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| Las Vegas shooting: Police in major switch of timeline | Las Vegas shooting: Police in major switch of timeline |
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| 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. | 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 raises questions as to why police did not pinpoint Paddock's location sooner. | The revelation raises questions as to why police did not pinpoint Paddock's location sooner. |
| But the Mandalay Bay hotel, where the massacre unfolded, questioned the new sequence of events. | |
| "We cannot be certain about the most recent timeline," said Debra DeShong, a spokeswoman for MGM Resorts International, late on Tuesday. | "We cannot be certain about the most recent timeline," said Debra DeShong, a spokeswoman for MGM Resorts International, late on Tuesday. |
| "We believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate." | "We believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate." |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Las Vegas shooting timeline - all Pacific Standard Time |
| 21:40 (04:40 GMT) Route 91 Harvest festival begins its closing act | 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 | 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 | 22:05 Paddock opens fire on concert-goers below after smashing his window with a hammer |
| 22:15 Paddock stops firing | 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 | 22:17 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 initially said he had checked in on 28 September, three days before the shooting. |
| They now say he checked in on 25 September. | 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. |
| 'Some things were bound to change' | 'Some things were bound to change' |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 explanation for 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. |