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The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern US history is believed to be a grandfather who lived in a remote desert home.
Stephen Paddock, 64, was named by police as the perpetrator of the shooting on Sunday night.
The Nevada native left more than 50 dead after opening fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip.
Paddock was killed when police blasted their way into his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
Officers responded to that hotel room and engaged the suspect, killing him.
Paddock is reported to have lived in a retirement village in Mesquite, Nevada, since June 2016 and is believed to have been born on April 9, 1953.
It is claimed he previously lived in Reno, Nevada, from 2011 to 2016, and also had an address in Melbourne, Florida, from 2013 to 2015.
He has also lived in Henderson, Nevada, and several locations in California since 1990, it is reported.
Mesquite is located about 80 miles, or an hour and 16 minutes, away from Las Vegas, along Nevada’s border with Arizona.
Mesquite, a city in Clark County, is home to about 17,400 people, including several retirement communities, along with casinos and golf courses.