Father of Las Vegas shooter lived in Chicago, where he did time and started a family
CHICAGO - Benjamin Paddock Jr. rang up quite a reputation in his life, some of it even real: Survivor of a World War II sinking, professional wrestler, car thief, confidence man, bank robber and one of the FBI's Most Wanted.
But the former Chicagoan had been dead almost 20 years by the time he gained his most disturbing distinction: The father of a mass murderer who killed 59 people and wounded more than 500 others during a country music festival in Las Vegas early Monday.
Nevada authorities have said they believe Stephen Paddock, 64, was the lone gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
His father was
