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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Las Vegas Gunman Who kills 59 Sent $100,000 to Philippines Before Attack

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Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said alleged gunman Stephen Paddock's girlfriend is a "person of interest" in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. he added during his press conference" The Lone gunman who kills 59 people transferred $100,000 overseas in the days before the attack. In Police interview Marilou it emerged Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to her before the incident happen.

Paddock sent the money to the Philippines last week, authorities in Manila said on Wednesday, citing the FBI. Investigators are taking a harder look at the shooter's girlfriend and what she might have known about the attack, with the sheriff naming her a "person of interest" and saying the FBI is bringing her back to the U.S. on Wednesday for questioning.

"Danley arrived in the Philippines last month, and then there was a wire transfer to her account for $100,000 from Stephen," Nick Suarez, spokesman for the Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), told AFP.

Security expert Jeffrey Simon, author of Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat, said: "I think the girlfriend is key. Hopefully, she may be able to provide some answers.

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