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Shooter May Have Considered Other Targets In Chicago And Las Vegas

The weekend before his brutal attack, Stephen Paddock rented a room above a different Las Vegas music festival. And a man with the same name booked a Chicago hotel room during Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Authorities say the Las Vegas gunman may have considered other music festivals to target, including Chicago's Lollapalooza, shown here in July 2016. / Gabriel Grams / Getty Images

After the horrible massacre at a Las Vegas music festival on Sunday night that killed 58 and wounded hundreds more, concerns emerged immediately about other sites that could be

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