It was not clear what information, if any, President Donald Trump based his remark about Stephen Paddock’s mental condition on. | Saul Loeb/Getty Images Trump on Las Vegas shooter: 'The wires were crossed pretty badly in his brain'

The gunman who killed more than 50 people when he opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas earlier this month “was a demented, sick individual” whose “wires were crossed pretty badly in his brain,” President Donald Trump said Monday afternoon.

“I guess a lot of people think they understand what happened, but he was a demented, sick individual,” the president said Monday in remarks to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “The wires were crossed pretty badly in his brain. Extremely badly in his brain. And it's a very sad event.”


Sixty-four-year-old Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured 546 two weeks ago when he broke a window in his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and began firing his arsenal of weapons into the crowd at a nearby country music festival. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Trump visited Las Vegas three days after the shooting to meet with first responders, victims and their families.

It was not clear what information, if any, Trump based his remark about Paddock’s mental condition on.

CLARIFICATION: The Associated Press on Monday stated it incorrectly reported that Paddock's body was sent to Stanford. The AP later reported that analyses will be performed on Paddock's brain at Stanford but his body is being stored at a secure location. This story has been updated.