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Las Vegas Shooting Case Analysis
In this article, McLaughlin, who is the author, discussed the timeline of the Las Vegas shooting. McLaughlin talked about how MGM, the company that owns the hotel that the shooter was in, said that facts on the timeline cannot be verified and is still changing. On the other hand, Investigators believe that the timeline is accurate, but it may change. No one knows the reason why Paddock, the terrorist, decided to harm tens of thousands of people. McLaughlin also discussed that a college student names Paige Gasper is suing the hotel owners, concert promoter and the bump stock manufactures since they are all liable in the mass shooting. Gasper is suing the hotel owners for failing to respond to the shooter of one of their workers and she is suing

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