The brother of the gunman in the mass shooting Sunday night at a music concert in Las Vegas said there's no logic to explain the shooting. Eric Paddock said his brother played video poker to "stay at home in the casino.'' (Oct. 2)
The brother of the man who police say killed at least 59 people and injured about 527 said his family is "dumbfounded" by details of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
"We can’t understand what happened," said Eric Paddock, brother of Stephen Paddock, identified by authorities in Las Vegas as the gunman who opened fire from a hotel room during a nearby outdoor concert.
Paddock spoke outside his home near Orlando, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Stephen Paddock, 64, was found dead by officers who stormed his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
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Stephen Paddock's former neighbors say the alleged Las Vegas shooter was a night owl who wasn’t around much when he lived in Viera, Fla.
Eric Paddock said his brother was never an "avid gun guy" and didn't have any background in the military.
"He's a guy who lived in a house in Mesquite (Nev.), and drove down and gambled in Las Vegas." said Paddock, in a video clip of an interview posted by CBS News. "He did stuff, ate burritos."
Eric Paddock also said there is "no reason" the family could imagine his brother carrying out this massacre, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "It's like an asteroid just fell on top of our family."
A motive for this shooting has not been determined at this point.
The last time Eric Paddock spoke to his brother was after Hurricane Irma, when his brother texted to check on their mom. Eric believes their mother was the last one to speak with Stephen Paddock.
"There's absolutely no way I can even conceive that my brother would shoot a bunch of people he didn't even know," Eric Paddock said. "There's no rationale. There's nothing anywhere that said why he did this."
Contributing: Caroline Glenn, FLORIDA TODAY
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![A family grieves during a candlelight vigil for Charleston Hartfield at Police Memorial Park. Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer, was killed Sunday during the mass shooting at a music festival across from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.]()
1 of 98![Sherri Camperchioli and Jordan Cassel, volunteers from Las Vegas, staple photos of the mass shooting victims on crosses artist Greg Zanis of Aurora, Ill., constructed. He drove across the country to install them on Las Vegas Boulevard to honor the people killed in the mass shooting. Zanis said he has created crosses for many national tragedies.]()
2 of 98![Jean Green Dunbar of Las Vegas plants shrubs at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden in the Arts District of Las Vegas Oct. 5. The garden is intended to help the city heal from the massacre that happened Sunday.]()
3 of 98![Law enforcement officers salute during a candlelight vigil for Charleston Hartfield at Police Memorial Park.]()
4 of 98![Police officers listen to speakers at a candlelight vigil for Charleston Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer who was killed Sunday.]()
5 of 98![Veronica Hartfield wipes a tear from her son Ayzayah during a candlelight vigil at Police Memorial Park.]()
6 of 98![Officer Michael Lemley of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department stands with fellow officers at a candlelight vigil for Charleston Hartfield.]()
7 of 98![Jeanne Belez of Marysville, Ore. places a bouquet of flowers at a memorial on a median on Las Vegas Blvd. near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 4, 2017.]()
8 of 98![Mementos, candles and flowers are left at a makeshift memorial on a median on Las Vegas Blvd. near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 4, 2017.]()
9 of 98![Arizona Diamondbacks remember their former employee Christiana Duarte, who was killed this week in the Las Vegas shooting during pregame ceremonies of the National League Wild Card game on Oct. 4, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz.]()
10 of 98![Crystal Fernandez, left, and Carmen Arias share a moment at a memorial that sprung up on a median on Las Vegas Blvd. near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 4, 2017.]()
11 of 98![Religious groups gather at a makeshift memorial on a median on Las Vegas Blvd. near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.]()
12 of 98![Linda Proctor hugs Dr. Robert T. Baggott as her husband, Donnie Proctor, waits to the right during a memorial at Community Church of Vero Beach, Fla. on Oct. 4, 2017, for those who died in the mass shooting in Las Vegas.]()
13 of 98![President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania arrive at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. . President Trump is planning on meeting victims of Sunday's mass shooting.]()
14 of 98![With the lights of the Las Vegas Strip as a backdrop, people gathered on a vacant lot on Las Vegas Blvd. for a candlelight vigil in the memory of the victims of the Mandalay Bay mass shooting, Oct. 2, 2017.]()
15 of 98![People wait in line to give blood at United Blood Services in Las Vegas, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
16 of 98![Michael Kordich, 34, a firefighter with the San Bernardino County Fire Dept., performed CPR on a fellow concert goer who had been shot, before Kordich himself was shot in the arm during the Las Vegas massacre. He talks about the life-changing events from his hospital bed at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
17 of 98![Sara Rivero, on right, with her mom Laura Rodriguez, in center and Gisell Rivera, her step mother, burn a candle at the memorial site on Las Vegas Blvd, for friends who died at the concert.]()
