Gunman named Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd at a music festival just less than a minute after shooting a Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino security guard. The statement from MGM Resorts authorities say Paddock shot Jesus Campos through his hotel room door at 9:59 p.m., injuring him, before the gunman opened fire on the crowd six minutes later. At first, police said Campos had approached Paddock's room as the shooting was going on, diverting the gunman's attention. Paddock then shot Campos through the door and quit firing at concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival from his hotel room on the 32nd floor, the timeline said. Police were with armed Mandalay Bay security officers in the building when Campos first reported shots were fired over the radio, the…show more content… The gunman's motive, the timeline of the shooting and why he stopped shooting are among the wealth of unanswered questions that persist after 11 days of investigation into the Las Vegas music festival massacre that took away 58 lives and injured about 500. With the lack of answered questions, especially about the timeline, seems all the more curious when, it would appear, many moments in the shooter's days long preparation and the assault were captured by hotel video surveillance or by cameras the gunman himself installed in his suite and hallway. Federal and local agencies continue collecting evidence, investigating into the gunman's life and interviewing people close to him. These are some things we still don't know about the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. According to the police timeline, an open door to a room near Paddock's suite had set off an alarm, prompting Campos to respond to the floor. Once there, Campos heard a drilling sound from Paddock's room, and he was shot in the right upper thigh. Paddock opened fire at 10:05 p.m. and unleashed bullets on concertgoers for about 10
