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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: Perseverando

I smell a community organizer.


61 posted on 10/02/2017 5:57:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: nhwingut
Yeah, when people snap, they break a piece of furniture, or wreck a car.

This attack took lots of planning.

62 posted on 10/02/2017 5:58:15 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: nhwingut

Ditto ...


63 posted on 10/02/2017 5:58:15 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (.There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/lamestream)
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To: bigdaddy45

Yeah, good point. When/if the truth really comes out this will be way more than a random, snapped old white guy.

I say antifa, through and through.


64 posted on 10/02/2017 5:58:35 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Dusty Road

He apparently did not have a criminal record but was “known” by the local PD for some reason.


65 posted on 10/02/2017 6:00:41 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Perseverando

Pretty hard to believe that somebody “just snapped” and then planned in detail a massacre and followed through and executed 50+ people.

Yeah, you snap and cut someone off in traffic, you don’t simply “snap” one day and plan out a massacre.


66 posted on 10/02/2017 6:01:26 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Perseverando

Eric said that they were hoping that the police do not shoot dead his brother's girlfriend Marilou Danley, 62, who is wanted by the FBI and was living with Stephen in Mesquite.

That's a bit of an odd statement, Eric. What would prompt you to make such a statement? What makes you think the police would shoot Marilou dead? Is she an Antifa type? Are you Antifa, Eric? Was your brother?

This family is...not normal.

67 posted on 10/02/2017 6:01:41 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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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.

Not everything is politically motivated. Sometimes people just go crazy.

68 posted on 10/02/2017 6:01:44 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Perseverando

Before the day is out, “Fake News” MSM will blame this shooting on President Trump. As usual, Democrats will find a way to politicize a crisis.


69 posted on 10/02/2017 6:02:32 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: umgud

There are a lot of ranges in Vegas where you can rent full auto guns and shoot them on the range. Maybe he had access to some inventory.


70 posted on 10/02/2017 6:02:45 AM PDT by IamConservative (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: Dr. Pritchett
This definitely showed some skill. I know everyone thinks automatic weapons are easy, but...

That was my thought, also.

This was not some idiot Bernie Bro with a $100 rifle.

71 posted on 10/02/2017 6:03:10 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Gun buybacks are one of the most ineffectual public policies that have ever been invented")
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To: Perseverando

And, Eric.....do you really know if this is your brother? Have you seen the body from where you are in Orlando?

Believe NOTHING from the MFM (”rhymes with other” effin media). Listen more to what they DONT say.


72 posted on 10/02/2017 6:03:59 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: smokingfrog
He apparently did not have a criminal record but was “known” by the local PD for some reason.

Reminds me of another shooter...


73 posted on 10/02/2017 6:04:26 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: IamConservative

police say he was “known” to them.

does this mean he had a criminal record?


74 posted on 10/02/2017 6:04:44 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: OKSooner

What the heck, wake up at 7, check the news and see that some guy shot up a concert. Take shower, get ready for work, get to work, check news, find out shooter is your brother and immediately call the media.

Cue Jon Lovitz, “yea, that’s the ticket.”


75 posted on 10/02/2017 6:04:50 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Perseverando

“...no religious affiliation....”
______________________________________

Maybe that was the problem.


76 posted on 10/02/2017 6:05:07 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Drew68

It sounds like his wife/gf was a Muslim. Odd coincidence


77 posted on 10/02/2017 6:05:38 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: spacejunkie2001

Yep, $20 says that, like the Republican softball shooter, this guy was a solidly anti-Trump, Bernie bro. and couldn’t cope with the shrillness of hate from the MSM and took matters into his own hands.


78 posted on 10/02/2017 6:05:54 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Maskot

And the non political non religious acme shooter was conveniently dead when they found him. Fishy as all heck.


79 posted on 10/02/2017 6:06:08 AM PDT by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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To: Manly Warrior

I have a trach scar I received from a little incident in the A Shaw in 71 and it looks nothing like that, that’s a 13 and looks like a prison tat. In the early years the Aryan Brotherhood were commonly tattooed with the number 13. Aryan Circle, first letter A, third letter C. Reason I suspect he’s an ex felon.


80 posted on 10/02/2017 6:06:27 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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