Currently there are no known motives for Paddock’s actions, the Islamic State has attempted to claim responsibility for the attack but the FBI and senior US officials denied that Paddock has any links to any militant groups. Shortly after Paddock took his own life before a SWAT team arrived at his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel (although there had been claims that he was killed by the police), finding “in excess of” ten automatic rifles inside. A search of his home address will take place in the coming
Little background on the shooters. John Allen Williams was born on December 31, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 17 years old he joined the Louisiana nation guard. In 1985 he volunteered for active duty in 1985. During his time in he achieved the highest possible marksmanship medal you can receive as an Expert Rifleman’s Badge. A year before the shootings he converted to Islam and change his last name to Muhammad in 2001. Muhammad was married two times. With his second wife he had three children and a rough custody battle to place. He lost the battle and moved to Antigua were he started a business selling false identity papers to locals who sought entry into the U.S. Where he had met Malvo and his mother trying to enter the U.S.
The shooting in Las Vegas took the lives of 58 people and injured around 500 more. Stephen Paddock had unknown motives behind his killings but was found to have booked two different hotel rooms close to other music festivals months before the shooting. Before the shooting, Paddock had no criminal record. The only other preparations that they had found was that he acquired a collection of firearms a year before the shooting.
Over the past decades the Las Vegas gunman has been stockpiling on guns and living a ‘secret life’ that investigators may never fully understand, police stay. Clark County, Nev., Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Wednesday that it was only logical to “make the assumption” that Stephen Paddock had “some help at some point” in pulling off Sunday's massacre. “What we know is Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood,” the sheriff said. Authorities also revealed that they believe Paddock had an escape plan, even though he turned the gun on himself as police closed in on his luxury suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Paddock killed 58 people and
When the police investigated Paddock’s hotel suite and home, it was filled with a lot of weapons, ammunition, alcohol, and drugs. During the investigation, the police are saying the shooting was unavoidable since they had no prior knowledge of him before
home mother. Co-workers of Farook never could have imagined that he and his with were Islamic extremists. Neighbors reported that the couple would be up at all hours in the night building items that look suspicious. Farook had no criminal history and passed a background check making it legal for him to purchase two handguns. The couple also became friends with a former neighbor that purchased two assault rifles and gave them to the couple. As Farook’s co-workers gathered for their holiday party on December 2, 2015 at one of the San Bernardino government buildings, Farook had made a brief appearance. After a few harsh words with one of the co-workers Farook left the party in a rage and returned shortly with his wife. The couple shot up the party with the assault rifles given to them by their former neighbor. Killing 14 people and injuring another 22. The couple fled. Four hours later the San Bernardino County Sheriffs located Farook and Malik near there townhome in Redlands, a shoot up ensued in the middle of the suburban neighborhood. Farook and Malik were both killed. The San Bernardino Attack could have been prevented if the federal government did more in-depth background checks on people moving to the country from areas of the world where terrorism runs rampant and the terrorist main objective is to kill Americans. The government also need to investigate why Americans with a Middle East ethnicity are traveling back and forth multiple times to those areas of the world. If
Paddock, a 64 year-old-man, checked into room 135 on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort and Casino, with 10 suitcases fully loaded with guns and ammunition. While about 22,000 people unknowingly were about to become a part of his unimaginable, horrific plan. Innocent people feared
On October 1, 2017 a little after 10 p.m. Stephen Paddock started firing his gun at a crowd attending a country music festival in Las Vegas. Paddock was perched on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. He killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more. Paddock eventually ceased fire and ended up taking his own life in his hotel room. Since some time has passed, investigators have been trying to create and update the timeline of this horrific tragedy. New details from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Monday have now turned the focus to the six minutes before Paddock fired his first shot on the festival crowd. Jesus Campos, a security guard, happened to be on the 32nd floor shortly before 10 p.m. He was investigating an alarm indicating that a door to a room - not Paddock’s -
With that being said, there were a minimum of two shooters at different locations. Of the two broken windows at Mandalay Bay, there very well could have been two shooters at the hotel, not including the shooter at 250 yards--which begs the question: was Paddock shot by someone else? An audio recording by Las Vegas police mysteriously cut off as they reached the hotel room, right before he “shot himself.” There is potential that a third shooter was present at 250 yards, but there was unquestionably two based on simple mathematical calculations. It is physically impossible for the average Joe to shoot 3,000 rounds of ammunition for eleven minutes continuously. Any typical person like you or me would have difficulty shooting past 500 due to the physical strain that a firearm has on the body. Soldiers go through training to be able to endure long rounds, while Stephen Paddock seemingly surpassed what anyone should be capable of—not to mention nailing the angle of declination to the target. The idea of another shooter, possibly even three, doesn’t sound so crazy anymore; does it? Not to mention that only 45 minutes before the concert, a hispanic woman went around telling people they were “going to die tonight,” which further complicates the idea that this was a one-man show.
