Paddock was a restless and dangerous man and led a secretive way of life, most of which would never be cleared up. This was announced by the sheriff of the city of Las Vegas, Joseph Lombardo, at a press conference. "We know that Paddock spent decades building up an arsenal of weapons with ammunition and conducting a secret life," the sheriff quoted NBC News. At the same time, Lombardo noted that the police know people who can help understand the motives of the crime arrow. Also the sheriff confirmed the information that Paddock could choose as a target festival "Life is Beautiful", which was held in Las Vegas from September 22 to 24. According to Lombardo, the killer did rent a room with a view of the venue of the festival. Perhaps, in this way, the shooter rehearsed the attack, which occurred later. On the other hand, it is not excluded that he for some reason canceled the plan. Telling the details of the preparation of the massacre, Lombardo confessed that he still does not believe that Paddock acted alone, as he had to transfer a large number of weapons to the Mandalay Bay hotel room. He called the killer "super-guy" and immediately made a reservation that such an epithet is unacceptable in relation to a man who shot and killed more than fifty people and injured about 500. At present, law enforcement agencies claim that there is no evidence that Paddock was assisted by someone. Initially, the police believed that the shooter had an accomplice - his 62-year-old friend Marila Danley. Employees of the FBI already had a long conversation with her after she had returned to the US from the Philippines a day ago. But the woman told the secret services that she knew absolutely nothing about the impending attack.

"He never said anything to me and did not do anything to warn me in some way that something terrible is going to happen," the statement reads by Danley, read by her lawyer at the FBI headquarters, reports the Chicago Times. According to the woman, her lover was a "kind, caring and quiet" person, reports The Financial Times..

According to the latest data, victims of the Las Vegas shooter were 58 people, another 489 were injured. At the moment, the hospital discharged 317 victims, according to NBC News.