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Tag: Las Vegas Gunman

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Did Las Vegas Gunman Target Other Music Festivals?

by Associated PressOctober 5, 2017January 25, 2022

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the days and months before he mowed down concertgoers from his high-rise hotel suite, gunman Stephen Paddock booked rooms overlooking two other music festivals in […]

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Las Vegas: One We Lost

by Associated PressOctober 5, 2017January 25, 2022

Off-duty Las Vegas police officer and youth football coach Charleston Hartfield was among those killed during the Las Vegas massacre, two of his friends said. In this June 6, 2015 […]

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Brother: Las Vegas Gunman was Wealthy Real-Estate Investor

by Associated PressOctober 3, 2017January 25, 2022

MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) — Stephen Paddock lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce. He was a wealthy real-estate investor, recently shipped his […]

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