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Las Vegas shooter spent time in Tucson; father was on FBI's wanted list

Posted at 3:17 PM, Oct 02, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-02 23:22:33-04

Stephen Paddock, who allegedly opened fire on a Las Vegas country music crowd in a deadly shooting, spent part of his childhood in Tucson.

According to a Tucson Citizen archival article unearthed by USA Today, Paddock's father, Benjamin Hoskins Paddock lived with his family before he was arrested for a bank robbery in 1960.

The elder Paddock eventually made the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. 

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Stephen Paddock, 64, is believed to have killed himself following the Las Vegas massacre.