Photos of the Las Vegas gunman's hotel room leaked

On Monday the world heard the terrible news of a gunman that had opened fire on crowds at a Las Vegas concert killing at least 59 people and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.  

Police then announced that they had recovered a huge cache of guns and explosives in a Las Vegas hotel room and home of the man accused of this terrible act.

Police said Paddock, a retired accountant with no criminal record, smashed windows in his 32nd floor hotel room shortly after 10:00 pm and trained bursts of automatic weapons fire on thousands of people attending a country music concert below.

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Social media was abuzz today as photos of what appeared to be Paddock's hotel room made the rounds on online news sites

The leaked images, which were first published by MailOnline, provide a striking insight into the sheer number of weapons the 64-year-old had amassed in the days before he opened fire. 

According to globalnews.ca Las Vegas police confirmed that the photos of Stephen Paddock’s hotel room leaked to media are real and that there were three cameras the shooter setup to detect the arrival of police.

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