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The girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has arrived in the United States, where she is wanted for questioning.
Marilou Danley, who was in the Philippines, was met by federal agents when she landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, US media report.
Reports said Paddock transferred US$100,000 (£75,400) to her in the Philippines before Sunday's shooting.
He killed 58 concert-goers and injured more than 500 in Las Vegas.
The retiree sprayed bullets into a crowd attending a country music festival from his hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, before apparently killing himself.
Paddock had no criminal record and was not known to police, who have yet to state his motives for the shooting, the worst in US modern history.
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US authorities have since named Ms Danley a "person of interest" in the investigation, and said they had been in contact with her seeking information on Paddock shortly after the shooting.
She had been in the Philippines since late September, local media reported.
Her sisters told Australian outlet 7News that Ms Danley had not known about the trip until Paddock told her he had bought her a ticket to the Philippines. "She was sent away... so that she will not be there to interfere with what he's planning," they said.
Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel on 28 September, reportedly using some of Ms Danley's identity documents.
The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation told AFP news agency it was investigating reports that Paddock sent US$100,000 to Ms Danley in the Philippines days before the shooting.
Ms Danley's sisters also told 7News that she had been wired that amount in the Philippines.
An unnamed US official told Reuters news agency that investigators were assuming the amount was intended as a form of life insurance for her.
Eric Paddock, the youngest brother of Stephen Paddock, told The New York Times that his brother loved and doted on Ms Danley.
"She was probably one of the only people I've ever seen that he'd go out of his way to do a little thing for."

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Who is Marilou Danley?

• The 62-year-old Australian citizen was reportedly born in the Philippines.
• Lived in Queensland for about 10 years in the 1980s while married to an Australian.
• She then moved to the US and was married to American Geary Danley, whom she divorced in 2015.
• Used to work as a casino hostess attending to "high-limit" players, and is thought to have met Stephen Paddock in a Nevada casino.
• US police say she had been living in Nevada with Paddock.

Sources: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, US media outlets

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The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who shot dead 58 people on Sunday has said she had no idea what her "kind, caring, quiet" partner was planning.
Marilou Danley arrived back in the US on Tuesday, two days after her partner Stephen Paddock carried out the attack.
It was the worst shooting in modern US history, with more than 500 injured.
US President Donald Trump, who visited the city on Wednesday, said "America is truly a nation in mourning" in the wake of the mass killings.
In a statement read by her lawyer, Ms Danley said Paddock "never said anything to me or took any action" which she understood as a warning of what was to come.
"I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together with him," she said, expressing shock at the "horrible unspeakable acts of violence" Paddock had committed.
US authorities named Ms Danley a "person of interest" in their investigation and said they had made contact with her shortly after the shooting.
Ms Danley voluntarily flew back to Los Angeles from the the Philippines on Tuesday night to speak to the FBI, just over two weeks after Paddock had surprised her with a "cheap ticket" to enable her to visit her family.
While there, he wired her $100,000 (£75,400), explaining it was to buy a house.
"I was grateful, but honestly I was worried it was a way for him to break up with me," she said. "It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone."
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Her sisters earlier told Australian outlet 7News that Ms Danley "was sent away... so that she will not be there to interfere with what he's planning".
Paddock checked into a suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on 28 September, reportedly using some of Ms Danley's identity documents.
At about 22:08 on 1 October, he unleashed the first round of gunfire into the unsuspecting crowd at a country music festival.
Over the course of the next nine to 11 minutes, he killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others, before it is understood he turned the gun on himself.
On Wednesday, President Trump praised the emergency services who battled to save as many as they could, despite the danger to themselves.
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"When the worst of humanity strikes - and strike it did - the best of humanity responds," he said as he applauded injured officers.
"In the depths of horror, we will always find hope in the men and women who risk their lives for ours," he added.
Mr Trump said he was in the "company of heroes" after visiting the first responders.
"Words cannot describe the bravery that the whole world witnessed on Sunday night," he said. "Americans defied death and hatred with love and with courage."

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Will the attack trigger more demand for gun controls?

