Posted on 10/02/2017 12:28:37 PM PDT by Raebie
Before he opened fire late Sunday, killing at least 58 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, gunman Stephen Paddock was living out his retirement as a high-stakes gambler in a quiet town outside Las Vegas.
Paddock, 64, would disappear for days at a time, frequenting casinos with his longtime girlfriend, neighbors said. Relatives also said Paddock had frequently visited Las Vegas to gamble and take in concerts.
Eric Paddock said his brother often gambled in tens of thousands of dollars. “My brother is not like you and me. He plays high-stakes video poker,” he said. “He sends me a text that says he won $250,000 at the casino.”
Eric Paddock said he showed the FBI three years of text messages from his brother and said he had no information whether Stephen Paddock had gambling debts or was financially troubled. “I have absolutely no information he lost a bunch of money. The casino would know that,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"In a statement, Lockheed Martin, the defense giant, said that Paddock had worked for it for three years in the 1980s.
“Stephen Paddock worked for a predecessor company of Lockheed Martin from 1985 until 1988,” the company said in a statement. “We’re cooperating with authorities to answer questions they may have about Mr. Paddock and his time with the company.”
The Post will, imho, put out the version the deep state wants.
That may or may not always comport with reality.
With that weapons cache, someone had to know.
My gut tells me we're going to find out his purchases were part of Fast and Furious.
I'd start looking at unsolved sniper crimes.
Seems that it was so long ago (Lockheed Martin predecessor) that it may not be relevant.
Does anyone know if he was ever married or has children?
I thought his brother said he was just a regular Joe...
Married and divorced, but no children. Lots of info in the linked article.
Joe Stack went out big over his IRS debt here in Austin, while divorcing.
I think he has a couple siblings. I think only one has spoken.
And we haven't heard anything from the Asian lady.
An internal auditor with a penchant for high stakes gambling.
It’s always the quiet ones.
So did one of my buds...but he had it taken to his basement...with much difficulty. It was his gun safe.
I'd try the gun clubs in the area.
No way this guy was making tons of money at a casino, especially playing “video poker.”
Who keeps 3 years of text messages?
There’s a memo showing him working for them on a project in 1993, so that’s fishy.
He crashed hard, if I remember the same incident, didn’t he?
You could but I suspect Mesquite, NV - suburban Bunkerville, is a lot line Central AZ. You may have better luck determining his shooting habits if you look for piles of brass in the desert.
“Does anyone know if he was ever married or has children?”
Does anyone know/heard, what calibre he was shooting ??
Yeah I don’t think high stakes gamblers are at the video poker machines. That’s where I hang with my cup of quarters. :-)
His brother described the shooter as a “wealthy guy,” but where’s the work or investment history that supported his comfortable lifestyle? So far, we only know that he spent three years at Lockheed in the 80s, and owned an apartment complex near Dallas a few years later. Otherwise, Paddock’s work history is a blank slate.
Yet, at the time of his rampage, the shooter had homes in northern and southern Nevada, two aircraft, and gambled tens of thousands of dollars during visits to the casinos in Vegas.
His girlfriend had apparently been living off his dime for several years as well. Curiously, she’s out of the country when he started mowing people down from his perch on the 32nd floor.
Did he win the lottery? Have a rich uncle who left everything to him? We know Paddock’s father wasn’t the source of his wealth, since Dad was in and out of prison as a bank robber. So much of this case (so far) just doesn’t add up.
Makes sense
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