New York Daily News

Vid shows lair of Vegas slayer

- Elizabeth Elizalde

LAS VEGAS POLICE released body cam video Wednesday showing the moments officers stormed into shooter Stephen Paddock’s Mandalay Bay suite in October.

One clip shows officers decked in bulletproo­f vests entering the dark room after Paddock, 64, fired hundreds of bullets that killed 58 people at a country music festival on Oct. 1.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Tuesday the first SWAT officer, Levi Hancock, to go into Paddock’s room didn’t activate his bodycam. It’s unclear why Hancock didn’t have his bodycam on.

Lombardo added that footage and 911 calls will be released on a weekly basis. The Nevada Supreme Court ordered the materials' release on Friday.

Police said the clips come from Sgt. Joshua Bitsko and Officer David Newton’s body cams, according to the Las Vegas JournalRev­iew.

A motive for the mass shooting remains unknown. Paddock fatally shot himself before cops entered his room.

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