Stephen Paddock - The Mind of a Mass MurdererOctober 1st, 2017, The Route 91 Harvest Music Festival was in full swing on Vegas Boulevard, right in front of the Luxor and across from Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Everyone was having fun. Country singer, Jason Aldean was performing his last song of the set as the crowd of 22,000 people sang and danced along. At 10:05 P.M., amidst all the music, shots began to ring out in rapid succession. One by one, people dropped to the ground. Concert-goers rushed out in masses trying to get to safety. Ten minutes later, the gunfire stopped. Over 800 people were injured, trampled or hit by gunfire while 52 people lost their lives. “Completely Dumbfounded”Eric Paddock from Orlando, Florida was “completely dumbfounded” when he found out his brother, Stephen Paddock had gone on a shooting spree. It felt like “Mars just fell into the Earth,” he said. For him, he knew his brother as just a guy who stayed at hotels at the strip, gambled his money and attended various shows. Born in Clinton, Iowa as Stephen Craig Paddock, Stephen was the oldest of four sons by Benjamin Paddock - a bank robber who was once arrested for his crimes in 1960. After escaping prison in 1969, Benjamin Paddock was listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.Support the show

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