I am rather concerned this description is too convenient. A man does not have a sub-machine gun without someone knowing it. He practiced. He didn't wake up this morning and decide today I am going to die and take as many people with me as possible.
There is something more to his anger than simply 'this is the day.'
I am sure the FBI is involved by now. They need to carry the investigation. The Las Vegas PD lost a man and another seriously injured. The spokesman I saw this morning was shaken. He was clear and concise, but, at the same time he just wanted to break down into tears and I am sure it was more than his peers.
There is something more to his anger than simply 'this is the day.'
I am sure the FBI is involved by now. They need to carry the investigation. The Las Vegas PD lost a man and another seriously injured. The spokesman I saw this morning was shaken. He was clear and concise, but, at the same time he just wanted to break down into tears and I am sure it was more than his peers.
October 2, 2017
by Jose A. Delreal and Jonah Engel Bromwich
The gunman, identified by the police as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, was described as a retiree who loved to gamble and who lived with his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, 62.
Relatives said Mr. Paddock had not displayed strong political or ideological beliefs in their interactions with him.
That modest portrait of Mr. Paddock was upended shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday when, according to the police, he opened fire on fans attending an outdoor country music concert near the Mandalay Bay Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, killing nearly 60 people and injuring at least 500 others.
Mr. Paddock was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in his room on the 32nd floor of the hotel, said Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.
More than 19 rifles were found in the hotel room, a law enforcement official confirmed, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Two rifles with scopes were mounted on tripods and positioned in front of the two windows in the hotel room....
Where is the gun range where he practiced?
...Christopher Sullivan, general manager of Guns & Guitars, a gun store in Mesquite, confirmed that Mr. Paddock bought three guns at his shop within the last year — a handgun and two rifles. All the purchases were legal and cleared routine federal screening, Mr. Sullivan said.
“The man does not have a criminal history,” he said of Mr. Paddock.
Mr. Sullivan, who said he had been contacted by the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, declined to provide detailed descriptions of the guns Mr. Paddock bought. “We have cooperated with local and federal authorities,” he said....
Where did he fly to and why? Two private planes is not a small investment. He had to maintain them and why two? In case the other needed maintenance and his flight was urgent?
...Mr. Paddock had a private pilot’s license, according to Federal Aviation Administration, and had two small single-engine planes registered in his name. There are no records of Mr. Paddock having served in the military....
3 October 2017
KEY POINTS: (click here)
- At least 58 dead, 515 hurt as gunman opens fire from 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort
- Gunman Stephen Paddock kills himself as police storm hotel room
- Isis claims responsibility but police say no evidence of any link to international terrorism
- US president Donald Trump describes slaughter as 'act of pure evil'
I am sure Donald Trump knows what evil is all about. Any chance Paddock knew Bundy?
A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
At least 515 others were injured in the Sunday night attack, authorities said....
October 3, 2017
Denise Salmon Burditus pictured with her husband Tony at the festival just 13hrs ago.
The first victims (click here) of the horrific Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured have been identified.
Sonny Melton, 29, Jordan McIldoon, 23, Quinton Robbins, 20, and Denise Salmon Burditus were killed when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 people at a country music concert.
Melton was watching country music star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village with his wife when Paddock opened fire.
"At this point, I'm in complete disbelief and despair. I don't know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met. He saved my life and lost his," Heather Gulish Melton said...
Where is the gun range where he practiced?
...Christopher Sullivan, general manager of Guns & Guitars, a gun store in Mesquite, confirmed that Mr. Paddock bought three guns at his shop within the last year — a handgun and two rifles. All the purchases were legal and cleared routine federal screening, Mr. Sullivan said.
“The man does not have a criminal history,” he said of Mr. Paddock.
Mr. Sullivan, who said he had been contacted by the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, declined to provide detailed descriptions of the guns Mr. Paddock bought. “We have cooperated with local and federal authorities,” he said....
Where did he fly to and why? Two private planes is not a small investment. He had to maintain them and why two? In case the other needed maintenance and his flight was urgent?
...Mr. Paddock had a private pilot’s license, according to Federal Aviation Administration, and had two small single-engine planes registered in his name. There are no records of Mr. Paddock having served in the military....
3 October 2017
KEY POINTS: (click here)
- At least 58 dead, 515 hurt as gunman opens fire from 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort
- Gunman Stephen Paddock kills himself as police storm hotel room
- Isis claims responsibility but police say no evidence of any link to international terrorism
- US president Donald Trump describes slaughter as 'act of pure evil'
I am sure Donald Trump knows what evil is all about. Any chance Paddock knew Bundy?
A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
At least 515 others were injured in the Sunday night attack, authorities said....
Denise Salmon Burditus pictured with her husband Tony at the festival just 13hrs ago.
The first victims (click here) of the horrific Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured have been identified.
Sonny Melton, 29, Jordan McIldoon, 23, Quinton Robbins, 20, and Denise Salmon Burditus were killed when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 people at a country music concert.
Melton was watching country music star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village with his wife when Paddock opened fire.
"At this point, I'm in complete disbelief and despair. I don't know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met. He saved my life and lost his," Heather Gulish Melton said...
