Las Vegas Terrorist Life Is Beautiful FestivalImage Source: mirror.co.uk

Earlier this week, A man identified as Stephen Paddock, booked a room at the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas overlooking a country music festival across the street. He shot down dozens of rounds at the crowd, killing at least 59 people and injuring over 500.

Now new reports have revealed that the terrorist might have originally targeted the Life is Beautiful Music Festival, which was also happening in Vegas.

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Sources from law enforcement told the Daily Beast that Paddock had rented multiple condos overlooking Life is Beautiful’s grounds. This year’s festival took place in downtown Las Vegas between September 22nd-24th and featured performances from the likes of Gorillaz, Lorde, Chance the Rapper, Muse, The xx, and more.

Police are still investigating the shooter’s motive and why he decided to target the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country music festival, instead.

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