was one month before Stephen Paddock carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. But Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said the steep financial losses alone can’t fully explain why Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino with guns in his suitcases and murder on his mind in the days leading up to Oct. 1. He left no manifesto, no video message, and his reasons for killing 58 and wounding hundreds at a concert remain unknown. Instead, a detailed 187-page report released Friday by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department revealed, through a series of witness interviews, that Paddock was a narcissist, a bit of a loner and a man becoming increasingly distant from the only person he appeared to be close to — girlfriend Marilou Danley. Advertisement The report also was definitive in identifying Paddock as the gunman who fired more than 1,000 rounds into the crowd while Jason Aldean was performing on the festival stage. “Single shooter. No conspiracy,” Lombardo said. The sheriff said Paddock was “an unremarkable” man who went from former postal worker, IRS employee and real estate investor to full-time gambler. The FBI is expected to release this year a more complete behavioral profile of Paddock, but contained within the final report issued Friday are summaries of those who encountered the 64-year-old Paddock prior to the massacre. They provide more insight into Paddock — a balding, overweight man with bad teeth and who was also a germaphobe. Danley was a key to the report and described Paddock to investigators as romantic at the beginning of their relationship. They moved into a condo in Reno in 2013. Danley described to investigators how they then moved into a new, upscale home in Mesquite in 2015 and the two would travel on cruises to Asia, the Mediterranean, the Bahamas and Dubai. They booked rooms in Nevada casinos and attended shows and concerts and he always requested rooms with nice views. Then, she said, he began to change. Danley said he stopped hugging and kissing her. Sex was a problem. He was constantly tired. He complained that he got bad headaches from chemical smells. He had asked her to stop wearing lipstick and perfumes because he was allergic to them. Advertisement She also said Paddock was an atheist. Danley, a Catholic, said he would say things like, “Your God doesn’t love me,” or “Your God doesn’t love us.” She would make the sign of the cross each time he said that. Danley also told investigators she noticed his increased interest in guns beginning in 2016 after he purchased a gun safe. She described packages arriving at their house regularly and he purchased large amounts of ammunition. He explained the purchases by saying it was cheaper to buy in bulk. According to the report, Paddock made $95,000 in firearms purchases.The report doesn’t say specifically when that money was spent, but the bulk of his gun purchases occurred in the year leading up to the shooting. One of the purchases drew the interest of law enforcement, however. Douglas Haig sold more than 700 rounds of armor-piercing bullets to Paddock in Arizona, and Haig is now facing criminal charges related to the sale but not the massacre. He has pleaded not guilty and has said he had no idea what Paddock was planning. Advertisement Investigators also interviewed Eric Paddock, one of Stephen Paddock’s brothers, and he theorized that his sibling had “done everything in the world he wanted to do and was bored with everything.” According to the report, Eric Paddock told investigators that his brother “would have planned the attack to kill a large amount of people because he would want to be known as having the largest casualty count. Paddock always wanted to be the best and known to everyone.” The report indicated Paddock had looked at other venues as targets as well, including Lollapalooza in Chicago and the Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas. He had gone as far as to make lodging reservations at both locations prior to those events. Paddock was described by several who knew him as apolitical, and Lombardo said there was no evidence that he had been radicalized. Advertisement Authorities also interviewed Bruce Paddock, another brother, who had child pornography charges filed — and subsequently dropped — against him in Los Angeles earlier this year. Stephen Paddock had hard drives in his room that contained child pornography. Bruce Paddock told investigators that he believed his brother was mentally ill. The report also includes summaries of interviews with hotel staff and Paddock’s family members. Most of the staff interviewed also showed the shooter to be rather ordinary — a customer who had a taste for sushi and a penchant for gambling large amounts of money while playing video poker. Alone. According the report, he had paid out $600,000 to casinos prior to the shooting. Staff who helped transport multiple duffel bags up to his hotel room prior to the shooting said they didn’t seem unusually heavy, and he allegedly told one staffer that numerous bags were for incoming family members. Advertisement Police ultimately found about two dozen guns and about 5,000 rounds of ammunition in his adjoining suits. Paddock’s body was found about an hour after the shooting when police breached the door to the room. He died of suicide by a handgun. Sgt. Jerry MacDonald, who was one of three Las