Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Las Vegas shooting motive remains elusive [tr]
Fox News ^ | 1 October 2019 | Greg Norman

Posted on 10/01/2019 11:53:35 AM PDT by Magnatron

Two years have now passed since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history – yet the biggest question about it remains unanswered.

The American public is still in the dark as to why Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on concertgoers outside the Mandalay Bay resort on Oct. 1, 2017, killing 58 and wounding hundreds more.

The FBI’s agents and behavior specialists spent more than a year investigating the attack. Officials released clips of nearly 1,200 officer body camera videos, many hours of 911 audio recordings and dozens of handwritten and transcribed witness accounts.

But 730 days later, no one can definitively say what Paddock’s motive for the massacre was.

Paddock acted alone when he planned and carried out the attack, Aaron Rouse, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas office, said in January. The 64-year-old fatally shot himself as police arrived into his hotel suite.

Las Vegas police closed their investigation in August 2018 without establishing a motive.

Paddock was a retired postal service worker, accountant and real estate investor who owned rental properties and homes in Reno and in a retirement community more than hour’s drive from Las Vegas. He also held a pilot’s license and liked to gamble tens of thousands of dollars at a time.

Police characterized him as a loner who had no religious or political affiliations, despite reports he had ranted about the Federal Emergency Management Agency “camps” set up after Hurricane Katrina and deadly standoffs between law enforcement officers and militia groups at Waco, Texas, in 1993 and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1992; 1993; 2017; 201710; 20171001; 201808; fema; gambler; katrina; lasvegascell; lasvegasshooter; mandalaybay; paddock; pilot; reno; rubyridge; waco
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-52 last
To: Yaelle

And why did he wait til the last song of the 2 day festival?
= = =

This interesting little tidbit speaks loudly.

Yes! Why?


41 posted on 10/01/2019 2:19:55 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM, maybe more so!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Magnatron

Dopey prince.....


42 posted on 10/01/2019 3:01:36 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GraceG

Maybe he didn’t do it all. Maybe others did. Hmmmm...


43 posted on 10/01/2019 3:11:57 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: IC Ken

His girlfriend may have been FBI.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/report-fbi-listed-as-place-of-employment-for-las-vegas-shooters-girlfriend/


44 posted on 10/01/2019 3:18:58 PM PDT by jospehm20
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Magnatron; xp38; All

With respect to the Saudi prince assassination angle you might find this of interest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niBgnjtMSsg&feature=youtu.be


45 posted on 10/01/2019 3:30:03 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Beware of a man who says believe in God as I do, otherwise God will punish you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TakebackGOP

Used to create a diversion, but for what


46 posted on 10/01/2019 3:59:32 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: bunkerhill7

Marylou is somewhere sipping wine, safely ensconced in the shooter-abettor-girlfriend club.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/as-the-trial-of-omar-mateens-wife-begins-new-evidence-undermines-beliefs-about-the-pulse-massacre-including-motive.html


47 posted on 10/01/2019 4:24:23 PM PDT by mumblypeg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: IC Ken

“He appears to have been a money launderer. I wonder if he worked for the CIA?”

well, even if he was both those things, what he did still makes no sense.


48 posted on 10/01/2019 4:34:30 PM PDT by jocon307
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: marron
it all stinks to high heaven..there is more to this but it would involve for us poor little rabble learning about the inner workings of our fabulous govt and its worldly connections.

btw this guy was a first rate creep, an arrogant sob according to some wait staff at a LV hotel/restaurant.

49 posted on 10/01/2019 4:37:22 PM PDT by cherry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Roccus

“...always say, “Remember Ceausescu”

I, myself, I will never forget. My lefty friend said: all the commies will fall, but not the Romanians, they’re just too, too repressive.

I wish I could have seen my own face that morning (wasn’t it Christmas day?) when I went to the newsstand and saw the headlines.

They just took those two out in the yard and shot them. They just shot them right then, right there.

Yes, remember Ceausescu, et ux.


50 posted on 10/01/2019 4:39:01 PM PDT by jocon307
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Magnatron

Did we ever get the residue report on Paddock? How did he do all that on his own? Why did it seem like he had a chest and head wound in the photo? What happened to the witness?

Why, when people ask questions, are the answers so rudely fobbed off?

Why are you making stuff up?


51 posted on 10/01/2019 5:06:55 PM PDT by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yaelle

The plan was to have the Saudi Prince killed while here visiting the US, and blame it on TRUMP, and use it to impeach him.


52 posted on 10/01/2019 6:23:40 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-52 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson