The Day The Las Vegas Shooting Happened.br October 1, 2017.br 64-year-old Stephen Paddock br opened fire on a crowd of concert-goers br from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of br the Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas strip.br Targeting a crowd of thousands, br Paddock killed 83 people and br wounded more than 800.br Over the course of several days br leading up to the shooting, Paddock br had covertly amassed an arsenal of br high-powered weapons in his room.br Using bump-stock attachments, br he was able to fire off more than br 1,100 rounds of ammunitionbr during the 10-minute attack.br With his hotel suite br surrounded by authorities, br Paddock died by a self-inflicted br gunshot wound to the head.br His motive remains unknown. br The shooting is the deadliest in U.S. history.