'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

[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.

[jdsteel]

“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.“

And/or BLM. Bet on it.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Marilou or derivations are common Filipina names, and she does look Filipino. However, Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population so who knows? And many Fils and Indos females have similar coloring, height, weight and facial features. Not sure we can trust the “media” on this one.

[PeterPrinciple]

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.

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Good observations. You may be one of the few that have read the article.............

She was not at the retirement community where they lived.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/latest-50-dead-200-injured-las-vegas-attack-50226761

[Jane Long]

Great points.

If these bros are NOT close, , how does Eric know so much about Stephen...and Stephens motives?

[Daniel Ramsey]

Latest report was he now was found with ten rifles.
400 people injured, so there was you could say at least that many rounds fired. Its not hard to modify an SKS to go full auto, jam the firing pin, it will dump the mag, won’t stop till out of ammo.

[caww]

Was in the hotel from sept 28th on

[digger48]

Facebook commenters already doing that. One said Trump should stop “ hiding behind the constitution and the second amendment “

The stupid out there runs deep

[nagdt]

Yeah... was my first thought as well. Left wing anti Trump derangement plans attack on concert attended by those who likely voted for Trump.

Second thought was radicalized ISIS.

[DCBryan1]

First of all, when it comes to all this speculation, nothing is more important that remembering this: "NO MATTER WHAT WEAPON WAS USED, IT STILL WASN'T AS DEADLY AS A TRUCK" (Hat tip to Ted in Tallahasse). .

86 killed, 500 wounded in Nice, France. Whether it is a truck or a gun, or plane it doesn't matter because they are just tools.

This needs to be said before ANY talk of gun control with your friends at work this AM: "Almost as deadly as the truck used in Nice, France". THAT is how you deflate your anti gun friends/family/coworkers/neighbors, etc.

With all of that being said, I don't think it was a legal Form 4 full auto, TRUE belt fed (MG3, M60, PKM, M240, M1919 etc.

Slide fire stock methinks. First one was a 50-75 rd drum while music playing. Very slow reload to the next magazine. Very VERY slow reload. Probably a slide fire stock or auto-glove that makes semi's bump fire (similar to full auto) and hard to reload.

There is a video on twitter that makes me believe this is an auto glove due to variable ROF (rate of fire) going up and down. Probably just the sonic rack and echos off buildings/walls. Lots of sonic noise break up that fools what is recorded and what we think we hear. Anyways,

I'd be willing to bet money that this will be the type of weapon:

1) Semi auto AR 15 or AK.
2) with belt fed upper (accessory) or regular upper w/ drum magazines/extended mags/etc. (ak drums are a PITA to reload)
3) full auto (DIY) that could be: a) with a bump fire stock (slidefire), B) ...possibly an auto glove....c) ECHO AR II trigger.

I highly doubt he used ATF form 3, Form 4, or Form 10 firearm according to Title 1 NFA of 1934/GCA68 weapons.

FWIW...prayers for the victims and to HELL with the gunman and the politicians whom will shortly be dancing on the graves of the citizens and the Constitution.

[AppyPappy]

The 13 tat leads me to think he is connected to White Supremacy which runs the gamut of politics.

[Morpheus2009]

He obviously researched and planned this whole mass murder, but my best guess is that if his brother is right, he didn’t live with him, or the shooter kept a lot secret.

[IrishBrigade]

If it was a ‘political stamen’, he’d have used a ‘pistil’...

Sorry, just couldn’t resist; I’ll be quiet now...

[WeWaWes]

The was VERY well planned and executed. This was no “snap.” No doubt there is a political component to come out.

[Dusty Road]

Watched a video shot from in front of the stage and that area was was either concrete or pavement and it was noticeably wet. Ricochets and secondary fragment or projectiles could account for some injuries as well as injuries from a stampeding crowd. Time will tell.

[EnquiringMind]

The sheriff just said they located her out of the country. He didn’t say where, and no one asked.

[DCBryan1]

He had no religious or political affiliation

Lets expound on that!

Translation: He was an atheist, and so no religion (lefties forget to note that atheism IS a religion-the belief of nothing).

Second: no political affiliation? This assumes only R, D, and I. If the guy was a commie, then yep, no real legal affiliation, and those guys are usually real quiet commies.

My bet: Leftist atheist trump hater with brand spanking new slide fire stocks and rifles with a one time drop ship UPS of ammo to his front door recently.

[montag813]

Snapped? Nonsense. MASSIVE planning, huge (and heavy) amounts on ammo brought in many stages into a casino hotel. Cameras setup to warn him to authorities’ response so he could avoid capture. We’ve never seen anything like this

[yldstrk]

Wonder if he was a schizo

[PapaBear3625]

I’d be interested in finding out if “Marilou” was her birth name, or if she changed her name in order to be able to fit in better in the West.

[Ann Archy]

HOW did he get hold of Sub-Machine guns??