Posted on 10/02/2017 10:14:05 AM PDT by Drew68
The suspected gunman behind the Las Vegas massacre made several large gambling transactions in recent weeks, according to law enforcement officials.
The transactions in Las Vegas by Stephen Paddock were in the tens of thousands, the officials said.
It was not immediately clear if those transactions were losses or wins.
Paddock's brothers were stunned to learn Monday that their sibling was the suspected perpetrator of the largest mass shooting in modern American history.
Eric Paddock of Orlando, Florida, said he had "no idea" why his 64-year-old brother committed the shooting.
Mars just fell into the earth, he told NBC News. Were completely dumbfounded.
Eric Paddock said his brother was retired and was "just a guy" who went to the hotels, gambled, and went to shows.
Stephen Paddock's brother Bruce Paddock, who lives in California, said his family grew up in Sun Valley, California. Their father, Benjamin Paddock, was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list for robbing banks.
At least 58 people were killed when Paddock opened fire into a crowd of approximately 22,000 at an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night, police said.
Police said more than 500 people had been taken to hospitals.
Bruce, who said he hadn't talked to Stephen, who lived in Mesquite, Nevada, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, in approximately 10 years, said his brother made money through apartment buildings, which he owned and managed with his mother, who lives in Florida.
"I don't know how he could stoop to this low point, hurting someone else," Bruce said.
He added that his brother was a laid-back, "never-in-a-hurry" type of guy. Bruce said his brother was a law-abiding citizen who never did anything violent prior to the shooting.
The shooting is not believed to be connected to international terrorism, NBC News has learned.
The suspect was a licensed pilot, who owned two planes. He also had a hunting license from Alaska.
It is believed he lived in a retirement community in Mesquite.
Public records show Stephen Paddock lived a relatively transient life, moving to 27 different residences between California, Texas and Nevada.
Between 1985 and 1988, he worked for a predecessor company of Lockheed Martin. Public records show he was employed as an "internal auditor."
"Were cooperating with authorities to answer questions they may have about Mr. Paddock and his time with the company," the company said in a statement.
Police responded to reports of the shooting just after 10 p.m. (1 a.m. ET) in the Mandalay Bay Resort, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said. Lombardo said Paddock shot and killed himself before police could reach him.
It is still not known what kind of weapon Paddock used, but officials said more than 10 rifles were recovered from his hotel room.
Officials were searching for Marilou Danley, whom they identified as a companion of the suspect, Lombardo said.
Just before 7 a.m. ET, police tweeted that they had "located the female person of interest." Lombardo said Danley was located out of the country and was not believed to be involved in the shooting. He added that Paddock was utilizing some of her identification.
Authorities described having found several weapons in Paddock's hotel room after the shooting.
“just a guy” whose father was on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted.
Oh-kay.
Indonesian girlfriend. Recently moved from Florida. ISIS threat to Vegas. Hmmm.
Indonesian girlfriend.
Oh... wait... nevermind...
hunted in Alaska..
relatively rich then.
and a hunter would not tend to be a leftist... this is looking for and more like someone who just “snapped”.
LOL !!! Love the way you said that !
Mars just fell into the earth, he told NBC News.
I find this a rather odd phrase. I’ve never hear it before. Code? Mars, god of war?
Not so fast - lots of armed Leftist in this country
Apples don’t fall too far from the tree... And apparently, neither do psychopaths. Too bad he just didn’t blow his head off to begin with.
Seems she is an Aussie with Indonesian ancestry.
Sounds like a fun childhood....
Yepper...my sediments exactly.
Heres what we have so far - nothing confirmed, but if this shooter had been suspected of being a white supremacist the American Leftist news would have been all over it. The fact that the Lying Leftist media is silent about this guys background is itself suspicious about this shooters actual background.
[Unconfirmed report from Israel] Report: Samir al-Hajib, shooter from Las Vegas: According to an unofficial report from Reshet Bet, the Las Vegas shooters name is Samir al-Hajib. He is an American who converted to Islam at the age of 30 and lives in [near] Las Vegas.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/399561
ISIS called for a lone wolf attack on the Las Vegas Strip in a chilling call to arms video released in May
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
/ISIS-video-called-lone-wolf-at
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ISIS claim responsibility and say gunman converted to Islam months ago - Officials deny Vegas shooter was linked to terror groups. ISIS claimed he had converted and that he was a Soldier of Islamic State. US officials say there is no evidence that Paddock was linked to ISIS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
/ISIS-claim-responsibility-Vega
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Islamic State claims Las Vegas attack, says shooter converted to Islam months ago, but provides no evidence
https://www.yahoo.com/
/islamic-state-claims-las-vegas-atta
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Las Vegas shooting: Isis claims responsibility for deadliest gun massacre in modern US history. FBI says no connection with international terror group yet found in ongoing investigation
http://www.independent.co.uk/
/las-vegas-isis-shooting-clai
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...27 different residences between California, Texas and Nevada.
They better start looking... The body count may go up after they start connecting this crazy to missing people, or unexplained murders in those states.
I noticed nothing about his political view is in this article.
Inner city types,sure.
But I don’t know to many liberal hunters, much less ones that take VERY expensive trips to Alaska to hunt big game.
Gambling debts would make sense as to what could cause someone to snap.
He also was a pilot and owned two airplanes.....
The guy was renting a suite. It seems pretty obvious he went on a bender before he did this. He was planning this for a long time.
Mandalay Bay would have been sold out for weeks or months for the 20,000+ concert across the street.
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