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MGM Resorts International will pay up to $800 million in a settlement for victims of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, The New York Times reports. The shooting left 58 people dead and hundreds injured.
The killer, Stephen Paddock, opened fire from his room in the Mandalay Bay hotel, which MGM owns, into an outdoor country music concert.
The settlement is in response to claims that MGM was negligent in allowing Paddock to stockpile weapons and ammunition in the 32nd-floor room, The Times reports.
“Police recovered 23 assault-style weapons, including 14 fitted with since-outlawed bump stock attachments that allowed the firearms to fire rapidly like machine guns,” according to a report by The New York Post.