The debate extended to late-night comedy shows. A somber Jimmy Kimmel was in tears at the start of his monologue Monday night as he spoke of the “terrible, inexplicable, shocking and painful tragedy” in Las Vegas, his home town.
While the nation learned more about the lives cut brutally short as well as the heroic actions of people on the ground, few answers were available as to what, if anything, may have motivated the rampage. Lombardo warned that the number of dead could rise, as an additional 527 were thought to have been injured.
Authorities described a level of preparation that suggested the attack was planned in advance. Police said ****** arrived on Thursday, three days before the shooting, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip.
He had more than 10 suitcases in the suite, but aroused no suspicion from hotel staff even as he brought in 23 guns, some of them with scopes. One of the weapons he apparently used in the attack was an AK-47 type rifle, with a stand used to steady it for firing, people familiar with the case said.
Authorities said a sweep of law enforcement databases showed ****** had no known run-ins with police. ******* was the son of a bank robber who was once on the FBI most wanted list, but investigators have turned up no clear links to any criminal enterprises or international terrorist groups — despite repeated claims by the Islamic State that ******carried out the carnage in its name.