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Sheriff: Las Vegas Gunman Fired More Than 1,100 Rounds

by Associated Press

   LAS VEGAS --

   The top lawman in Las Vegas says the gunman who killed dozens of people
   at a concert last month fired more than 1,100 rounds.

   The newly released estimate from Sheriff Joe Lombardo offers more
   detail about the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

   Lombardo tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal he was aware of the
   previously unreported figure because his department's forensics lab is
   working with the FBI to process all ballistics evidence.

   Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds more on Oct. 1
   after he shattered windows of his suite on the 32nd floor of the
   Mandalay Bay hotel-casino and unleashed withering gunfire at the music
   festival below before killing himself.

   Authorities have said they have not determined Paddock's motive or why
   he stopped shooting. Lombardo says authorities found about 4,000 unused
   rounds in the suite.