Criminal Charges Could Be Filed In Las Vegas Massacre In Next 60 Days, Attorney Says

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Fifty-eight people died in October 2017 when Stephen Paddock fired onto a music festival from the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. Photograph: David Becker/Getty Images

NEVADA – A lawyer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told a judge Tuesday morning that criminal charges could be filed in the next 60 days in connection with the largest mass shooting in the country’s history.

Attorney Nick Crosby make the remarks to Clark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish.

CNN reported: “Without naming names, there are potential charges against others as a result of the ongoing investigation — is that fair?” Cadish asked Crosby at one point.

“Yes,” Crosby responded. “There are charges being investigated.”

Asked about a time frame for the filing of such charges, Crosby said it “could be 60 days.”

Crosby added, “But I’m not privy to all of the information with respect to what’s going on.”

It was not revealed to whom the charges may be brought.

Local and federal authorities have said in the past they believe the gunman, Stephen Paddock, acted alone in the October 1 massacre. Paddock’s girlfriend, Marilou Danley, was initially identified as a person of interest but has not been charged with a crime.

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Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, leaving 58 people dead and 546 injured. Between 10:05 and 10:15 p.m. PDT, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, fired more than 1,100 rounds from his suite on the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel. About an hour after Paddock fired his last shot into the crowd of 22,000, he was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His motive is unknown.

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