Lorde concert may have been original target

The Herald reports:

The gunman who shot 59 people at a Las Vegas country music concert may have been originally planning an attack at another music festival just one week earlier, the Daily Beastreported.

According to the paper, a senior law enforcement officer claims Stephen Paddock had rented multiple accommodations overlooking the Life Is Beautiful Festival headlined by Kiwi music sensation Lorde.

The source suggested Paddock may have “lost his nerve” or “simply changed his plans” before checking into the Mandalay Bay Hotel just days before he took the lives of 59 people, the Daily Beast reported.

It looks like he was planning this for some time, and just wanted to kill as many people as possible. At this stage there is still no motive.