Photo of Life Is Beautiful 2015 by Chase Stevens for Noisey.
Stephen Paddock, the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Sunday night, may have planned to target another Las Vegas music festival, the Daily Beast has reported.According to the the publication, a "senior law enforcement source" says Paddock may have initially targeted the Life Is Beautiful music festival headlined by Chance the Rapper and Lorde, in Las Vegas the weekend of September 23.The source says that Paddock rented multiple condos overlooking the Life Is Beautiful Festival, which attracted an estimated 50 000 fans each day."The source suggested that Paddock may have lost his nerve or simply changed his plans and checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel on September 28," the Daily Beast reports.Paddock carried an arsenal of weapons and ammunition to his Mandalay Bay room in suitcases. On Sunday night he fired hundreds of rounds of gunfire on the crowd at the country music festival, killing 59 and injuring more than 500.Update: Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo has confirmed that Stephen Paddock also had a room at the Ogden Hote at the same time as Life Is Beautiful
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