las vegas massacre
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Man Who Sold Ammo to Las Vegas Shooter Is Criminally Charged by Feds
An Arizona man who sold hundreds of rounds of ammunition to the gunman who killed 58 people in Las Vegas last year was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets in violation of federal law. Although it is not clear whether his bullets were used in the Oct. 1, 2017, attack, Doug Haig was charged in…
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Police Discover Child Pornography on Las Vegas Shooter’s Computer
You may have been wondering, as my colleague, The Root staff writer Monique Judge, recently did, why “Las Vegas shooter” is trending again. It’s because authorities have found a mass of child pornography on his computer, according to authorities. On Oct. 1, 2017, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock acted as a sniper from his hotel room, shooting…
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Republican Lawmaker Claims Las Vegas White Terrorist Attack Was the Work of Islamic State Group
On Thursday, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) appeared on whatever show it is that Tucker Carlson hosts for Fox News and proceeded to make several bold claims that the Islamic State group was the real perpetrator behind the Las Vegas massacre in October that left 58 people dead. “I smell a rat like a lot of…
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Mother of Off-Duty Police Officer Killed in Las Vegas Mass Shooting Dies the Same Weekend as His Funeral
More tragedy has hit the family of one of the Las Vegas shooting victims. The mother of a victim killed in the mass shooting had a heart attack and died the same weekend that she buried her son. According to CNN, 56-year-old Sheryl Stiles was the mother of Charleston Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police…
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Las Vegas Shooter Previously Booked Rooms Overlooking 2 Other Large Music Festivals: Report
More info is coming to light about the movements Stephen Paddock made in the days and months leading up to his mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Reports now say he also booked rooms overlooking Chicago’s Lollapalooza and another Las Vegas event, the Life Is Beautiful festival. The…
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The Privilege of White Individuality
Stop lying; you did it, too. I’m sure I’m not alone in being among those who—for a brief moment when they heard about the Las Vegas shooting—quietly mumbled to themselves, “Dear God, please don’t let the shooter be black.” As you’re reading this, someone is typing a variation of the comment “Nah, I knew. Black…
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After Sunday’s Shooting Massacre, Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas Look to Increase Security
In the wake of Sunday night’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas Strip, hotels and casinos are looking to maintain as much of a sense of normalcy as possible while simultaneously ramping up security to keep employees and guests alike as safe as possible. The New York Daily News reports that while many in the…
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Report: Las Vegas Shooter Was Prescribed an Anti-Anxiety Drug in June
As many of us still work to make sense of the horrifically tragic shooting that happened Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip, details continue to emerge that may offer some insight into what could have led Stephen Paddock to commit such a heinous act. It is now reported that in June he received a…
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On the Heels of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting, House May Make Gun Silencers Legal
The world is going to hell in a handbasket, and if a Republican bill making it easier to buy silencers in the wake of America’s deadliest shooting passes, it will just get there faster. As news is still coming in and the death toll continues to rise after Sunday night’s shooting at the Route 91…