Las Vegas Shooting: Gunman’s Rifle Had

‘Bump Stock’ to Make It Rapid-

FireWeapon

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

OCTOBER 3, 2017

LAS VEGAS — Marilou Danley, the girlfriend of the gunman in the Las
Vegas mass shooting, is expected to return from the Philippines to the
United States for questioning, a federal law enforcement official said on
Tuesday.

The authorities are scouring the personal and financial history of the
gunman, Stephen Paddock, 64, after one of the deadliest mass
shootings in the United States on Sunday, which left 59 people dead
and about 500 others injured. A law enforcement official said Mr.
Paddock wired thousands of dollars to the Philippines and the F.B.I.
was scrutinizing the transaction.

At least one of the rifles the gunman had in his hotel suite was outfitted
with a “bump stock,” a device that would enable it to fire hundreds of
rounds per minute, according to law enforcement.

• Survivors had described the scene of carnage on Sunday in vivid

detail: Thousands of people screaming and running for cover at an
outdoor music festival as victims fell around them