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Documents Reveal Second Person Of Interest In Las Vegas Shooting

A man named as a second person of interest in affidavits from the early days of the police investigation into the Las Vegas shooting in October says the gunman bought ammunition from him and left.
An October vigil is held one week after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Newly unsealed documents reveal details of the early stage of the investigation.

This week, when a district court in Las Vegas unsealed nearly 300 pages of police affidavits, the name of a second person of interest in the mass shooting that left 58 people dead was blacked out.

But because of an error, the documents released to included name of an Arizona man named Douglas Haig, according to the newspaper. And it started another frenzy over whether Stephen Paddock acted alone.

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