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'He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped' -Las Vegas shooter's brother says family is (TR)
Daily Mail ^ | October 2, 2017 | Daniel Bates

Posted on 10/02/2017 5:42:48 AM PDT by Perseverando

Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village early on Monday morning killing at least 50

His brother Eric tells DailyMail.com his family have no idea what happened to make him shoot

'He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped or something,' he said

The brother of the Las Vegas shooter said that he was a normal guy who must have 'snapped' before carrying out the worst mass shooting in American history.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Eric Paddock said that 'something happened' to make his brother Stephen kill at least 50 people and injure 200.

Eric said that there was 'absolutely no indication he could do something like this' and said that Stephen had no political or religious affiliation.

He said: 'He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped or something'.

Speaking from his home in Orlando, Florida, Eric said: 'We know absolutely nothing, this is just, we are dumbfounded.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: yldstrk

Right on all counts! Something smells really bad. The whitewash has begun with the media. And the odd statement from the brother about them not being particularly close but hoping LEO doesn’t shoot her because he knows in his heart of hearts that she’s not involved, is truly weird. I mean, who says that if you’re “not that close”? The family knows more than they’re saying, IMHO. Plus, the brother lives in Orlando, scene of the now second-place worst mass shooting in America. Maybe they need a visit by federal LEO.


141 posted on 10/02/2017 6:35:04 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

The loss of the hard drive has been going on for a long time. The first time I saw it was after the Virginia Tech shooting. If you were planning to die, why do you care if someone looks at your computer? You’ll be dead


142 posted on 10/02/2017 6:35:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: A_perfect_lady

this really is weird. He’s kind of old for Islam, and kind of Vegas for Bernie, and kind of blue-collar for Antifa, from what I can tell.
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He”s 64 years old. Baby boomer. Probably radical leftist. They invented this shit (see Bill Ayers, weathermen, SDS)
Brother said no political or religious affiliation. Religion is atheism, environmentalism, free love, open borders, progressivism, marxism. this will unfold on conservative media while the left advances the gun violence narrative


143 posted on 10/02/2017 6:35:53 AM PDT by photodawg
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To: I want the USA back

NBC just reported that he was retired and frequent gambler. Wonder if he had a big loss recently and figured he had nothing left to lose.


144 posted on 10/02/2017 6:35:57 AM PDT by LittleSpotBlog
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To: hsmomx3

Lawyers would have told him to not talk to anyone.


145 posted on 10/02/2017 6:36:23 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Might just be the fall guy. How convenient he shoots himself.

At this stage I’m completely in the state of mind this is Islamic warfare.


146 posted on 10/02/2017 6:36:25 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: Perseverando

b. 1953 That makes him possibly Nam vet.


147 posted on 10/02/2017 6:37:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: All
IIRC on the defunct Discovery show "Sons of Guns", Will Hayden (currently in prison) converted a M2 Browning parts kit to full automatic (for a permitted LEO buyer, I think a Sheriff).

Also IIRC, the machine work looked like it took only a few minutes.

(This is HIGHLY illegal for the hoi polloi, but so is murder and mayhem.)

148 posted on 10/02/2017 6:37:48 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Gun buybacks are one of the most ineffectual public policies that have ever been invented")
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To: IamConservative

He could also have converted to full auto.


149 posted on 10/02/2017 6:38:07 AM PDT by umgud
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To: Balding_Eagle
For starters, ten long weapons and ≈thousand rounds of ammo and all the mags for same.
150 posted on 10/02/2017 6:38:33 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: txrefugee; Perseverando
Really? When did you talk to your brother last?

I correspond with my siblings quite regularly - one sister almost daily.

How about you?

151 posted on 10/02/2017 6:39:07 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: COBOL2Java

I was thinking the same thing but can’t remember which shooting he was responsible for, can you tell me?


152 posted on 10/02/2017 6:39:51 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: gaijin

He doesn’t seem to have a Facebook account.

Probably not AntiFa


153 posted on 10/02/2017 6:41:10 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: umgud
Full auto weapons cost in the 10s of thousands

No they don’t...if you don’t know, then ask, don’t “tell.”

154 posted on 10/02/2017 6:42:02 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: tomkat

I read on another thread that the female is an Indonesian muslim. I don’t know if this is true and am trying to find out. Finding an older, lonely, angry lefty man and using him as your weapon is possible.


155 posted on 10/02/2017 6:42:52 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: gaijin

Very interesting that there is absolutely no mention in any report about the man’s politics.

that means he was a leftist and I think he could have been inspired by antifa.


Correct. If he had posted a single conservative entry on Facebook or twitter anytime in the last 10 years the headlines would be reading CONSERVATIVE KILLS DOZENS


156 posted on 10/02/2017 6:44:05 AM PDT by samtheman (As an oil exporter, why would the Russians prefer Trump to Hillary? (Get it or be stupid.))
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To: longtermmemmory
does this mean he had a criminal record?

Article says; "No".

157 posted on 10/02/2017 6:44:06 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: Pontiac

He may have deleted everything.

Here’s a scenario: He gets in huge amounts of debt from gambling. Wife finds out and leaves him. He really does snap.

A 13 tat on the neck means MS-13 I believe


158 posted on 10/02/2017 6:44:58 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: MagnoliaB

They’ll be going through is apt. and checking out his computer for any clues/connections would be my guess.


159 posted on 10/02/2017 6:45:54 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: photodawg

That’s what I told my wife. Hard leftists believe they’re not political either, they are truth tellers. CNN thinks it’s not political like FNC. Antifa believes it’s fighting facism. When leftist rant about the environment they always qualify it with “this is not political,” it’s science.


160 posted on 10/02/2017 6:46:16 AM PDT by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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