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Tourists coming to gamble and party on the Strip will soon find something other than bright lights welcoming them to “Fabulous Las Vegas”.
Billboards will serve as a stark reminder that investigators remain stumped about what drove a gunman to mow down people from his casino hotel room last Sunday.
Stephen Paddock, 64, unleashed a torrent of gunfire onto an outdoor music festival from the windows of his 32nd-floor suite, then apparently shot himself dead before police stormed his room.
In addition to the 58 people who died, nearly 500 were injured.

“We still do not have a clear motive or reason,” a frustrated Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said on Friday. “We have looked at literally everything.”
Investigators have chased 1,000 leads and examined Stephen Paddock’s politics, his finances, any possible radicalisation and his social behaviour – typical investigative avenues that have helped uncover the motive in past shootings.
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“We have been down each and every one of these paths,” McMahill said. “We all want answers.”
The FBI announced that signboards would go up around the city asking anyone with information to dial 800-CALL-FBI.

McMahill said investigators had reviewed video from the casino and don’t think Paddock had an accomplice, but they want to know if anyone knew about his plot beforehand.
Investigators have been looking into whether he was with a prostitute days before the shooting, were scrutinising cruises he took and were trying to make sense of a cryptic note with numbers jotted on it found in his hotel room, a federal official said on condition of anonymity.
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“We’re so used to ... being able to review social media posts. If they don’t leave us a note behind or a manifesto behind, and we’re not seeing that, that’s what’s making this longer,” said Erroll Southers, director of home-grown violent extremism studies at the University of Southern California.

Paddock’s girlfriend, Marilou Danley, told FBI agents on Wednesday that she had not noticed any changes in his mental state or seen indications he could become violent, according to another federal official on condition of anonymity.
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Because so few people knew Paddock well, investigators will have a harder time probing his background for clues, Southers said.
There’s “no one to say who’s he mad at, what his motive is,” Southers said. “The key to this case right now is the girlfriend.”
Associated Press, Reuters


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Police cars line Las Vegas Boulevard following the mass shooting. Photo: Reuters

FILE - This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival killing dozens and wounding hundreds. Police who have yet to find Paddock's motive for the massacre said Friday, that they will enlist the public's help with billboards that ask people with credible information to call the FBI. (Courtesy of Eric Paddock via AP, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 file photo, police officers stand at the scene of a mass shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas. Police who have yet to find Stephen Paddock's motive for the massacre said Friday that they will enlist the public's help. Billboards will serve as a stark reminder that investigators remain stumped about what drove a gunman to mow down concertgoers from a perch in the high-rise casino hotel. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 3: People pose for photos by the 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign just south of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, October 3, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Late Sunday night, a lone gunman killed over 50 people and injured over 500 people after he opened fire on a large crowd at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. The massacre is one of the deadliest mass shooting events in U.S. history. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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