Vegas police authorities to work on and compile the report over the past 10 months, said it had been incredibly frustrating to not be able to pinpoint a motive for the killings. While interviewing victims and loved ones of those killed, he learned others felt the same way: they all wanted to know why Paddock did it. But MacDonald said they seemed to also grasp at other tangible things to try and explain why their loved one had died. “They would ask things like; did we know what gun or what round killed their loved one,” MacDonald said. “In many cases, that was hard to determine, but it was like they were looking for anything to help explain it. I wish we could answer why.” Advertisement While the shooting in Las Vegas receded from national attention in the wake of other mass shootings at the high school in Parkland, Fla., and a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, it has remained omnipresent in the city. The final report on the shooting to be issued by Las Vegas police came just a day after a gathering and moment of silence was held for victims at Las Vegas police headquarters. Throughout the city #VegasStrong signs appear on ambulances, fire trucks and civilian vehicles. The Vegas Golden Knights, which their NHL debut shortly after the shooting, retired No. 58 in an emotional ceremony as a memorial to the dead. And each week, local news outlets report on round-after-round of body camera footage, 911 calls, police reports and witness interviews that Las Vegas Police have been releasing from the night of the shooting throughout the summer. Media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, had sued to have the materials released to the public. Lombardo said it’s been hard on everyone — including those who worked on the final report. Advertisement “Investigators on this case have lived this event day-by-day for the past 10 months,” he said. “Finding answers for the victims has been our investigators sole goal to help bring closure for those affected and to move forward from this horrible event.” Over the course of the past year at briefings, memorials and events throughout Clark County, Lombardo has been loath to ever utter his name. After saying Paddock’s name at the briefing a few times, he said it was likely the last time he’d ever refer to him that way again. “It probably ends today,” he said. “I don’t want to remember this individual. I will remember the act and the victims, but I will not remember the suspect.” Advertisement<doc-sep>(CNN) — The motive behind Stephen Paddock’s slaughter of 58 people at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest music festival remains a mystery 10 months after the deadliest mass shooting in US history, according to a final criminal investigative report. “The goal of our investigation all along has been to provide the public with the clearest picture possible of the events leading up to” the shooting last year, “as well as motive,” Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Friday. “What we have been able to answer are the questions of who, what, when, where, and how. What we have not been able to answer definitively is the why Stephen Paddock committed this act.” On October 1, the reclusive high-stakes gambler opened fire on the popular outdoor music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds. The festival was attended by about 22,000. Lombardo on Friday released the 187-page, last criminal investigative report on the massacre from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Paddock fired about 1,057 rounds into the crowd between 10:05 p.m. and 10:16 p.m., according to the report. Police entered his room 52 minutes after the first shots were fired at the crowd. After the slaughter, Paddock, 64, was found dead on the floor of his hotel room with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The report marking the end of the 10-month investigation concluded that he acted alone. “Despite early reports of multiple shooters in different locations, no evidence exists to substantiate any of those reports,” the report said. “Thousands of hours of digital media were reviewed, and after all the interviews were conducted, no evidence exists to indicate Paddock conspired with or acted in collusion with anyone else. This includes video surveillance, recovered DNA and analysis of cellular phones, and computers belonging to Paddock.” The report is based on a thorough examination of interviews with Paddock’s girlfriend and others, financial records, medical reports, autopsy results and other evidence. The report said that since the shooting, police along with state and federal law enforcement officials sought to answer two main questions: Was there anyone, other than Paddock who took part in or assisted in the commission of these crimes? What was Paddock’s motive? But no suicide note or manifesto with hints of Paddock’s intentions were found, the report said. There was no evidence of radicalization or ideology to support links to hate groups or terrorist organizations. “In reference to the 2,000 investigated leads, 22,000 hours of video, 252,000 images obtained and approximately 1,000 served legal processes, nothing was found to indicate motive on the part of Paddock or that he acted with anyone else,” the report said. The investigation found that Paddock’s liquid wealth had declined prior to the massacre. Investigators found 14 bank accounts associated with Paddock. In September 2015, those accounts held about $2 million. But in September 2017, his cash had decreased to $530,000. Police found at least 23 weapons inside the room, including multiple rifles, some with scopes. At least one rifle may have been altered to function as an automatic weapon, a law enforcement official said.