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Las Vegas shooter set up cameras in and around his hotel suite, reports say

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A day after Las Vegas police revealed that Stephen Paddock, the man who killed more than 58 people at a concert, had an arsenal of at least 42 weapons, further reports have revealed that the gunman set up cameras in and around his hotel suite.

According to police source, the suspect who later killed himself had two cameras in the hallway and one in the peephole allowed him to see if “law enforcement or security” were approaching.

Las Vegas cops believe that there was a high degree of planning on the part of the gunman even as officers are still trying to determine why Paddock, 64, opened fire on a concert from the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

Read also: Las Vegas gunman had ‘42-arm arsenal’, US police say

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters: “This individual was pre-meditated. Obviously pre-meditated, the fact that he had the type of weaponry and the amount of weaponry in that room.

“It was pre-planned extensively and I’m pretty sure he evaluated everything he did in his actions.”

According to police account, Stephen, the suspect accused of carrying out the worst mass shooting in modern US history, fired into a crowd of concert-goers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.

The 64-year old suspect and millionaire former accountant was later found dead in his hotel room, and police believe he killed himself to avoid arrest after his shooting spree.

 

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