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A witness statement that is part of a batch of newly released police documents concerning the Las Vegas shooting reveals that in the days before the Las Vegas shooting, Stephen Paddock and a woman were picked up by an Uber driver who said Paddock “commented on the Mandalay Bay Area for a terrorist attack” as he was being dropped off at the Mandalay Bay. The witness statement is one of many previously unspoken statements that were released nearly one week ago after a judge ordered them to be released. Link at site (Newly released LVMPD witness statement from Uber driver...

*SNIP* The man, whose name was redacted in reports released Wednesday, quoted Paddock saying somebody has to wake up the American public and get them to arm themselves. The man said he met with Paddock outside a Las Vegas sporting goods store after posting an online ad to sell schematics to convert semi-automatic guns to fire automatically. Police and the FBI refused to answer questions from The Associated Press about the account.

--snip-- In an explosive turn of events, this reporter learned that several members of Congress were briefed on March 14, 2018 to review evidence that supports the multiple claims by ISIS, that the terrorist organization was responsible for the Las Vegas Shooting. Sources within the U.S. intelligence community have confirmed to this reporter that several members of Congress were briefed on key evidence from the Las Vegas Shooting in March, and continue to be briefed on evidence which further bolster’s ISIS’s claim that they were responsible for the attack. More at link

FULL TITLE: WAYNE ALLYN ROOT=> The Vegas Massacre Exposé: What Really Happened? The Vegas Massacre is clearly the new "JFK Murder Conspiracy" updated for the 21st century. The whole story stinks to high heaven. It's rancid. Clearly, our own government, FBI and Las Vegas police are involved in some sort of cover-up. The question is- what are they covering up?Las Vegas is my home. I have the top radio talk show in this town. Many dozens of Vegas residents have gotten in touch with me to give me their take on the Vegas Massacre. Included in that group has been...

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Gunman Stephen Paddock fired more than 1,100 rounds the night of the Las Vegas shooting, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday. The new total includes about 200 rounds fired from Paddock’s Mandalay Bay corner suite and into the hallway of the 32nd floor late Oct. 1, injuring hotel security guard Jesus Campos... Investigators have not determined why Paddock stopped shooting. Lombardo said they found about 4,000 more rounds of unused ammunition in the gunman’s suite. The sheriff also mentioned that “multiple weapons” had jammed

Triangular Trade: In the Caribbean, ships loaded up with sugar and molasses and took it to Europe for distillation into rum. There, they loaded up on manufactured goods like guns, nails and shackles and headed to Africa, where they picked up slaves. Loaded up in Africa they returned to the labor-hungry new world with the slaves, a synergistic international route: Were Paddock brothers pulling off something similar..? Brother Steve had plenty of money but the sources remained opaque; was he really a gambler who proved successful over the very long-term..? It's technically possible but dubious. Today Bruce Paddock was...

Nearly a month has passed since Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds more — yet the shooting continues to confound the public and investigators alike. Little is known about Mr. Paddock’s motives. And investigators have revised parts of the timeline of the shooting on three occasions, raising further questions about what exactly happened. During continuing investigations into major events, traditional reporting often relies in part on official statements from law enforcement officers. But in this case, faced with shifting reports, The...

Steven Schuck, MGM building engineer recently caught in a nearly deadly hallway ambush on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Casino Hotel is in the news again. Schuck's casino bosses have admonished him not to come into work. For now, they tell him, he has unlimited Paid Time Off. Schuck's brother is also speculating that he is now likely under a gag order not to further discuss details of the shooting.

Clark County Office of the Coroner is "On Lockdown at least until the rest of the week, this has never happened before". The staffer answering the front door of the Las Vegas Coroner, Laurie Downey, will only hand over a card listing the general number for the county of the Cornoner. Las Vegas Police Department units are stationed at each side of the building in order to control the situation. Staffers will not answer questions regarding why the Conorner is appointed, not elected. Staffers will name the individual responsible for declaring the Cononer Lockdown. Staffers will not verbally commit...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas investigators offered a new version of events Friday in a shifting timeline surrounding the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history as they described how the gunman opened fire on nearby airport jet fuel tanks and on police officers arriving at the massacre. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo held a highly anticipated news conference alongside the top FBI agent in Las Vegas amid questions about whether police could have done more to stop gunman Stephen Paddock on Oct. 1. They provided no new information about Paddock's motivation as he killed 58 people and wounded more...

