A Tennessee resident, Sonny Melton, was killed shielding his wife, Heather Melton, from flying bullets. When pressed to explain what happened, he has no explanation. Fifty-eight people were killed and hundreds were wounded. He held a private pilot's license and gambled tens of thousands of dollars at a time playing high-stakes video poker.In the report, the FBI's Las Vegas Review Panel highlighted 10 key findings about Paddock in its investigation:This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. "The report concludes Paddock's reasoning for the rampage remains a mystery after nearly 12 months of evidence-gathering by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and the FBI, as well as study by agents and behavioral specialists. Who was Stephen Paddock, the man suspected of killing at least 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip? Someone who went on cruises and played $100-a-hand video poker. The Las Vegas Police Department released graphic new photos that provide a chilling look inside Stephen Paddock's 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay Hotel room. He excelled at sports, too, but never played or joined organized clubs. He remarried in 1985, and divorced again in 1990 after nearly five years of marriage.His second ex-wife lives in Los Angeles County, California, and has had no contact with him in years, authorities said. "It wasn't about MGM, Mandalay Bay or a specific casino or venue," said Aaron Rouse, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas office. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival killing dozens and wounding hundreds. Paddock never stayed at the house for very long, Judy said. Stephen Paddock killed himself in a Las Vegas hotel room, police say.The news doesn't square with Eric Paddock's image of his older brother, he told reporters Monday -- a poker-playing accountant and real estate investor with no apparent political or religious affiliation, "as far as I know," he hastened to add. Eric helped his brother drive across the country in 2016 to a new home in Mesquite, Nevada, a retiree community about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. "This will always be an unmended hole inside me, but I hope we can all remember to spread love in the world, appreciate every day we are alive, and make the most of what we have left. "We're up all night because we gamble," Don Judy, one of Paddock's old neighbors in Florida, remembered him saying.That came as a surprise to one of his former neighbors. "Just because the FBI can't determine a motive doesn't mean Paddock didn't have one, but we'll never know that," said Mitchell, who played an early set that Sunday from the Next of Nashville stage. At least one rifle may have been altered to function as an automatic weapon, a law enforcement official said.Eric Paddock said he knew his brother had firearms. Stay in … Chat with us in Facebook Messenger.
He flew planes for a while until he got tired of it and started taking cruises, his brother said. Stephen Paddock, who lived in Nevada, followed up with a call to their mother. "It was all about doing the maximum amount of damage and him obtaining some form of infamy. Stephen Paddock was an undercover FBI agent who participated in multiple illegal arms deals in the Las Vegas area in a gun-running entrapment scheme similar to Fast and Furious. Paddock had married and divorced twice, court records show. To his brother, Stephen was "just a guy," an "army of one" with no known children despite a string of relationships. Police have identified the man who killed at least 59 people in a Las Vegas shooting rampage as Stephen Paddock, 64, a resident of Mesquite, Nev. "Something just incredibly wrong happened to my brother. "According to the report, 64-year-old Paddock acted alone when he planned and carried out the attack. Stephen Paddock lived in Mesquite with his girlfriend, 62-year-old Marilou Danley.