Mandalay Bay says it will NEVER let anyone book the Vegas shooter's $500-a-night suite again as judge orders staff not to destroy evidence

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The hotel room mass murderer Stephen Paddock used to slaughter 58 people in Las Vegas will be locked up indefinitely.

MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Vegas strip, said they had no plans to open up the 32nd-floor, $500-a-night Vista Suite to guests in the future.

It comes after the firm was ordered not to destroy or change anything that could be classed as evidence in the hotel as part of a civil negligence case launched by a victim of the shooting.


Speaking to the Las Vegas Sun, MGM explained: 'This was a terrible tragedy perpetrated by an evil man.

'We have no intention of renting that room.'

The order to maintain evidence in the suite - number 32-135 - was sought by attorneys representing Rachel Sheppard, a woman from California who was shot three times in the chest but survived Paddock's massacre.

The murderer, a retired 64-year-old millionaire, wounded over 500 people when he rained a hail of bullets on crowds enjoying the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on October 1.

Attorney Brian Nettles, representing Sheppard, said it was essential the order was made because Paddock was in the hotel for six days.

The Mandalay Bay has been ordered to preserve photos, surveillance video and gambling records of Paddock.

A Clark County District Court spokeswoman said Judge Mark Denton approved a temporary order yesterday.