18 of 98![Gina DeMarco holds her daughter Adriana during a vigil for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting at Mountain Crest Park, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
19 of 98![Members of the Las Vegas community pray during an emotional vigil for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting at Mountain Crest Park, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
20 of 98![Sydney Torres hugs her mother, Christine at a memorial for victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting in Las Vegas, Oct. 3, 2017]()
21 of 98![Ken Neyhart of Las Vegas, sits quietly at a makeshift memorial along Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas, Nev. on Oct. 3, 2017.]()
22 of 98![Las Vegas Police block the streets near the Mandalay Bay hotel where some residents put balloons and flowers in memory of victims in Las Vegas, Nev. on Oct. 2, 2017.]()
23 of 98![People hug one another outside of the trauma center at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
24 of 98![Matthew Edwards puts a teddy bear and flowers at the memorial site. When asked about his feelings he said "I cannot understand what has happened here... what would drive a man to do what he did"]()
25 of 98![Law enforcement and members of the media gathered outside Stephen Paddock's home Oct. 2, 2017 in Mesquite, Nev.]()
26 of 98![With the lights of the Las Vegas Strip as a backdrop, people gathered on a vacant lot on Las Vegas Blvd. for a candlelight vigil in the memory of the victims of the Mandalay Bay mass shooting, Oct. 2, 2017.]()
27 of 98![Police tape surrounds the perimeter as authorities continue to investigate the Las Vegas shooting near the Mandalay Bay, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
28 of 98![Police stand at each entrance to the venue of the Route 91 music festival across the street from the Mandalay Bay, Oct. 3, 2017.]()
29 of 98![Authorities continue to investigate the Las Vegas shooting on Las Vegas Boulevard near the Mandalay Bay, Oct. 3, 2017. (]()
30 of 98![Mike Giangregorio and Veronica Torres, of Las Vegas, grieve for their friends who were at the concert during a candlelight vigil outside city hall.]()
31 of 98![People light candles in memory of the Las Vegas shooting victims outside of Ascend Amphitheater during a vigil in Nashville.]()
32 of 98![Keith Urban performs during a vigil in Nashville for Las Vegas shooting victims at Ascend Amphitheater.]()
33 of 98![People take pictures near the site of the Las Vegas shooting.]()
34 of 98![Police gather the personal effects of people who fled and ran near the site of the Las Vegas shooting.]()
35 of 98![Pastor Paul Goulet prays with others during a candle vigil outside city hall in Las Vegas.]()
36 of 98![Lois Tarkanian, the Las Vegas mayor pro tempore, grieves with others during the candle vigil outside city hall in Las Vegas.]()
37 of 98![Rahel Mehari is consoled by her brother Hiruy Mehari and Jacqueline Catando, left, during a candle light vigil outside city hall in Las Vegas.]()
38 of 98![People gather in memory of the Las Vegas shooting victims outside of the Ascend Amphitheater during a vigil in Nashville, Tenn. on Oct. 2, 2017.]()
39 of 98![People gather at Trocadero plaza as the lights of the Eiffel tower are turned off, in Paris on Oct. 2, 2017. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said the Eiffel tower will turn off its lights to pay tribute to Las Vegas and Marseille victims.]()
40 of 98![New York University students attend a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2017 in New York.]()
41 of 98![A Las Vegas metro police officer walks past balloons and flowers left on Las Vegas Blvd. on Oct. 2, 2017, two blocks from the Mandalay Bay Casino, where a gunman killed dozens and injured hundreds.]()
42 of 98![Investigators load a body from the scene of a mass shooting at a music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas.]()
43 of 98![The American flag is at half-staff at the White House in Washington on Oct. 2, 2017. President Donald Trump ordered that flags be lowered at all government buildings to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.]()
44 of 98![Tel Aviv's municipality building is lit with the colors of the American flag in solidarity with victims of Las Vegas shooting in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 2, 2017.]()
45 of 98![People walks past flowers left on a pedestrian bridge overlooking Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2017, two blocks from the Mandalay Bay Hotel Casino where a gunman killed dozens and injured hundreds of people attending a concert.]()
46 of 98![Sean Bean, of Livermore, Calif., hugs his girlfriend, Katie Kavetski, of San Leandro, Calif., left, as Travis Reed, of Mexico, Ind., right, comforts his girlfriend, Anna Travnicek, second from right, on Las Vegas Strip. All attended the concert where the mass shooting occurred.]()
47 of 98![This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival killing dozens and wounding hundreds.]()
48 of 98![Police stand at a roadblock on Las Vegas Blvd. at Sunset Road with Mandalay Bay in the background on Oct. 2, 2017.]()
49 of 98![Debris is strewn through the scene of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas on Oct. 2.]()
50 of 98![Collette Moore, a registered nurse at the Healthy Living Institute at University Medical Center in Las Vegas helps blood donors check-in.]()
51 of 98![Blood donors wait to give blood at the Healthy Living Institute at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas.]()
52 of 98![The flag is flown at half-mast at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 2.]()