No one knows why Stephen Craig Paddock did what he did, however whatever his reason was it was not justified. No one is justified in taking over 50 peoples lives, let alone one.
Stephen "Sick-Mind" Paddock, I do not have too much intel on him other than what is reported in the #1 News Network in the World "CNN". Have you noticed how quiet and cautious FOX NEWS has been reporting/covering this sick-mind person? I do not know if Mr. Paddock was a liberal democrat or a big Bernie Sanders' fan but one thing for sure is that he proved once again why we need very-strict gun control laws. LT McMillian, I am ... ... ... just sayin'! :-)
Gunmans in Mass shootings such as Stephen Paddock was the shooter on October 1, 2017 When he opened fire during a show he had killed 59 people and injured 527 people. In the hours after the retired accountant committed the shooting, authorities rolled out frightening new details, including the discovery of scopes on rifles at the resort and explosives at his home.A team of six officers spoke with security at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Paddock was staying, and searched the hotel floor-by-floor Sunday night before they found Paddock's room, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
In october 1, 2017, in las vegas, Police recovered 23 deadly guns from the evil Stephen Paddock's hotel room at the Mandalay Bay. Some of the weapons had been modified. Several of the rifles had scopes on them.Paddock shot into a huge crowd for 10 to 15 minutes, killing at least 59 innocent people. Another 19 dangerous guns were recovered from evil Paddock's home in Mesquite, Nevada, Clark County Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo said. He also had thousands of rounds of ammo and dangerous explosives.
When tourists decide to visit Las Vegas for vacation, they often find themselves attending several events, including magic shows and concert performances. One of the last events they’d expect to find themselves in, however, is in the middle of a mass shooting. According to USA Today, Stephen Paddock took to streets of the Nevada city on the first of October and opened fire, killing 58 people and leaving 489 fatally injured (Gomez and White). After this shooting, many Americans stated that scenarios similar to this should never recur. However, they uttered the same statement after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the 2012 Colorado theater massacre, and the mass murder
Farook and Malik along with another accomplice walked in wearing all black tactical gear and were yielding machine guns. Both the handguns recovered from the scene were purchased by Farook legally three or four years before, the two rifles were purchased by a possible former roommate three or four years before however, they believe he had nothing to do with the incident. Investigators also found in the conference room of Inland Regional three explosive devices packed with black powder and rigged to remote control cars. The couple planned to use the remote control cars to detonate the explosives from a distance however didn’t work and the remotes were found in the SUV they were driving. The latest question they are trying to answer is how he got the money to get all the supplies. They discovered a loan provider from WebBank weeks before the attack which he gave half to his mother and used the other on supplies. In response to this attack there has been a lot of pressure on Muslims to apologize for the event, however they have raised more than $100,000 to give to the families of the deceased to help for their funeral costs. Investigators are still investigating the case and more
On June 10, 2016 there was another deadly shooting. Omar Mateen was responsible for the hate crime that he did. He opened fire at a gay club. It happened at Pulse Night Club. He killed 49 people and injured 58 others. Omar Mateen was shot and killed by the police. This Mass Shooting was considered a hate crime towards the LGBTQ community.