ORLANDO, Fla. – Benjamin Paddock, the father of Stephen Paddock, who authorities said killed more than 50 people in a mass shooting in Las Vegas, was on the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives list in 1968 after escaping from a Texas prison earlier that year.
He was sentenced to 20 years in the Federal Correction Facility in La Tuna, Texas, after robbing Valley National Bank in Phoenix in 1960, News 6 partner Florida Today reported, citing a 1971 article from the Tuscon Daily Citizen.
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Benjamin Paddock went by multiple aliases, like Perry Archer, Benjamin J. Butler, and Leo Genstein, among others. He also called himself "Big Daddy," the article reported. He worked as a garbage disposal salesman at the time of his arrest.
Two prior accusations of bank robberies surrounded Benjamin Paddock but were dropped in court.
Police said Benjamin Paddock attempted to run over officers with his vehicle in Las Vegas when they arrested him for the Phoenix robbery.
Authorities said Benjamin was a diagnosed psychopath and therefore, "extremely dangerous." The FBI also reported that he had suicidal tendencies.
The Daily Citizen reported that an officer in charge of the FBI Phoenix office said Benjamin Paddock was "a glib, smooth-talking man who is egotistical and arrogant."
Ten years later, Benjamin Paddock was located by police in Oregon, according to a 1978 report in the Arizona Republic. He had been living under the name Bruce Warner Erickson and operated a bingo parlor, which he received a license to open. The investigation by authorities and the state's attorney office in the process failed to uncover Benjamin Paddock's true identity, the article reported.
The bingo parlor was opened as part of the nonprofit organization Center for Educational Reform in Eugene, Oregon.
Benjamin Paddock even received two traffic tickets while under the false identity in Oregon.
Eric Paddock, Stephen Paddock's brother, said the family was estranged from Benjamin Paddock after Eric's birth, and Benjamin Paddock is now deceased.
Sunday night's Las Vegas shooting left at least 58 people dead and injured more than 500 as Stephen Paddock fired down on concertgoers from a hotel room above the Las Vegas strip, officials said.