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The (FBI) report concludes Paddock's reasoning for the rampage remains a mystery after nearly 12 months of evidence-gathering by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and the FBI, as well as study by agents and behavioral specialists.

A retired postal service worker, accountant and real estate investor, Paddock owned rental properties and homes in Reno and in a retirement community more than an hour's drive from Las Vegas. He held a private pilot's license and gambled tens of thousands of dollars at a time playing high-stakes video poker.

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In the report, the FBI's Las Vegas Review Panel highlighted 10 key findings about Paddock in its investigation:

  1. His attack was neither directed, inspired nor enabled by ideologically-motivated people or groups. He conspired with no one and he acted alone.
  2. There was no single motivating factor behind the attack.
  3. Investigators found no manifesto, video, suicide note or other communication relating to the attack. However, he desired to die by suicide.
  4. He wanted to gain infamy via a mass casualty attack and was influenced by the memory of his father, a convicted bank robber and diagnosed psychopath.
  5. His decision to kill people while they were being entertained was consistent with his personality. He had a history of exploiting others through manipulation and duplicity, sometimes resulting in a cruel deprivation of their expectations without warning.

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  1. He had no ill will against a specific casino, hotel, the music festival or anyone killed or injured in the attack.
  2. He engaged in significant, methodical, Internet-based research regarding site selection, police tactics and response and ballistics.
  3. He did not plan to escape the Mandalay Bay hotel room after the attack and took multiple calculated steps to ensure he could kill himself at a time and in a matter of his choosing.
  4. He kept interpersonal relationships and was not isolated before the attack.
  5. Findings illustrate he was, in many ways, similar to other active shooters the FBI has studied.

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