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Las Vegas gunman installed spy cameras to detect law enforcement movements

LAS VEGAS - The gunman who attacked a Las Vegas country music festival installed cameras outside his hotel room, including at least one in a room service cart, to watch for the approach of police officers as he carried out his rampage, officials said Tuesday.

Officials still haven't offered a motive for why Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nev., opened fire on a concert being held across the street from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night, killing 59 and injuring more than 500.

Officials have identified all but three of the dead.

But additional information obtained by investigators revealed the extent to which Paddock, who owned dozens of guns, apparently "pre-planned extensively" for the attack, said Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.

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