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Brother of man ID'd as Las Vegas shooter: 'Like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'
At least 59 people were killed, more than 500 wounded at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay casino. Stephen Paddock has been identified as the shooter.
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Brother of man ID'd as Las Vegas shooter: 'Like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'

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.
More: Las Vegas shooting: What we know about what happened at Mandalay Bay
More: Who is Stephen Paddock? Police say he killed 50 in Las Vegas shooting rampage

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."
“Not an avid gun guy at all...where the hell did he get automatic weapons? He has no military background,” gunman’s brother says pic.twitter.com/EMSKLQGYFM
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2, 2017
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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