LAS VEGAS _ The Las Vegas Police Department on Wednesday released the first body-camera video of officers breaching and entering the hotel room Stephen Paddock used as a perch to kill 58 people at a country music concert last year.
Paddock wounded more than 700 in the attack at the Route 91 Harvest music festival that was attended by about 22,000 on Oct. 1. It was the largest mass shooting in modern American history.
The release came after police failed to persuade the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that ordered authorities to make the hundreds of hours of body-camera video and 911 calls public.
Police officials said because of the volume of videos, 911 calls and documents, the public release of the items will continue on a rolling basis over the coming months.
Little is still known about what motivated Paddock to unleash his attack. Even with the recent release of security camera video at Mandalay Bay, the shooter cuts an unassuming image as he drinks, gambles and chats with staff at the hotel.
But between 10:05 and 10:16 p.m., Paddock riddled the crowd with bullets _ sending terrified concertgoers fleeing for cover. He also shot down the hallway on the 32nd floor, striking Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos in the leg.
A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Strike Team that included four officers ultimately reached Paddock's suit. Members used an explosive breach to enter Paddock's suite and found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
