What is Stephen Paddock?
{{Infobox criminal | image = | caption = Stephen Paddock | birth_name = Stephen Craig Paddock | birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|04|09}} | birth_place = [[Clinton, Iowa|Clinton]], [[Iowa]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|10|01|1953|04|09}} | death_place = [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], [[Nevada]], U.S. | occupation = Accountant, real estate investor | known_for = Perpetrator of the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]] | parents = [[Benjamin Hoskins Paddock|Benjamin Paddock]] | date = October 1, 2017 | time = {{abbr|≈|approximately}} 10:05{{snd}}10:15{{nbsp}}p.m. | targets = [[Route 91 Harvest]] music festival audience | locations = [[Las Vegas Strip]], Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | fatalities = 61 (including himself) | injuries = 851<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/ |title=Sheriff: Person of interest part of Strip shooting probe; Paddock had child porn |date=January 19, 2018 |work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |access-date=January 19, 2018 |first1=Ricardo |last1=Torres-Cortez |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119213722/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/ |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> }} '''Stephen Craig Paddock''' (April 9, 1953 &ndash; October 1, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[mass murder]]er. Paddock [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|killed]] 60 and injured 487 people during a [[country music]] festival on the [[Las Vegas Strip]] in [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], [[Nevada]] on October 1, 2017. After being discovered by the police in [[Mandalay Bay]] resort, he committed [[suicide]] by shooting himself. According to police, Paddock acted alone. His [[motive]] remains unknown.<ref name=AU1> {{cite news |title = What we know about Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock |url = http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/what-we-know-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock/news-story/84534