NV - 59 Dead, over 500 injured in Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas, 1 Oct 2017 #1

[Inthedetails]

Well his father was listed as armed and dangerous. Maybe a combo of early childhood trauma, covering up secrets, and approval seeking hero worship? Whatever it is, this person no doubt had complex issues from an early age. He would have been under ten years old when father was robbing banks.

What caused the kettle to blow?

His brother sounds enormously defensive of protecting some kind of normalcy.

This is all, so so, tragic.

I wonder, too, if he was acting out a "double life" like his father had - seemingly normal businessman while at the same time armed and dangerous.

IDK.

 

[Inthedetails]

Did anyone see his tattoo on his neck?? # 13?

No. Where did you see it? Got link?

 

[Bravo]

I'm sure we will hear from folks who knew the killer in the past. I tend to think he is offspring of his Father. Prior post/link described his father as a smooth talking psychopath.

 

[trigger]

No. Where did you see it? Got link?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41472462

 

[Stippling]

Just something to keep in mind. As the body ages, and narrowed blood vessels constrict the supply of blood to the brain, judgment can become seriously impaired. What may have been an unpleasant but dismissive thought 15 years ago, now becomes something more powerful. A circulation impaired brain is always not able to maintain an equilibrium of rational thought or restrain rogue thoughts. Whether that occurred here is not known. I'm not excusing any of his behavior away. There are all sorts of things that can impact judgement: a mini stroke, frontal lobe injury, some undiagnosed pathology, medication, and myriad mental disorders. Perhaps the truth will not be fully known until his autopsy and a neurological review of his brain slides. He does not appear during his life to have been a man who was inclined to be country-dog mean. That is of course no comfort to the victims and their families.

 

[perfectingpink]

At least 19 weapons found in Las Vegas shooter's room: Sources

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Two sources familiar with the investigation said that there were a combination of rifles and handguns at the scene, and one of those sources said there were 19 weapons in the room.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/19-weapons-found-las-vegas-shooters-room-sources/story?id=50228093

 

[Betty P]

Not too difficult to understand how one might have been ashamed and embarrassed to grow up with this hanging over your head, damaging your reputation even though you're not responsible for your parent's behavior. Perhaps there was a recent reminder of his father's predicament that drove the shooter to this end.

Or just generally developing a "chip on his shoulder" that generalized to always blaming others when he didn't get what he wanted or was unhappy. He was also likely unhappy over his loss in the lawsuit a couple of years ago, when he claimed he was disabled from an injury at the Cosmopolitan hotel/casino.

Interesting that no former friends or co-workers have come forward to share information about his history. There's really very little known about him other than that he worked as a internal auditor at Lockheed Martin some years ago.

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock enjoyed gambling, country music, lived quiet life before massacre

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-life-before-massacre/?utm_term=.58d2d7b04a4e


High stakes gambler, too.

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."

JMO, still not ruling out financial problems, bankruptcy.

 

[bluesneakers]

Did anyone see his tattoo on his neck?? # 13?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41472462

edit: I looked again. I think it's just shadow, wrinkles, and whiskers coming together to look like a faded 13.

 

[andreww]

His brother sounds enormously defensive of protecting some kind of normalcy.

This is all, so so, tragic.

Remember, at that point of his life his brother wasn't seeing him regularly. People will tend to act normally around family members, it doesn't mean they don't have some radical agenda. I don't see any reason for the brother to hide anything at this point. He was open about his father's past.

 

[WestieMom]

Did anyone see his tattoo on his neck?? # 13?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41472462

I hadn’t noticed, but do see it now.


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[gitana1]

A maybe not automatic? Easily available modification to a semi-aromatic.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/723236001/

 

[enelram]

I'm sure we will hear from folks who knew the killer in the past. I tend to think he is offspring of his Father. Prior post/link described his father as a smooth talking psychopath.

His former neighbor described him as 'weird', extremely quiet, like living next door to nothing. She also called him a 'professional gambler'.

 

[Inthedetails]

I don't see a tattoo in the images at your link, but on Friday the thirteenths some tattoo shops offer free or discounted tattoos and they include the number 13. (I have a friend with two of them.)

Does "13" signify something specific? I haven't heard of "13" tattoos.

I see it what looks like a "13" on the front of his neck. Not sure it really is a tattoo??
Repeating the link so people can check it out. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41472462

jmo

 

[Tawny]

A maybe not automatic? Easily available modification to a semi-aromatic.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/723236001/

gitana1, I want to thank you for inadvertently providing me with a bit of a giggle at this typo. I just picturing his weapons being altered to smell like lavender.

 

[Tawny]

Does "13" signify something specific? I haven't heard of "13" tattoos.

I see it what looks like a "13" on the front of his neck. Not sure it really is a tattoo??
Repeating the link so people can check it out. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41472462

jmo

IMO it's a shadow from neck folds. Older folks have looser skin in the neck area.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock enjoyed gambling, country music, lived quiet life before massacre

So a country music fan shot up a country music festival?

 

[Betty P]

Did anyone see his tattoo on his neck?? # 13?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41472462

Noticing now, thanks. Odd, what does that mean?

 

[gitana1]

Well his father was listed as armed and dangerous. Maybe a combo of early childhood trauma, covering up secrets, and approval seeking hero worship? Whatever it is, this person no doubt had complex issues from an early age. He would have been under ten years old when father was robbing banks.

What caused the kettle to blow?

His brother sounds enormously defensive of protecting some kind of normalcy.

This is all, so so, tragic.

He does. He seems just flabbergasted and shocked and pissed.

Did i hear him say they were proud of dad being a bank robber?

I wonder if sometimes (not meaning the brother), some of this is genetic. Like the bad seed. It hits some kids but not others, if there's some sort of trigger?

I'm just grasping for answers here.

 

[Davia18]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-victim-las-vegas-mass-165222797.html

Starting to learn about the victims. Prayers to everyone. I was there Friday for another concert, also outdoor concert.

 

[Inthedetails]

gitana1, I want to thank you for inadvertently providing me with a bit of a giggle at this typo. I just picturing his weapons being altered to smell like lavender.

But only a little bit, just semi-aromatic.