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2nd Person of Interest Was Identified in Days After Las Vegas Shooting, Documents Show 2nd Person of Interest Was Identified in Days After Las Vegas Shooting, Documents Show
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Documents released on Tuesday revealed that police investigating the mass shooting last October in Las Vegas were seeking to question a second man in connection to the attack.Documents released on Tuesday revealed that police investigating the mass shooting last October in Las Vegas were seeking to question a second man in connection to the attack.
The identity of the man, Douglas Haig, has not been previously reported. It is unclear whether Mr. Haig, who was identified in the documents as a person of interest, remains under investigation. The authorities have said that Stephen Paddock was the sole gunman responsible for the attack, but that there was one additional person of interest still under investigation whom they declined to identify. The identity of the man has not been previously reported. It is unclear whether the man who was identified in the documents as a person of interest remains under investigation. The authorities have said that Stephen Paddock was the sole gunman responsible for the attack, but that there was one additional person of interest still under investigation whom they declined to identify.
On Tuesday, a Nevada court unsealed hundreds of pages of search warrants, including an affidavit filed less than a week after the shooting that identifies the gunman’s longtime girlfriend as a person of interest. The authorities subsequently said the girlfriend, Marilou Danley, was not considered a suspect and that she had continued to cooperate with local and federal investigators.On Tuesday, a Nevada court unsealed hundreds of pages of search warrants, including an affidavit filed less than a week after the shooting that identifies the gunman’s longtime girlfriend as a person of interest. The authorities subsequently said the girlfriend, Marilou Danley, was not considered a suspect and that she had continued to cooperate with local and federal investigators.
The records also included another person of interest, Mr. Haig, whose name the judge ordered redacted. The Las Vegas Review-Journal used an unredacted copy and identified Mr. Haig. The records also included another person of interest, Douglas Haig, whose name the judge ordered redacted. The Las Vegas Review-Journal used an unredacted copy and identified Mr. Haig.
Mr. Haig’s whereabouts was unknown and he could not be reached for comment.Mr. Haig’s whereabouts was unknown and he could not be reached for comment.
“Until the investigation can rule otherwise, Marilou Danley and Douglas Haig have become persons of interest who may have conspired with Stephen Paddock to commit Murder with a Deadly Weapon,” investigators from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department wrote in the document. “Until the investigation can rule otherwise, Marilou Danley and Douglas Haig have become persons of interest who may have conspired with Stephen Paddock to commit Murder with a Deadly Weapon,” investigators from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department wrote in the document obtained by The Review-Journal.
Larry Hatfield, a spokesman for the department, declined to comment on whether Mr. Haig was still considered a person of interest or whether he was the person the sheriff said remained under investigation.Larry Hatfield, a spokesman for the department, declined to comment on whether Mr. Haig was still considered a person of interest or whether he was the person the sheriff said remained under investigation.
At a news conference on Jan. 19, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo emphatically said that Mr. Paddock was the sole gunman in the shooting, which killed 58 people and injured hundreds more. He said that the F.B.I. had an open investigation into an unnamed person and that charges could be filed in the next several weeks. He said Ms. Danley would not be charged.At a news conference on Jan. 19, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo emphatically said that Mr. Paddock was the sole gunman in the shooting, which killed 58 people and injured hundreds more. He said that the F.B.I. had an open investigation into an unnamed person and that charges could be filed in the next several weeks. He said Ms. Danley would not be charged.
“There was one shooter in the 1 October massacre,” he said at the news conference. “There was only one person responsible, and that was Stephen Paddock.”“There was one shooter in the 1 October massacre,” he said at the news conference. “There was only one person responsible, and that was Stephen Paddock.”