53 of 98![People bring food and supplies for people who were waiting to donate blood at the Healthy Living Institute at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas.]()
54 of 98![Police allow a vehicle to pass a roadblock on Las Vegas Blvd. near Mandalay Bay.]()
55 of 98![Police secure a perimeter on the Las Vegas Strip near Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.]()
56 of 98![Crime scene tape surrounds the Mandalay Hotel (background) in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2017.]()
57 of 98![People line up to donate blood at a special United Blood Services drive at a University Medical Center facility to help victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nev.]()
58 of 98![A North Las Vegas Police Department's Crime Scene Investigations vehicle arrives in the Sun City Mesquite community where suspected Las Vegas gunman Stephen Padock lived on Oct. 2, 2017 in Mesquite, Nev.]()
59 of 98![A Mesquite Police Department citizen volunteer talks to a resident at the Sun City Mesquite community where suspected Las Vegas gunman Stephen Padock lived on Oct. 2, 2017 in Mesquite, Nevada.]()
60 of 98![A group of women wait for their ride outside the Thomas & Mack center, which served as a refuge, following the mass shooting at the Route 91 music festival.]()
61 of 98![People hug and cry outside the Thomas & Mack Center. People who could not go to hotel-casinos that were closed after the shooting are temporarily staying at the center.]()
62 of 98![Broken windows are seen on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino after a lone gunman opened fired on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas.]()
63 of 98![People are directed to rides outside the Thomas & Mack Center.]()
64 of 98![Concert-goers wait for a ride outside the Thomas & Mack Center.]()
65 of 98![People embrace after arriving at Metro Police Headquarters in Las Vegas to check on loved ones early Oct. 2, 2017.]()
66 of 98![Police form a perimeter around the road leading to the Mandalay Hotel.]()
67 of 98![Las Vegas police sweep through a convention center area during a lockdown at the Tropicana Las Vegas]()
68 of 98![A woman cries while hiding inside the Sands Corporation plane hangar.]()
69 of 98![Concertgoers embrace as they wait early Oct. 2, 2017, inside the Sands Corporation plane hangar.]()
70 of 98![People walk near the Las Vegas Strip shortly after sunrise.]()
71 of 98![People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival amid gunfire on Oct. 1, 2017 in Las Vegas.]()
72 of 98![Police officers advise people to take cover.]()
73 of 98![People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas.]()
74 of 98![People carry a peson at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.]()
75 of 98![People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gun fire was heard.]()
76 of 98![A man in a wheelchair is taken away from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.]()
77 of 98![Police run to cover at the scene of a shooting.]()
78 of 98![Medics treat the wounded as Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas strip.]()
79 of 98![People flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds.]()
80 of 98![A cowboy hat lays in the street after shots were fired near a country music festival on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas. Police have confirmed that one suspect has been shot.]()
81 of 98![People wearing Jason Aldean concert t-shirts talk with police officers on the street outside the Mandalay Bay hotel near the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival.]()
82 of 98![People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.]()
83 of 98![Police and rescue personnel gather at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave.]()
84 of 98![A person takes cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.]()
85 of 98![An injured person is tended to in the intersection of Tropicana Ave. and Las Vegas Boulevard after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas.]()
86 of 98![A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals.]()
87 of 98![A police officer takes cover behind a truck.]()
88 of 98![A handout photo released via Twitter by Eiki Hrafnsson (@EirikurH) showing concertgoers running away from the scene (C) after shots rang out at the Route 91 Harvest festival on Las Vegas Boulevard.]()
89 of 98![Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers stand near an ambulance as medical personnel treat a person in the parking lot of the Hooters Casino Hotel.]()
90 of 98![People are searched by Las Vegas police at the Tropicana Las Vegas during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.]()
91 of 98![A wounded woman is moved outside the Tropicana during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas.]()
92 of 98![A wounded woman is moved outside the Tropicana on a hotel baggage cart during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip.]()
93 of 98![A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer stands in the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave. after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas.]()
94 of 98![Las Vegas police respond during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip.]()
95 of 98![An ambulance leaves the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Ave. after a mass shooting at a country music festival nearby on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas.]()
96 of 98![People take cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are reports of an active shooter around the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.]()
97 of 98![A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.]()
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