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Las Vegas Shooter Said To Be A Restless Retiree Who Liked To Gamble

Stephen Paddock, the man who authorities say killed scores of people and wounded hundreds more at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, reportedly had "no religious affiliation. No political affiliation."

Stephen Craig Paddock, the 64-year-old white man who police say carried out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip, is described as a divorced retiree who reportedly liked to gamble and moved frequently. But he wasn't well-known to law enforcement.

"He was a guy. He gambled," his brother Eric Paddock, who lives in Orlando, Fl., told reporters Monday. "He was nice to my kids when they went out to Vegas."

Asked by reporters if Stephen Paddock had been agitated about politics,

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