Las Vegas Shooter’s Brother Reportedly Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography

As police continue to investigate the massacre in Las Vegas earlier this month, one of the killer’s brothers has been arrested on charges pertaining to child pornography, according to reports.

Law enforcement officials have told news sources that Bruce Paddock was arrested in Los Angeles early Wednesday. Details about the arrest have not been clarified yet, though TMZ reports that Paddock was arrested after cops found child porn on his computer:

“Law enforcement sources tell us … cops were tipped that there was child porn on his computer and they got a search warrant. Our sources say the investigation began before his brother, Stephen, shot up the Vegas music festival earlier this month.”

TMZ has previously reported on Bruce’s long rap-sheet, which includes a dizzying list of arrests, on charges ranging from arson to burglary.

The Paddock family was known to law enforcement well before Vegas became the site of the worst mass shooting in modern American history. The father of Bruce and Stephen Paddock was a notorious bank robber who was once on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List.

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