The shooting has prompted calls for reform to US gun laws.
But Mr Trump - who has been backed by the National Rifle Association, and spoke often of protecting gun rights during his campaign - has tried to steer clear of leaning too far either way.
After visiting Puerto Rico on Tuesday, he said "perhaps that [time] will come" for a debate.
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• Five reasons US gun control won't happen
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First Lady Melania Trump joined the president to meet some of the victims and emergency responders on Wednesday.
Mr Trump told reporters at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas: "I have to tell you it makes you very proud to be an American when you see the job that they've done."
The president was joined by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Nevada congressman Mark Amodei and Nevada Senator Dean Heller, who had constituents killed in the attack.
Witnesses described hundreds of shots being fired. What sounded like automatic gunfire can be heard on videos from the scene.
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The gunman behind Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas planned to flee, and he may have had help with planning the massacre, officials suspect.
Stephen Paddock was "living a secret life, much of which would never be fully understood", Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters.
The gunman's girlfriend said she had no idea what he was plotting.
Paddock's motive for killing 58 people in the largest mass shooting in modern US history remains unclear.
Police found the 64-year-old former accountant dead in a room on the 32nd floor of a hotel after he sprayed bullets on concert-goers below, injuring hundreds.
He apparently turned one of his many guns on himself as police closed in.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Clark County Sheriff Lombardo was asked if he saw evidence that Paddock had planned to escape after the attack.
The sheriff said "yes". Asked what it was, he said: "I can't tell you."
Sheriff Lombardo was asked by a reporter if he thought Paddock had carried out the attack alone.
"You've got to make the assumption he had to have some help at some point," the sheriff replied.
"Maybe he's a super guy, maybe he was working out all this on his own, but it would be hard for me to believe that."
The possibility that Paddock could have had an accomplice is a twist in the investigation.
In the aftermath of the shooting officials described him as "a lone wolf" and said he was "solely responsible for this heinous act".
The FBI's Aaron Rouse said no link to terrorism had been found so far, but they would not discard the possibility.
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Sheriff Lombardo also revealed:

• Paddock had been gambling just hours before he began shooting
• He had booked into an apartment at the high-rise Ogden in downtown Las Vegas a week earlier during a different open-air festival where acts including Muse, Lorde, Chance the Rapper and Blink-182 were due to play
• A hotel security guard who led police to Paddock's room was shot - there were 200 rounds of ammunition in the corridor - but continued to help until he was ordered to seek medical attention

The sheriff said more than 100 investigators had been combing through the Paddock's life "to produce a profile of someone I would call disturbed and dangerous".
Paddock, he said, was "a man who spent decades acquiring guns and ammo".

• 22:12 Officers reach 31st floor and report gunfire coming from floor above
  
• 22:15 Last shots fired into the concert crowd
  
• 22:18 Security guard on 32nd floor tells police he has been shot and points them to room
  
• 23:20 Swat teams enter gunman's room. They find 'one suspect down'

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The gunman had around 23 weapons with him in the room, many of which were modified to make them shoot more quickly.
Police found explosives in his car at the hotel, along with about 1,600 rounds of ammunition.
The bulk of Paddock's weaponry was bought in the last year, but Sheriff Lombardo said it was not clear what motivated him to start buying so much equipment.
"Anything that would indicate this individual's trigger point and that would cause him to do such harm, we haven't understood it yet," he said.
Paddock had set up cameras both inside and outside the suite to see anyone approaching the room, police said.
What did Paddock's girlfriend say?

Marilou Danley, who was out of the country at the time of the shooting, has been described by US authorities as a "person of interest".
She voluntarily flew back to Los Angeles from the Philippines on Tuesday night to speak to the FBI.
Two weeks ago, she said Paddock surprised her with a plane ticket to visit her family in the South East Asian country.
Paddock "never said anything to me or took any action" which she understood as a warning of what was to come, she said in a statement read by her lawyer.
Ms Danley added: "I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together." ·
While she was in the Philippines, he wired her $100,000 (£75,400), saying it was to buy a house.
"I was grateful, but honestly I was worried it was a way for him to break up with me," she said.
"It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone."
Her sister earlier told Australian outlet 7News that Ms Danley "was sent away... so that she will not be there to interfere with what he's planning".
Paddock checked into a suite in the Mandalay Bay Hotel on 28 September, reportedly using some of Ms Danley's identity documents.
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Will the attack lead to gun control?

Particularly bad US mass shootings typically spark renewed calls for gun control measures, which tend to falter as the public horror fades and the lobbying might of the National Rifle Association is brought to bear on Congress.
But some Republicans have said they might be open to the idea of banning a fully legal firearms accessory used by Paddock to such deadly effect.
Twelve of his weapons were fitted with a bump stock, which speeds up fire to many hundreds of rounds per minute.
President Trump - who extolled gun rights during his campaign - has so far been non-committal.
After visiting Puerto Rico on Tuesday, he said "perhaps that [time] will come" for a debate.
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