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Motive. now, we do know things about a timeline right now. las vegas metro police confirming that stephen paddock checked into the mandalay bay last thursday, september 28th. he carried his guns to his hotel room bringing ten suitcases. he spent three days in las vegas before the shooting began. on sunday, october 1st, 10:08 p.m. las vegas time, the first call was made reporting gunfire at the music festival. he smashed the windows in his room firing into the crowd across the street as jason ald...

Law. so did he use a cheap kit called a bump stock in this case to get around the law? the rapid bursts of gunfire provided a first clue. >> ive shot semiautomatic weapons before. and this, i could tell, was more highly sophisticated gunfire. >> reporter: what sounded like automatic gunfire. police say stephen paddock filled his room with ammo, tripods, scopes and 23 guns, some semiautomatic includi including .223 and .308 calibers, 19 more in his home. the question was, were the weapons already...

In fact, it is so much later when they go in to find out that the suspect is dead inside the room. so if you look at the overall timeline, from the first shooting to the time that they know that the suspect is dead, a huge amount of time. 10:08 to 11:20. one hour and 12 minutes. but even as people will scrutinize the police response, because thats what people do after something like this, it is important to bear in mind when they located that room and started putting pressure on the room and he ...

Behind the palm trees. >> you can see route 91 on the top of that venue. just to the left of it. >> theres the stage. so you managed to get out to the street and you ran right toward us? >> yeah, right towards you. >> you sort of ran through -- >> right through this area. >> and you made it to safety. >> how long did all of it take in. >> dont know. i have no sense of time. i looked back at my phone and sent a message to my friends who knew i was here saying i was okay. looking back it was 10:15...

That this could happen, describing it like an reside falling into the earth and hearing his brother was behind the deadly attack in vegas which has now become the worst mass shooting in american history. these tragedies also show us the best in humanity. nbcs cynthia mcfad den brings us more. >> reporter: its become painfully common. >> its happened again. a mass shooting at an american school in suburban denver. >> what unfolded just a few steps from here last night is almost too much to bear. ...

Going to have consistency on the little points, the timeline. the local officials have not put one out yet. and that is going to make a difference to the investigation. it is also a really helpful way for us to understand what these people endured. because another unique characteristic of this particular mass murderer is duration. this wasnt one guy running through one clip, one moment, it took a long time, tom, and youre doing the hard work of having us understand that duration and where our ga...

And you are watching our breaking coverage of the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history here in las vegas. im erin burnett live here behind me at mandalay bay. tonight, a man shot down from his hotel room from the 32nd floor on thousands of people who were there at an outdoor country music festival. police say that the shooter killed himself as they were breaking into the room. he shot at them first. his motive still unknown. alexand al >> reporter: it was during the final act when ...

Happened? why this nut case decided to focus on this particular concert, hopefully were going to find out what this is, but this is just such a tragic isolated incident, and for this many people to get killed during a concert is just been tough on the first responders. the they are absolutely just worn out, and the resources that we put into this is amazing. >> if you could talk about the initial police response and what you make of the first responders, the police on the floor and the time it t...

In a matter of seconds, a festival turned tragic. a storm of gun fire raining down upon an innocent crowd. >> i know! i have to stand up. >> he was shooting everybody. and there was dead people everywhere. and i dont even know what was happening. there was just -- he was just shooting randomly. >> it started at 10:08 p.m. first reports of shots fired, as singer jason aldean performed. there was confusion. many wondering if the sounds were part of the show. >> its fireworks! stop. stop. whens the...

Bringing people from the strip taking them to the darren mack center, a very large facility with the university of nevada here in las vegas. they are housing people there. they say they dont believe there is any more shooters involved. they believe this was a a lone person doing this. when this was happening at 10:08, the strip was active. thousands of people were watching jason aldean, a country superstar. and it was a sunday night. but at the las vegas strip, you know it is is packed with peop...