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Las Vegas Shooting

During October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel onto the crowd below that was enjoying the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. The 64‐year‐old man used multiple rifles to shoot over 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Sixty people died and 411 were wounded from this mass shooting, and scores of others were injured as they tried to escape and protect their life. This event is the deadliest mass shooting in the United States, and it prompted the ban of “bump stocks” which produce rapid fire almost equivalent to automatic weapons. Paddock’s motive remains unknown to this day.