Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and injured hundreds more in early October of last year, reportedly encountered staff at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino “more than 10 times” in the days before the mass shooting.
“As a result of these interactions, there was no need to conduct a welfare check,” the statement reads. “There were numerous interactions with Stephen Paddock every day at the resort, including a room service delivery and a call with housekeeping on Oct. 1, all of which were normal in nature,” the hotel’s statement continued.
Paddock had numerous weapons in his hotel room and thousands of rounds of ammunition. More than 1,100 rounds were fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, where he was staying. When police got close, he killed himself.
No motive in the shooting has been revealed by police or the FBI.
The Mandalay Bay did not provide details on the interactions staff had with Paddock, a high-stakes video poker player.
“My initial scan, coming in the room with my rifle, is just seeing, I’m seeing one male down, bleeding from the face,” said Officer Matthew Donaldson, according to the Post. “He was not a threat.”
