elusive. here s what we know, authorities are analyzing a mysterious note, highlighted there on the screen. this was left behind in the gunman s suite. we re also learning that stephen paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition. bullets with pyrotechnic charge at gun shows. it showed the path went in the dark. plus, these pictures from the killer s hotel suite show the arsenal on weapons and weapons found in his car. cnn s scott mclean is live in las vegas. he s following the investigation. are we any closer to learning why. there have been so many leads, they say, but is anything leading them to what they really want in terms of a motive here. reporter: yeah, so, christi, police here have gotten more than 1,000 tips, but the shooter didn t leave behind a whole lot of clues as to his motive. as you mention, one of the things that he did leave was a
same time the time the vehicle was gone from the parking garage, somebody used the room key to get inside that room on the 32nd floor in the mandalay bay. well, the police were asked about it today. they said that did not happen. the room key was not used at the same time the car was gone and nobody other than stephen paddock ever went inside that room. they discounted the story. they didn t shoot down the possibility that somebody else may have been involved in procuring the weapons and all of the plans for the attack. and he did buy tracer ammunition. he did not use it. ballistic experts say this device to make an automatic gun. that might have hindered, thank goodness, the carnage, because it slowed him down. it hurts accuracy and causes the
throughout the hotel and out, and as you know, paddock tried to buy that tracer ammunition in phoen phoenix. he wasn t able to because they didn t have any in stock. the advantage of that, he would be able to see where the bullets are landing. additionally, people would be able to see where the shots are coming from. his girlfriend, former girlfriend, marilou danley is cooperating. and one other thing to point out, christi and victor, is that vice president mike pence will be here in las vegas in a couple hours from now to take part in a unity prayer walk. he s also expected to speak at las vegas city hall. scott mclean, thank you for the update. let s bring in cnn law enforcement and retired special agent james gabriano. james, the first question to you, how meticulous this plan was, so many have said this is, in the estimation of at least
he bought other. the tracer ammunition has a pyrotechnique charge to see where his bullets were landing. the disadvantage is police would have been able to see earlier on where exactly the bullets were coming from. what was stephen paddock s state of mind at the time? very much a mystery. one person who may be able to shed some light on this is marilou danley. his former girlfriend who was in the philippines at the time of the shooting. we are told she is cooperating with police. though she will not give a public statement. victor and christi, mike pence, the vice president, will be here in vegas for a unity prayer walk. he is expected to speak at the walk at city hall. scott mclean in vegas with the latest on the investigation. thank you so much. cnn s senior law enforcement
form former girlfriend, plmarilou danley. we are told she is cooperative, though. her lawyer has made quite clear that she is unlikely to give a statement to the media any time soon. and then his vehicle that so many rounds of explosives of ammunition and explosives were located in it. do authorities have any more information about that? reporter: yeah, we re talking 1,600 rounds of ammunition, fredricka, as well as 50 pounds of an explosive compound called tannerite. it is completely legal to buy in this country. in fact, it s commonly used by target shooters to make exploding targets. police, though, they are still scratching their heads as to why he may have had that in their car. there are theories that perhaps he actually intended to survive the shooting inside the hotel room and tried to leave the hotel, though as you know, he checked into that hotel under his own name and so he would undoubtedly be the most wanted man in america after that. we re also learning that he trie