Pictures from Paddock's room. (UPDATED with more pictures)

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Revealed: full shocking 42-weapon arsenal of Stephen Paddock, including AR-15s, an AK-47, and four Daniel Defense DDM4 rifles -standard.co.uk

DAVID GARDNER US Correspondent
4 hours ago

The 'Mr Normal’ gunman who killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 500 in America’s worst ever mass shooting smuggled a deadly arsenal of 23 weapons, including 16 assault rifles, into his sniper's nest in a Las Vegas hotel.

Stephen Paddock, 64, carried the weapons in ten suitcases into his 32nd floor room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino before launching his shooting spree.

He also brought in a massive cache of .223-calibre military-grade bullets capable of disintegrating bone and leaving exit-wounds the size of grapefruits, said police.

The guns included an AR-15 and an AK-47 as well as four Daniel Defense DDM4 rifles, three FN-15s and other rifles made by Sig Sauer..

From his eagle-eye perch high above the thousands of revellers gathered below listening to country music stars at the Route 91 Harvest Festival just off the famed Vegas Strip, the retired accountant rained down thousands of rounds of ammunition into his defenceless prey.

When police raided Paddock's home they found a further 19 weapons which he left behind, making a total of 42 different types of weaponry.

Singer Jake Owen, who was on stage with country star Jason Aldean when the gunfire broke out, told CNN that it was like ‘shooting fish in a barrel from where he was.

‘This is not an exaggeration,’ he added. ‘This shooting was going on for at least 10 minutes. It was nonstop.’

Law enforcement sources revealed that Paddock methodically took the guns up to the room over several days and set up at least two of them on tripods overlooking the concert site.

Several rifles had been altered from semi-automatic to automatic to increase the number of bullets being pumped out to 400-800-a-minute, said officials, who believe the gunman may have used how-to YouTube videos to make the lethal adaptation.

Two of the rifles had reportedly been legally modified with an attachable crank used to simulate automatic fire, which depresses the trigger faster than a finger and can be bought online for as little as $40.

Semi-automatic weapons can also legally simulate automatic fire with ‘bump’ modifications to the stock that harness the energy from the recoil, forcing the firing mechanism to move faster than originally designed, said the New York Times.

Police found 19 more guns in Paddock’s £280,000 Mesquite, Nevada, home, along with the explosive Tannerite - which is used to make explosive targets for target practice - and several thousand rounds of ammunition, added Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo.

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