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The gunman, Stephen Paddock, was 64 years old . A well to do former accountant who owned property in Mesquite where he was living. He had no criminal record. His brother, Eric Paddock, said Stephen Paddock had never shown violent tendencies.
He was divorced, was not known to have children, and was living with a woman in a home in Mesquite.
His father was a bank robber, Eric Paddock said. The FBI lists the late Benjamin Hoskins Paddock as being on the FBI'S most wanted list from June 10, 1969 until May 5, 1977.
The father escaped from prison in 1969 and lived on the run until 1978, when he was arrested in Oregon, the Eugene Register-Guard reported at the time. The father died few years ago.
Eric Paddock said his brother did not have affiliations with any terror or hate group and that he didn't know why he would act that way.
Police served a search warrant on Paddock's home Monday morning. Authorities found at least 19 firearms, explosives, several thousand rounds of ammunition, and some electronic devices.
Stephen Paddock had committed suicide before the SWAT team could catch up with him in his hotel room from where he was shooting.
Source: CNN
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