Sheriff: Hotel guard shot before barrage

LAS VEGAS — Law enforcement authorities on Monday said a hotel security guard was shot by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock before he opened fire on concertgoers.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo had previously said the guard was shot after Paddock fired at the country music festival, and that the guard’s arrival in the hallway of the Mandalay Bay hotel may have caused Paddock to stop firing.

It was not immediately clear why the timeline of the shooting changed a week lat- er and what its effect could be on the investigation.

On Monday, Lombardo said security guard Jesus Campos was in a hallway of the Mandalay Bay hotel responding to a report of an open door when he heard drilling from Paddock’s room.

Paddock, who had installed three cameras to monitor the approach to his suite, opened fire through the door, spraying 200 shots down the hall and wounding the guard, who alerted other security officials, Lombardo said.

A few minutes later,

Paddock began a 10-minute stream of gunfire that killed

58 people in the deadliest massU.S. Authoritieshistory, shooting Lombardoalso in said modernMondaysaid. that Paddock targeted aviation fuel tanks, stocked his car with explosives and had personal protection gear as part of an escape plan.

AP/JOHN LOCHER People pray Monday at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas.