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Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock<\/a> had the \u201cmost vanilla profile one could imagine,\u201d according to Steve Wynn. The casino mogul told Fox News on Sunday that Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, had been frequent visitors to the Wynn Las Vegas for 11 years and were known to staff.<\/p>\n

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Steve Wynn said on Sunday that Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was a frequent guest at the Wynn Las Vegas. Staff who knew him said that the only unusual thing about him was that he never touched a drink. (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The interview came one week after Paddock inexplicitly opened fire on a country music contest from his room on the 32nd<\/sup> floor of the MGM Resorts-owned Mandalay Bay, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a man who behaved rationally, privately, a little introverted, liked to play video poker. But he was a rational man,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Never Touched a Drop<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One thing Wynn<\/a> said that he considered unusual, and which would appear to contradict reports that Paddock was a heavy drinker, was that not one member of Wynn staff had ever seen either Paddock or Danley drink an alcoholic drink in all the years they had been staying at the casino.<\/p>\n

Wynn called him a \u201cmodest gambler (at least by our standards),\u201d one who paid promptly and \u201cnever owed any money anywhere in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn’t fit the profile of a problem or compulsive gambler,\u201d said Wynn.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That Paddock did what he did was \u201cas stunning, as unexpected\u201d as you could imagine of anybody you have ever met, he said.<\/p>\n

Wynn also hinted that the situation could not have happened at a Wynn Resorts property. Following a counter-terrorism review two years ago, the company spent \u201ctens of millions\u201d beefing up its security and training staff, from housekeeping to room service, to identify suspicious behavior.<\/p>\n

Paddock had stayed in his room for three days prior to the massacre with a \u201cdo not disturb\u201d sign on the door, behavior that would have triggered alarm bells among Wynn staff over concerns for the guest\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n

Chilling Note Found<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Monday, the police officers who stormed Paddock\u2019s room gave their first interview, describing how the shooter had screwed a stairwell door shut with a piece of metal to prevent them gaining access to the corridor. Meanwhile, cameras had been deployed in the corridor to warn the gunman of their approach.<\/p>\n

On entering, they said they were \u201ctripping over guns\u201d as they encountered the arsenal of high-powered weaponry Paddock had smuggled into his room. Paddock was slumped on the floor with a bullet in his head.<\/p>\n

Chillingly, they found a piece of paper next to his shooting station, on which were calculations on where to aim to inflict the greatest casualties.<\/p>\n

As city officials announced the return of belongings left behind by fleeing concertgoers on Sunday, the motive for the worst mass shooting in modern American history remains a complete mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had the \u201cmost vanilla profile one could imagine,\u201d according to Steve Wynn. The casino mogul told Fox News on Sunday that Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, had been frequent visitors to the Wynn Las Vegas for 11 years and were known to staff. 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