No clear motive found for 2017 Las Vegas massacre, says sheriff

Police have uncovered no clear motive for the gunman who killed 58 people at outdoor concert in Las Vegas last year, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a sheriff said on Friday.

Stephen Paddock, 64, a retired real estate investor, poured gunfire from a sniper's nest in his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay hotel suite into a crowd of more than 20,000 people attending a music festival in October 2017, then killed himself before police stormed his room.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said law enforcement can answer questions as to where, when and how Paddock operated, but had been unable to uncover his exact motive.

"What we have not been able to definitively answer is the why Steven Paddock committed this act," he told a televised news conference in releasing a final criminal investigative report.

Paddock, who had amassed an arsenal of high-powered weapons and accessories, did not leave a suicide note or manifesto explaining his actions, Lombardo said.

The sheriff has previously noted that a large loss of money by Paddock just before the shooting could have been a factor.

At the news conference, Lombardo described Paddock as "an unremarkable man" whose movements leading up to the massacre did not raise any major suspicion.

Lombardo said the investigation concluded there was no second shooter and no conspiracy behind the killing. He also delivered an emotional message to the hundreds of people injured and the families of those killed.

"The heaviest burden will be carried by the families of those who didn't come home and those who suffered life-changing injuries and psychological trauma," he said. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz Editing by Tom Brown)

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Donita Rose pursues her dream career in Las Vegas

HOLLYWOOD - For more than two decades, Donita Rose has had a successful career as a TV host and actress in the Philippines.

Last year, she moved to Las Vegas to be with her family and to pursue her dream of becoming an accomplished chef.

"There's a part of me that has always longed to come back to the States and be with my family. Kasi I started showbiz when I was 15 going on 16. And then pumutok ang Mt. Pinatubo and my family left and they moved to Japan already. After that, hindi ko na sila nakikita. Eh panganay ako, close ako sa pamilya. Less than two years ago, I had this dream of wanting to go into culinary arts," she said.

The former MTV Asia VJ said she gives her all in everything that she does. Her dream of becoming a chef included.

Her no-shortcuts approach to excellence, included going to culinary arts school in Manila, while she was busy with her family and her work as a Kapamilya host in "Umagang Kay Ganda." She did her thesis on French molecular gastronomy.

"As soon as I finished, umalis na ako papunta dito. Kasi I want to gain the knowledge as a chef na the best of the best. If ever gusto ko mag-restaurant in the future, I want to have that, you know, the creme de la creme experience," she said.

Donita competed with more experienced applicants that made it difficult for her to get hired.

A year after moving to Las Vegas and still getting turned down for chef jobs, she was close to second-guessing her decision. Until she got a much-awaited call when world-renowned chef Akira Back gave her a big break.

This week, Donita is part of the opening of the famous chef's Kumi Japanese restaurant in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.

"I'm very overwhelmed but I'm so excited because it's such a huge challenge for me and I like challenge, " she said.

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