Maybe he intended the airport fuel tank explosions as a diversion for his escape.
The sheriff said there was no suicide note found
Intention was to blow up the fuel tanks.
Likely the accomplices got cold feet and didn’t follow through with their part in the plan.
But was to blow up the tanks. Drive the crowd closer to the hotel and then shoot fish in a barrel. Maybe set off an explosion there as well. Could have been hundreds killed.
He also had an escape plan.
The “lone wolf” story is falling apart.
So proof positive that she knows more than she is saying.
Anything to deflect from FBI/ATF honeypot.
I am sure he did.... This whole thing stinks rotten.
So his plan was to disappear and meet up with his gal pal somewhere overseas?
PING!
I wonder if the LVPD is tossing out more bread crumbs against the FBI’s narrative.
quote-LV chief of police gave a presser this evening with latest info. He said there was evidence Paddock had a plan to escape. He also mentioned the possibility of accomplices although there is no additional detail in this story.
It seems the police, or someone, released some portions of body cam footage yesterday or today.
There’s an oddity with it- one part of the footage the date stamp is 10/2 and not 10/1, which was the date of the attack.
The oddity is that it was timed at 05: as in 05:00 AM .
10/2 at 5:00 and change is hours after the actual attack, but that is the date on the body cam.
that is odd.
I don’t find it especially revealing that they are looking for accomplices. That would seem a “must do” part of any investigation of this type.
As for the aviation fuel, it makes me wonder if they have more than just a “possibly theory” regarding that point.
Some of this seems like speculation.
additional info not in this article:
Sheriff said, “He had to have some help at some point,” Lombardo said. “Maybe he’s a superguy.… maybe he’s a super yahoo, was working out all this on his own, but it would be hard for me to believe that.”
“This shooting was well thought out. The concealment of his history was also well thought out.”
Around 200 rounds were fired in the hotel hallway where a hotel security guard was shot and injured. “It was miraculous the hotel security guard survived,” Lombardo said.
Sheriff doesn’t know what caused Paddock to stop shooting. Thinks he observed security guard - feared he was about to be breached
Sheriff says out of 23 weapons in room, some jammed but Paddock could’ve continued firing. No official reason on why he stopped
Investigators discovered over 20 pounds each of the chemicals Ammonium Nitrate and Tannerite, inside the suspect’s vehicle parked at the Mandalay Bay
200 shots fired after initial shooting on floor 32. The police are baffled why he stopped firing, investigator speculated he was spooked by security guard on floor who was later wounded. They seem to thnk he was a hero
Notice he chose a room literally right next to the stairwell.
He would need to stop shooting before police had managed to cut off escape routes and then just slip out the door into the adjoining stairwell and head down to the garage.
Given the elaborate camera setup, was he listening to the police scanner? Maybe some of the pausing between bursts was to listen to police transmissions.
2) Dressed as security guard (black slacks with black gloves too)?
I think there's one other shooter who DID escape and that's why they will NOT discuss escape plans. Easy peasy. Perhaps they are looking for someone so they don't want us to know how he escaped.
In the interest of accuracy please refer to Joe Lombardo as “Sheriff”. He is not the Chief of police, he is the chief LEO in the County. He is elected by the residents of Clark County. Vegas has a Metro Police structure but not a traditional city police force.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_Department