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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, windows are broken at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino in Las Vegas, the room from where Stephen Craig Paddock fired on a nearby music festival, killing 58 and injuring hundreds on Oct. 1. In the two years since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the federal government and states have taken some action to tighten gun regulations. But advocates say they're frustrated more hasn't been done since the attack in Las Vegas killed 58 people on Oct. 1, 2017, and that mass shootings keep happening across the country. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Vegas settlement reached

by Ken Ritter Associated PressOctober 3, 2019

LAS VEGAS — Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement that could pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others…

FILE- This Oct. 2017 file photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Force Investigation Team Report showing the interior of room 32-134 of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's 32nd floor room of the Mandalay Bay hotel, an evidence imaged released as part of a preliminary report by Clark County Sheriff. Las Vegas police planned to make public Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, their final report on the shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds last year at a country music festival. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

Vegas Shooting Investigation Ends

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, and Michelle L. Price And Michael Balsamo Associated PressAugust 3, 2018

Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez announces her decision at the Regional Justice Center during a hearing on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Las Vegas. Drug manufacturer Alvogen filed suit in an effort to stop Nevada using their drugs in the execution of death row inmate Scott Dozier. Gonzalez ordered the delay Wednesday morning in response to a challenge by New Jersey-based drugmaker Alvogen, which says it doesn't want its product, midazolam, used in "botched" executions. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Nev. Execution Blocked After Company Balks at Use of Its Drug

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, and Michelle L. Price Associated PressJuly 11, 2018

This Oct. 2017 photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Force Investigation Team Report showing the interior of room 32-134 of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's 32nd floor room of the Mandalay Bay hotel, an evidence imaged released as part of a preliminary report by Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Las Vegas. Paddock began shooting into the crowd attending the Route 91 Music Festival from his hotel room into a crowd of 22,000 people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival music below on Oct. 1, 2017. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Authorities: Gunman Carefully Planned Attack; Motive Is Mystery

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, and Mike Balsamo Associated PressJanuary 19, 2018

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2017 file photo shows police tape blocking off the home of Stephen Craig Paddock in Mesquite, Nev. A federal judge is being asked to unseal documents telling what federal agents learned before searching properties belonging to the gunman responsible for the Oct. 1, 2017 massacre on the Las Vegas Strip. Prosecutors aren't opposing a Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 request from media organizations for U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey to release redacted affidavits underlying warrants for locations including Stephen Paddock's home in Mesquite. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Records: FBI Knew of Vegas Gunman’s Stash

by Ken Ritter Associated PressJanuary 14, 2018

FILE - This undated combination of file photos provided by the Multnomah County, Ore., Sheriff's Office shows, from left, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons Ammon Bundy and Ryan Bundy and co-defendant Ryan Payne. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro ruled Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Las Vegas that federal prosecutors acted with willful disregard for constitutional due process rights of Cliven Bundy, sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy and Montana militia leader Ryan Payne. Criminal charges have been dismissed. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Bundy Freed After Judge Tosses Case

by Ken Ritter Associated PressJanuary 9, 2018

A memorial displaying 58 crosses by Greg Zanis stands at the Welcome To Las Vegas Sign on Thursday, October 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Each cross has the name of a victim killed during the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival this past Sunday. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds were injured. (Mikayla Whitmore/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Stymied Police Seek Help in Uncovering Vegas Gunman’s Motive

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressOctober 7, 2017

This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Marilou Danley. Danley, 62, returned to the United States from the Philippines on Tuesday night, Oct. 3, 2017, and was met at Los Angeles International Airport by FBI agents, according to a law enforcement official. Authorities are trying to determine why Stephen Paddock, Danley's boyfriend, killed dozens of people in Las Vegas Oct. 1, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

FBI Questions Girlfriend

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Brian Melley Associated PressOctober 5, 2017

Eric Paddock, brother of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock, speaks to members of the media near his home, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. Paddock told the Orlando Sentinel: "We are completely dumbfounded. We can't understand what happened." (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Las Vegas Gunman Was Retired and Had No Criminal Record

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, and Gene Johnson Associated PressOctober 2, 2017

FILE - In this Thursday, July 20, 2017, file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson enters his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. A Nevada prison official said early Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, O.J. Simpson, the former football legend and Hollywood star, has been released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for armed robbery. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)

Simpson Is Freed, With Not a Word on Where He Went Next

by Ken Ritter Associated Press, and Justin Pritchard Associated PressOctober 2, 2017