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Las Vegas gunman had booked rooms overlooking Lollapalooza

The gunman who perched himself in a Las Vegas hotel room and used a litany of guns to kill 58 people attending a concert below booked rooms at a Michigan Avenue hotel overlooking Grant Park during Lollapalooza, but never showed up, the Chicago Sun-Times has confirmed.

The gunman booked two rooms at The Blackstone Hotel, 636 S. Michigan Ave., one from Aug. 1 through Aug. 6 and the other during the duration of the fest, Aug. 3 through Aug. 6, according to the report.

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