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Las Vegas shooting: Paddock 'shot guard before attack' Las Vegas shooting: Police in major switch of timeline
(about 9 hours later)
The man behind the mass shooting in Las Vegas shot and injured a security guard six minutes before carrying out the attack, officials say, in a major change to the timeline of events. The gunman behind last week's Las Vegas massacre shot a security guard six minutes before the attack, police say, in a striking change to the timeline.
Police initially said the guard interrupted Stephen Paddock as the attack was under way.Police initially said the guard interrupted Stephen Paddock as the attack was under way.
The revelation is likely to raise questions as to why police were unable to locate Paddock earlier. The revelation raises questions as to why police did not pinpoint Paddock's location sooner and why they have changed the timeline now.
The attack left 58 people dead and was the worst in modern US history.The attack left 58 people dead and was the worst in modern US history.
Security guard Jesus Campos was at first credited by authorities with distracting the gunman from killing more people.
But on Monday police revised their account of events to clarify that Mr Campos was shot in the leg and wounded at 21:59.
They said Paddock, who had placed security cameras outside his room, shot Mr Campos through the door of his suite, firing 200 rounds into the hallway.
Las Vegas shooting timeline - all Pacific Standard Time
21:40 (04:40 GMT) Route 91 Harvest festival begins its closing act
21:59 Paddock shoots security guard Jesus Campos outside his 32nd floor room
22:05 Paddock opens fire on concert-goers below after smashing his window with a hammer
22:15 Paddock stops firing
22:17 The first police arrive on the scene and find the wounded security guard near Paddock's room a minute later
22:38 Police publicly confirm an active shooter
23:20 Swat team breaks into Paddock's room and finds him dead from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot
Source: Clark County sheriff's office
According to police, the guard was investigating an alarm that went off in another room on the same floor when he heard a drilling sound from Paddock's room.
The gunman inserted spy cameras into the peep hole on the door of his suite, police have previously said.
Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo also amended the date on which police believe Paddock checked into Mandalay Bay.
They initially said he had checked in on 28 September, three days before the shooting.
They now say he checked in on 25 September.
Paddock sprayed gunfire from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay hotel on to a concert attended by thousands of people.Paddock sprayed gunfire from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay hotel on to a concert attended by thousands of people.
The guard - Jesus Campos - had been credited with distracting the gunman from killing more people because he was forced to shoot him through the door of the hotel room.
Police said at the time that after injuring the guard, Paddock stopped firing into the crowd.
But now police say that Paddock shot Campos in the leg at 9:59 pm on 1 October. They say the guard was investigating an alarm that went off in another room on the same floor.
'Some things were bound to change''Some things were bound to change'
Paddock began firing on the crowd at 10:05 pm, police say, and continued for up to 11 minutes more. Sheriff Lombardo said that police did not realise that the security guard had been shot until they arrived on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.
Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said that police did not realise that the security guard had been shot until they arrived on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. That was the case even though the guard managed to alert the hotel's security team. That was the case even though the guard managed to alert the hotel's security team.
Mr Lombardo said new information had emerged during the investigation and that "some things were bound to change" given its complicated nature.Mr Lombardo said new information had emerged during the investigation and that "some things were bound to change" given its complicated nature.
Police also say that the gunman, 64, was seen on numerous occasions in Las Vegas gambling heavily by himself the night before the shooting, which ended with him killing himself.Police also say that the gunman, 64, was seen on numerous occasions in Las Vegas gambling heavily by himself the night before the shooting, which ended with him killing himself.
Paddock was dead by the time officers entered the room and it is not known why he had stopped shooting.Paddock was dead by the time officers entered the room and it is not known why he had stopped shooting.
"This individual purposely hid his actions leading up to this event, and it is difficult for us to find the answers," Mr Lombardo told a news conference. Paddock's motives remain unclear."This individual purposely hid his actions leading up to this event, and it is difficult for us to find the answers," Mr Lombardo told a news conference. Paddock's motives remain unclear.
Extensive research into the gunman's mental state found no occurrence in his life that may have triggered such a violent turn of events, police say. Extensive research into the gunman's mental state found no explanation for such a violent turn of events, police say.
It is suspected Paddock scouted out other locations near open-air concerts in the weeks before the Las Vegas attack.It is suspected Paddock scouted out other locations near open-air concerts in the weeks before the Las Vegas attack.