The girlfriend of the gunman who shot dead 58 people in Las Vegas has said she had no idea about what he was plotting.
Marilou Danley arrived back in the US on Tuesday. Her partner Stephen Paddock, who carried out the attack, paid for her to go to the Philippines to see her family and also wired her 85,000 euros while she was there.
Danley’s first public comments were read by her lawyer Matthew Lombard.
“I was grateful, but honestly I was worried that first, the unexpected trip home, and then the money, was a way of breaking up with me. It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.”
For the moment, the motive for the attack still remains a mystery.
Earlier several photos from inside the suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, which Paddock checked into, were released.
In all 23 weapons were found in the room from where 64-year-old retired accountant fired a barrage of bullets at concert-goers who were attending Sunday’s country music festival.
Police in Las Vegas now believe Paddock meticulously planned the concert massacre, acquiring weapons over decades.
Many in the gambling city and the wider US still remain in shock over Sunday night’s events, which have prompted calls for reform to US gun laws.
