Posted on 10/02/2017 10:14:05 AM PDT by Drew68
The suspected gunman behind the Las Vegas massacre made several large gambling transactions in recent weeks, according to law enforcement officials.
The transactions in Las Vegas by Stephen Paddock were in the tens of thousands, the officials said.
It was not immediately clear if those transactions were losses or wins.
Paddock's brothers were stunned to learn Monday that their sibling was the suspected perpetrator of the largest mass shooting in modern American history.
Eric Paddock of Orlando, Florida, said he had "no idea" why his 64-year-old brother committed the shooting.
Mars just fell into the earth, he told NBC News. Were completely dumbfounded.
Eric Paddock said his brother was retired and was "just a guy" who went to the hotels, gambled, and went to shows.
Stephen Paddock's brother Bruce Paddock, who lives in California, said his family grew up in Sun Valley, California. Their father, Benjamin Paddock, was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list for robbing banks.
At least 58 people were killed when Paddock opened fire into a crowd of approximately 22,000 at an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night, police said.
Police said more than 500 people had been taken to hospitals.
Bruce, who said he hadn't talked to Stephen, who lived in Mesquite, Nevada, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, in approximately 10 years, said his brother made money through apartment buildings, which he owned and managed with his mother, who lives in Florida.
"I don't know how he could stoop to this low point, hurting someone else," Bruce said.
He added that his brother was a laid-back, "never-in-a-hurry" type of guy. Bruce said his brother was a law-abiding citizen who never did anything violent prior to the shooting.
The shooting is not believed to be connected to international terrorism, NBC News has learned.
The suspect was a licensed pilot, who owned two planes. He also had a hunting license from Alaska.
It is believed he lived in a retirement community in Mesquite.
Public records show Stephen Paddock lived a relatively transient life, moving to 27 different residences between California, Texas and Nevada.
Between 1985 and 1988, he worked for a predecessor company of Lockheed Martin. Public records show he was employed as an "internal auditor."
"Were cooperating with authorities to answer questions they may have about Mr. Paddock and his time with the company," the company said in a statement.
Police responded to reports of the shooting just after 10 p.m. (1 a.m. ET) in the Mandalay Bay Resort, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said. Lombardo said Paddock shot and killed himself before police could reach him.
It is still not known what kind of weapon Paddock used, but officials said more than 10 rifles were recovered from his hotel room.
Officials were searching for Marilou Danley, whom they identified as a companion of the suspect, Lombardo said.
Just before 7 a.m. ET, police tweeted that they had "located the female person of interest." Lombardo said Danley was located out of the country and was not believed to be involved in the shooting. He added that Paddock was utilizing some of her identification.
Authorities described having found several weapons in Paddock's hotel room after the shooting.
Mesquite NV is just northeast of Las Vegas.
Why would he be staying in a ritzy hotel?.................
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/name_inquiry.aspx
From what I can tell, no. That's what authenticates these claims a bit for me.
Also, what has been the consistent pattern for almost every mindless mass killing for the past 15 to 20 years? That these mindless mass killings were caused by Muslims carrying out their Islamic jihad.
There should probably be a presumption that until proven otherwise, this kind of was from an Islamic jihadist.
This guy didn’t just “snap”. If he walked into the crowd, guns blazing, yeah. This was planned out well in advance. He took the time to build shooting platforms. The media wants him to be some “white loser who just snapped”
Now Fox is reporting the weapons were AR’s. I would have sworn from the sound they were AK’s. It might have been the echo from the buildings distorting the sound. I’ll be curious to see the actual weapons.
My wife worked with a lady who died of colon cancer. Her husband had quit his job years ago to take care of his mother, who he moved in with them. She used to tell the wife how good she was doing at the casinos and when she was gone, the widower was "devastated to learn all their savings was gone"....Odds are she went hog wild near the end because she wouldn't need the money anymore and thought her "husband" didn't deserve it after leaving her to support him and his mother rather than working to help out and get professional care for his mother - he was an engineer who had been making over $150K a year before he quit and his mother was with them for 15 years before she died.
I lived in WI for a long time. That place goes crazy during hunting season. and yes, there are a BUNCH of liberals in WI. so that theory goes out the window.
There are a bunch of oddities of this Terrorist Attack, not the least of which is that his daddy was a bank robber. But there is also the alleged gambling, some of that gambling may have been on horses, Arabian horses and his name is Paddock. A paddock is the place Arabian race horses are kept before a race. Could Paddock be a code name provided to he and his family by an Islamic terrorist organization?
How convenient that the Muslim girlfriend had NO IDEA and happened to be out of the country at the time, no?
If he was some right wing Trump supporter, he would never have chosen the harvest festival as his target. Sorry. The place was filled with conservative country fans. Many police and fire and other respected members of society we’re off duty in that audience enjoying the music.
And if there have been recent shootings that ISIS hasn’t jumped up and claimed, it says SOMETHING. Will the globalists let us see the proof, if so? I don’t know. He doesn’t seem like a patsy but maybe it was a honey trap?
Psychopaths and why didn't they ask the brother about any 'political' involvement? Brother was very smooth considering what just happened...
The transactions in Las Vegas by Stephen Paddock were in the tens of thousands, the officials said.
It was not immediately clear if those transactions were losses or wins.
He bet the farm on McGregor?
Gambling is a great way to launder money.
That’s a good point. I hear a lot about people I don’t talk to from other relatives. 10 years sounds like a long time for brothers. But this is an unusual family, with a dad on the 10 most-wanted list.
There is no handbook on the proper response to when you find our that your brother just slaughtered fifty-eight people.
It appears to be an extraordinary coincidence.
Paddock is not an unusual word but is an unusual name and the definition of the word is very specific.
It implies a race horse that is ready to race, to go fast.
If you recall, the communication between the 9/11 Terrorists , their primary code word was “Porsche 911.”
He had multiple houses and 2 planes also.....where did this guy get the money on an accounting salary???
The FAA registry has his pilot's license listed, but no planes in his name.
https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Main.aspx
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Name_Inquiry.aspx
All of Vegas was heavily booked this past weekend, but not because of the concert. They have concerts in that area almost every week. We attended the I Heart Radio Concert just by Manaday just last week. There were several VERY large conference going on in that past week that has had most of the hotels heavily booked for months.
They're going to mention everything they know about this guy which right now isn't much.
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