ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Eric Paddock broke down in tears to our sister station, WFTV, when he realized his brother Stephen Paddock, 64, was responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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At least 59 people were killed and hundreds more were injured Sunday night when a gunman opened fire on more than 22,000 people gathered near the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas for a country music festival.
Channel 2 Action News Anchor and Reporter Justin Wilfon is in Las Vegas. Stay with WSBTV.com and watch Channel 2 Action News for the latest from the scene.
Police said Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on people attending the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Authorities found him dead in his hotel room, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
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Stephen Paddock used to live in Central Florida.
“There’s nothing I can say. My brother did this. It’s like he shot us. I couldn’t be more dumbfounded,” Eric Paddock told WFTV.
"There's nothing. As far as we know there's nothing. We're dumbstruck. we're freaked out," said the brother of the shooter accused of killing more than 50 people in Las Vegas. Hear his story here: http://at.wftv.com/2hIV5Gt
Posted by WFTV Channel 9 on Monday, October 2, 2017
Eric Paddock said he last heard from his brother after Hurricane Irma. He said his brother texted to make sure his family was OK.
Eric Paddock said he found out about the mass shooting when Las Vegas police called him.
“I don’t understand. It doesn’t make sense,” Eric Paddock said.
According to his family, Stephen Paddock was a multi-millionaire real estate investor.
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