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'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

Posted on 10/02/2017 5:42:48 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: lasvegas; lefty; mandalaybay; paddock; stephenpaddock
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To: AppyPappy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4941092/ISIS-claim-responsibility-Vegas-shooting.html

BREAKING NEWS: ISIS claim responsibility for Vegas shooting and say the gunman ‘converted to Islam months ago’


221 posted on 10/02/2017 7:42:53 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: Mr.Unique

Yes. That is why I linked to it.

I’m more interested in the law, not what the Comey’s of the world think should be prosecuted.


222 posted on 10/02/2017 7:46:26 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: MagnoliaB

Link doesn’t work.

What does it say about his apartment complex?


223 posted on 10/02/2017 7:48:00 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Perseverando

A drifter. Never settled down. No firm relationships. Everybody was against him. Not many pics of him. Even his GF didn’t have any thing on him on her facebook. If your gonna off yourself, do it without physically harming others.


224 posted on 10/02/2017 7:52:19 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: Perseverando; All

I just found this tidbit...

“When asked during a news conference why the police were not treating the incident as an act of terrorism, Sheriff Lombardo said: “We have to establish what his motivation is first.”

“When asked during a news conference why the police were not treating the incident as an act of terrorism, Sheriff Lombardo said: “We have to establish what his motivation is first.”

“Following the press briefing, Isis claimed responsibility for the massacre, saying Paddock was “a soldier of the Islamic State” who answered “calls to target coalition countries”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/stephen-paddock-las-vegas-gunman-shooting-police-identify-white-male-latest-update-a7978361.html


225 posted on 10/02/2017 7:55:21 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Wake up and smell the Covfef)
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To: Perseverando

Just snaped? Is was a 911 style declaration of war with a masked recruiting message and zconcention/fatwa. You betcha this guy had a manifesto and alliees.


226 posted on 10/02/2017 8:01:26 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Perseverando
Eric said that there was 'absolutely no indication he could do something like this' and said that Stephen had no political or religious affiliation.

Bet he turns out to be like the unibomber, leftwing anti-religious socialist type

227 posted on 10/02/2017 8:03:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Perseverando

The guy recently reportedly hooked up with this woman reportedly from Indonesia—the largest Muslim country in the world.

Family members in such circumstances almost always claim complete “surprise”...


228 posted on 10/02/2017 8:05:37 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: PeterPrinciple

From your link - “Paddock first checked into the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel on Sept. 28”

What was he doing since last Thursday? Who did he meet with? Why wasn’t his gf with him? How did he get 10 weapons, ammo and cameras in if he flew to Vegas? How long ago was his reservation? I’m thinking he drove instead of flew in so what about his car?


229 posted on 10/02/2017 8:07:57 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: MAGAthon

What the heck. She gets around but is a bit long in the tooth to be a mail order bride.


230 posted on 10/02/2017 8:12:54 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill
What was he doing since last Thursday? Who did he meet with? Why wasn’t his gf with him? How did he get 10 weapons, ammo and cameras in if he flew to Vegas? How long ago was his reservation? I’m thinking he drove instead of flew in so what about his car?


Mesquite is less than 100 miles away from Vegas straight along I-15, an easy drive.

231 posted on 10/02/2017 8:12:58 AM PDT by az_gila
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To: CommerceComet

The 13 looks more like shadows and wrinkles.


232 posted on 10/02/2017 8:13:33 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: AppyPappy
The loss of the hard drive has been going on for a long time. The first time I saw it was after the Virginia Tech shooting. If you were planning to die, why do you care if someone looks at your computer? You’ll be dead

You'd keep it for your legacy.

233 posted on 10/02/2017 8:21:02 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Travis McGee; marktwain

bump


234 posted on 10/02/2017 8:22:03 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: bigdaddy45

A good possibility.

Last guy was hunting Republicans and almost killed Scalise.


235 posted on 10/02/2017 8:22:37 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: butlerweave

FOX just said ISIS is claiming responsibility for the shooting.

I dunno. An old white dude and ISIS isn’t very common but you never know. Could be or ISIS is just wanting headlines.


236 posted on 10/02/2017 8:26:49 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Mark17

That is part of the point in having his registration reported on.

The other part would be, since full auto is inique, who signed off on it.


237 posted on 10/02/2017 8:27:19 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: Travis McGee
If the shooter purchased ten plus long guns in his own name, then carried out this massacre with legal weapons, this will be a game changer for our RKBA, almost like in the novel.

Yep. BLOAT this month.

238 posted on 10/02/2017 8:32:09 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: campfollower

FOX news - 58-59 now dead.

I just posted a Heavy.com update in a new thread. He was a licensed pilot and own two planes so that’s how he could have transported the weapons. He was also a licensed Alaska hunter.

Also, he was in the middle of a divorce but unknown if “wife” is the Indonesian gf or what.


239 posted on 10/02/2017 8:39:35 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: marron

I think the sentence was poorly worded. The “home due to be searched “ was due to the shooting. From what I’ve read, the search was part of the current investigation, not a prior plan.


240 posted on 10/02/2017 8:39:46 AM PDT by blu (If you don't read the story at the link, don't comment. (Except for Laz...))
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