Where in the world is Jesus Campos? The Mandalay Bay security guard shot by Stephen Paddock in the moments leading up to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was set to break his silence Thursday night with five television interviews, including one on Fox News, Campos' union president said. Except when the cameras were about to roll, and media gathered in the building to talk to him, Campos reportedly bolted, and, as of early Friday morning, it wasn't immediately clear where he was.

Campos was shot about six minutes before the suspect opened fire on the crowd at the Harvest Festival. After Campos was shot, he didn't call the police, he instead radioed down to the hotel for help. Assistant Sheriff Fasulo said that's standard protocol in the hotel industry.

Regarding the Las Vegas shooting, I would like to point out that in none of the videos which capture glimpses of the 32nd floor at Mandalay Bay during the shooting do I see ANY muzzle flashes whatsoever. I am by far no firearms expect. Not by a long shot (no pun intended). But I DO know that high-powered rifles including AR-15's, etc., would create a highly-noticeable muzzle flash or burst of 'flame' at night measuring at least a foot in diameter, at least. A shooter with his weapon poised towards the outside of the window should be easily seen when...

The Las Vegas shooter who killed 59 people and injured 515 in the largest mass shooting in American history Sunday night was "well-trained," talk show radio host Michael Savage said on his show Monday, per The Daily Caller. "This guy was well-trained, something is wrong with the picture," Savage said after questioning why it took 72 minutes for the police to arrive and shoot 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. He added, "There's more questions than answers. This is a new 9/11 in America and the questions will grow all week – very embarrassing and very difficult questions we are now back to...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in an interview broadcast Sunday that no law could have stopped the suspected shooter, Stephen Paddock, who was behind last week's mass shooting in Las Vegas. Feinstein spoke on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” about gun legislation in the wake of the attack launched from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel targeting a country music concert.....

Dear Mr. Speaker: The epidemic of gun violence in our country continues to challenge the conscience of our nation. Today, our nation woke up to news of the worst mass shooting in our history, claiming the lives of at least 58 innocent men and women in Las Vegas. Nearly 12,000 Americans have been killed by guns with 273 mass shootings in 2017 – one for each day of the year. On average, more than 90 Americans lose their lives to gun violence every day, a daily toll of heartbreak and tragedy in communities across America. Congress has a moral duty...

Just days after the horrific massacre in Las Vegas, and just 5 miles away from the scene, a University of Nevada-Las Vegas professor told her class that President Trump is to blame. In a video obtained by Campus Reform, UNLV Assistant Professor Tess Winkelmann is seen addressing her History 407 class. Referring to Trump, Winkelmann noted that “when he got elected, I told my classes three semesters ago, some of us won’t be affected by this presidency, but others are going to die. Other people will die because of this.” “I don’t know whether these events would have inevitably happened...

On the night before Stephen Paddock carried out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, he twice called security at the Las Vegas hotel where he was staying to complain about loud music, a law enforcement source told CBS News. The noise was coming from the floor below his suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip, CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton reports. Albert Garzon of San Diego told The New York Times that security guards asked him to turn down the country music playing in his suite on...

Thomas Gunderson, the Las Vegas shooting victim who was shot in the leg and still stood up to greet President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, gave his first TV interview Thursday and revealed more details about the hospital meeting. Speaking to Sean Hannity from his hospital bed, Gunderson was adamant he could tell the president truly cared. “I don't care what anybody has to say to me, he cared. He wanted to listen to me and shake my hand and thank me and was just so awesome,” he said. “And Melania was so sweet. To me, it felt...