Police find car sought in Las Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS (NEWS 1130) –  Las Vegas police say they have located a car they were looking for as part of the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says Thursday night on Twitter that the red Hyundai Tuscan was found after police executed a search warrant at a home in Reno owned by the shooter, Stephen Paddock. Police did not immediately provide any other details.

The attack on Sunday killed 58 and injured nearly 500 people at a country music concert on the Las Vegas Strip. Four Canadians are among those killed.

Police had searched the Reno home on Tuesday and found guns and ammunition. Paddock had lived in the home with his girlfriend, Marilou Danley.

Investigators are still trying to determine what could have led Paddock to open fire from his high-rise hotel room before killing himself.

Authorities are looking into the possibility Paddock was planning additional attacks.

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The 64-year-old booked rooms overlooking the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago in August and the Life Is Beautiful show near the Vegas Strip late last month before carrying out the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

A former executive casino host at the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa in Reno, Nevada, where Paddock frequently gambled, says he had a “god complex” and expected quick service no matter how busy employees were.

Host John Weinreich says Paddock was a frequent but not daily visitor to the high-limit area, where attendants stand behind a desk and a platter of food is available to gamblers.

Weinreich says Paddock liked “everybody to think that he was the guy. He didn’t boast about anything he had or anything. It was just his demeanour. It was like, ‘I’m here. Don’t cross me. Don’t look at me too long.”’

Paddock was known to stare at other people. One high roller told Weinreich that she thought Paddock was creepy.

Weinreich says girlfriend Marilou Danley once worked at the casino and initially got on Paddock’s good side by leading him to a machine where someone had lost tens of thousands of dollars.

Many gamblers falsely believe such machines are more likely to pay off. Weinreich called Danley a “super sweet lady” and says he later learned she had taken off with Paddock.