Ex-convict’s letters to shooter foretold Las Vegas massacre
Associated PressLAS VEGAS — Letters addressing the gunman who in October 2017 unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas, apparently written by an ex-convict who lived in Texas, foretold the carnage to come, according to documents obtained Friday. Addressed “Dear Steve,” it said, “Please don’t go on any shooting rampage like some fool.” “I am concern about the way you are talking and believe you are going to do something very bad,” said another letter, dated May 27, 2017, that was among 10 unredacted documents released by Las Vegas police. “We wish you well with your investigation.” In a statement Friday, the bureau in Las Vegas declined to comment and pointed to findings by Las Vegas police and the FBI that did not specify a motive for Paddock’s attack. “It was all about doing the maximum amount of damage and him obtaining some form of infamy,” the FBI agent in charge in Las Vegas at the time said in January 2019. We stand by the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit key findings summary report.” Las Vegas police declined to comment, and efforts by AP to contact Jim Nixon on Friday were not successful.
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