<doc-sep>Lombardo called the gunman “an unremarkable man” who left behind only enough information for people to make educated guesses as to what drove him. Investigators found that many people described the 64-year-old “as a narcissist [who] only cared about himself,” the report said. One of the gunman’s brothers said he had mental health issues. His girlfriend said the gunman claimed he was told by doctors he had a chemical imbalance and also complained doctors couldn’t cure him. The report quotes the gunman’s doctor as saying he was “odd,” may have had bipolar disorder and accepted prescriptions for anxiety medication but refused anti-depressants.<doc-sep>
More than 10 months after a gunman opened fire from a hotel window on 22,000 concert-goers, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds of others, police released their final report into the mass shooting. Police said they were unable to determine a motive for why Stephen Paddock, on Oct. 1, decided to target thousands of people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. “This report was authored to provide the reader with more information about who, what, when, and where. Regretfully, this report will not be able to address the why,” the report said. Here are some of the notable takeaways from the final report, despite the fact it did not provide a definitive answer to the biggest question in the criminal investigation. 1. The lack of a motive wasn’t a surprise. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told local TV station News 3 in June that he was doubtful a motive would ever materialize. “At this point, it’s no,” he said. “I don’t see anything in the near future that would change my statement.” In a news conference today, the sheriff did call Paddock “an unremarkable man” whose movements leading up to the shooting didn’t raise suspicion. Video by PBS NewsHour The chief also said the gunman had “signs of a troubled mind, but no troubling behavior that would trigger a call to law enforcement.” 2. Although no motive was found, the report lists numerous “indicators of intent.” According to the investigation, Paddock made several lodging reservations in cities that were hosting open-air music festivals. The first reservation was at a Chicago hotel during Lollapalooza, which took place in August. The second was during the Life is Beautiful music festival in Las Vegas, just a few days before he carried out the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival in the same city. Paddock specifically requested rooms that overlooked the music venues. Police also searched Paddock’s computers and found that he conducted internet searches indicating he was preparing for the shooting. The searches included open-air concert venues, Las Vegas SWAT tactics, weapons and explosives. Paddock also purchased more than 55 weapons between October 2016 and September 2017. Most of the firearms he bought were rifles of various calibers. WATCH: Las Vegas police release bodycam footage from shooter’s hotel room 3. There was no second gunman. No one else will be charged for the mass shooting, police said. That’s because “there were no DNA anomalies to indicate anyone other than Stephen Paddock was responsible,” the report said. 4. No suicide note or manifesto was found. Investigators have said this before, but among the many guns, power drills, laptops and other items found in the hotel rooms was a handwritten note with distance and bullet drop calculations. But no suicide note indicating motive for the shooting was ever found. Police also said there was “no evidence of radicalization or ideology to support any theory that Paddock supported or followed any hate group or any domestic or foreign terrorist organization.” This was stated before, in January’s preliminary report. 5. Paddock’s liquid wealth declined before the shooting. Authorities analyzed Paddock’s finances and determined that he lost nearly 75 percent of his wealth in two years. In September 2015, his bank accounts totaled over $2 million, according to the report. By contrast, that amount dropped to just over $500,000 in September 2017. More than $600,000 was paid to casinos, $170,000 was paid to credit card companies and $95,000 went to gun-related purchases, the report said. Lombardo told reporters today that Paddock’s diminished wealth “could have been a contributing factor” in the shooting. 6. There are more personal details about Paddock, courtesy of his brothers. One brother, Eric, told investigators he last had contact with Paddock about two weeks before the shooting via a text message. Here’s also what Eric said, according to investigators: “Eric believed Paddock may have conducted the attack because he had done everything in the world he wanted to do and was bored with everything. If so, Paddock would have planned the attack to kill a large amount of people because he would want to be known as having the largest casualty count. Paddock always wanted to be the best and known to everyone.” Another brother, Bruce, said he hadn’t spoken with Paddock for more than 10 years.