Las Vegas shooting: 'person of interest' says he sold ammunition to shooter

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Las Vegas shooting: 'person of interest' says he sold ammunition to shooter

Associated Press
Wed 31 Jan 2018 15.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 31 Jan 2018 16.32 GMT

An Arizona man named in court documents as a “person of interest” during the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history said he had met the gunman one time and sold ammunition to him.

Douglas Haig told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he had been contacted earlier by investigators in the case.

Speaking at his suburban home in Mesa, Nevada, Haig said he planned to hold a news conference later this week to answer questions about his name surfacing in the investigation.

“I am the guy who sold ammunition to Stephen Paddock,” Haig said without disclosing any details. Police say Paddock was the gunman and killed himself as officers converged on him.

A law enforcement official told the AP in October that Paddock bought 1,000 rounds of tracer ammunition from a private seller he met at a Phoenix gun show. The official spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to disclose case information. It was not immediately clear if that person was Haig.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/31/las-vegas-shooting-person-of-interest-douglas-haig

[mainstreetonce]

1. But there is no gun show loophole

That's what the pro gunners will say.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. More guns than people, I will never get over that insane statistic.