Unsealed Documents Show The Las Vegas Shooter’s Girlfriend Acted Swiftly

Newly-released court documents from the FBI suggest the Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend, Marilou Danley, acted quickly after the shooting to conceal her relationship with Paddock.

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Newly released court documents show the Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend deleted her Facebook account before police announced the identity of the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern history.

Marilou Danley was in the Philippines visiting family when Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured another 557 in the Oct. 1 attack. She made changes to her Facebook account’s privacy and personal settings at 12:30 a.m., about 2 1/2 hours after the first volley of bullets rained down on people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas strip. The first calls about the shooting rolled in at 10:08 p.m., according to police.

At 2:46 a.m., her account was deleted entirely.