Las Vegas shooter may have felt he was treated unfairly by casinos according to FBI documents

The Las Vegas shooter who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history in 2017 felt he was treated unfairly by casinos, according to an FBI report for which a fellow gambler who knew the shooter was interviewed. 

Around 500 people were injured and 60 were killed during the mass shooting from a Las Vegas hotel room while attending an outdoor music festival, according to abc7 Eyewitness News. Paddock committed suicide following the shooting. 

The documents made public this week in response to an open-records request from the Wall Street Journal state that the shooter, Stephen Paddock, may have "snapped" due to the reduction of red carpet treatment he was used to getting from the casinos. 

According to an interview with a fellow gambler whose name has been redacted, casinos would treat high-roller gamblers to perks like free cruises and flights.

The 64-year-old Paddock was a video poker player and relied on gambling as his main source of income.

The fellow gambler told the FBI that Paddock believed the Mandalay Bay, a resort hotel, "was not treating Paddock well because a player of his status should have been in a higher floor in a penthouse suite."

Paddock had also been banned from three casinos he frequented in Reno, Nevada, according to the source. 

The documents have still not revealed a definitive conclusion as to what Paddock's motive was for carrying out the mass killing. 

Charlotte Hazard is a reporter for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter for more stories.