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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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KEYWORDS: lasvegas; lefty; mandalaybay; paddock; stephenpaddock
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To: Ann Archy

Remember “the most armed man in America”? isnt he located in Nevada? and wasnt he just robbed a few months ago? Maybe thats where this automatic weapon came from?


181 posted on 10/02/2017 7:01:32 AM PDT by txgirl4Bush (Impeach obama)
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To: smokingfrog

I was wondering why they were delaying on this but then I heard them say they were worried about booby traps. Hope it doesn’t blow up and destroy evidence. I imagine they are going to have to take their time and use robots.


182 posted on 10/02/2017 7:02:08 AM PDT by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: SkyPilot

The plot thickens......


183 posted on 10/02/2017 7:03:47 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: Travis McGee

Ping.

Not quite a stadium, but ...


184 posted on 10/02/2017 7:04:15 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: God luvs America

Incredible video, definitely automatic gunfire.


185 posted on 10/02/2017 7:04:26 AM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: tomkat
I'd like to hear from someone who is more familiar with automatic weapons than I am. I am sure there are plenty of people here with that knowledge. I'd like to know if this was actually an automatic weapon or whether it was being bump fired. It seemed to have the right rhythm based on the few times I have heard automatic fire, but then it seemed to break rhythm a few times. Is that possible? It seemed to fire more than thirty rounds at once, making it more likely belt fed, but I don't know.

The point is that if this were a fully automatic belt fed weapon, then quite a bit of planning must have been involved even just to acquire such a system, as opposed to a semi auto being bump fired from a magazine, which could be done at spur of the moment.

186 posted on 10/02/2017 7:08:38 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Hugin

“planned well in advance”

I happen to agree with the advance planning, but as a “what if”...

With the Squeeze Marylou reported to have worked at Mandalay Bay, could she have been able to grab a canceled reservation or an early check-out in a prime sniper location?

Or maybe just got Room Service key to someone they knew wouldn’t be there (event crew)?

Maybe those with hospitality experience could weigh in on this. Of course, maybe this detail will be out publically soon enough.


187 posted on 10/02/2017 7:08:52 AM PDT by spiderpig (does whatever a SpiderPig does)
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To: campfollower

And DOESN’T report calling the info immediately to the cops?

Most people have cellphones or are near people with them in public.

Hmmm.


188 posted on 10/02/2017 7:09:24 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Perseverando

Eric Hudson Paddock is 57 and lives in Orlando area. 32828

His roommate is David Elias.

Brother to...

Stephen CRAIG Paddock


189 posted on 10/02/2017 7:09:33 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever)
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To: nhwingut

Right!


190 posted on 10/02/2017 7:09:47 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: Perseverando

He became a lefty.


191 posted on 10/02/2017 7:10:07 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: DuncanWaring

In EFAD, only three 30-round mags were fired from afar into the stadium.

Most of the mass-casualties were from the panic stampede.

Here, many more rounds were fired directly down into a penned-in crowd of nearly stadium numbers.

Very similar outcomes, fiction and non-fiction.

And I just heard on the news that the shooter was a pilot (smart, not a marginal moron) and a “hunting enthusiast.”

If the shooter purchased ten plus long guns in his own name, then carried out this massacre with legal weapons, this will be a game changer for our RKBA, almost like in the novel.


192 posted on 10/02/2017 7:10:44 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Perseverando

http://www.chron.com/news/local/texas/article/Records-Las-Vegas-shooter-Stephen-Paddock-Texas-12246100.php?ipid=happening


193 posted on 10/02/2017 7:11:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Perseverando

[“’He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped or something, he was just a guy.

‘He has no political affiliation, no religious affiliation, as far as we know. This wasn’t a terror attack’.”]

The narrative begins.


194 posted on 10/02/2017 7:12:10 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: gaijin

Looking more like that.


195 posted on 10/02/2017 7:12:26 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: SkyPilot

My guess (and it is a guess) is that we’ll find out he’s some sort of liberal, virulently anti-Trump, who wanted to hit Trump supporters.

But that’s just a guess - I admit it.

It will be lost in the noise of the MSM screaming “Anybody can mail order a machine gun with a stolen credit card and get it with 2-day shipping”. That’s about the narrative I expect.

Liberals will all nod in unison as this is presented as fact.


196 posted on 10/02/2017 7:13:23 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Perseverando
Possible motive for a deranged Bernie bro:

Bernie really does hate the casino industry.

Bernie Sanders Goes After Casino Industry

197 posted on 10/02/2017 7:13:52 AM PDT by greedo
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To: Biggirl

hmmm..... lefty Muslim. Deadly combo if true


198 posted on 10/02/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Godebert

If my brother does something like this and the media calls me, I will tell them the truth. He’s a big supporter of gun control and has an obsessive hatred of Trump.

I won’t even make the news.


199 posted on 10/02/2017 7:14:35 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Perseverando
With all the pre-planning, it was a real slow and extended "snap"....

Will be interesting to see what actually shakes out of this particular tree because there's lots of questions already being put out there about his "lone wolf" status.

200 posted on 10/02/2017 7:16:51 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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