Disturbing letters written by the friend of the deadliest mass shooter in US history have offered a glimpse into the gunman's horrifying psyche in the lead up to the massacre. Months before Stephen Paddock killed 60 people and injured over 860 when he opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival in in 2017, his ex-con friend Jim Nixon, 75, implored him not to 'shoot or kill innocent people'. Handwritten letters to the killer, which were released by police in response to a records request by the , show Nixon pleading with his old friend not to follow through with threats to carry out the carnage.
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