Vegas shooter may have targeted another music festival first

By Christen Smith

The Las Vegas shooter may have targeted the Life Is Beautiful Festival in downtown Las Vegas last month. (Photo: Life Is Beautiful.com)
The man police say rained down bullets into a crowded country music festival on the Las Vegas strip Sunday may have targeted a different concert two weeks earlier, according to law enforcement.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo confirmed during a press conference Wednesday 64-year-old Stephen Paddock rented multiple condos through Airbnb at a luxury 21-story residential building called the Ogden during Life Is Beautiful — an 18-block music festival featuring Lorde and Chance the Rapper as headliners. Lombardo refused to speculate on the reasons why the shooter was there — whether he simply changed his plans, lost his nerve or was just conducting surveillance as part of Sunday’s attack.
“What we know is Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood,” he said. “He meticulously planned on the worst domestic attack in United States history.”
Authorities still don’t know why Paddock, a retired accountant and prolific gambler, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 59 and wounding nearly 500 others gathered on the

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