MGM Resorts will not rent out Mandalay Bay hotel room used by Las Vegas gunman

The Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas has decided not to rent out the suite from where a gunman unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in the US earlier this month. The court has ordered the hotel to preserve photos, surveillance video and gambling records of the shooter and notes by investigators. 

The gunman, Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, killing 58 people and wounding more than 450 others. 

“This was a terrible tragedy perpetrated by an evil man. We have no intention of renting that room,” the company told the Las Vegas Sun in a statement on Friday.

However the resort hasn't yet decided what it will do with the suite. Two of the survivors have filed lawsuits citing battery, assault and negligence against the hotel. A judge has ordered MGM Resorts to not destroy anything that could be considered evidence in a trial. The order blocks Mandalay Bay from erasing video surveillance, card-swipe data and complaints coming from Paddock’s hotel suite until another hearing on October 30, where MGM Resorts will have a chance to argue against it.