Paddock, a Country Music Fan and Grandfather, Goes to Vegas to Gamble and Take in 3-Day Country Music Event… then flips out and kills country music fans?!?

by Scott Creighton

This just goes to show this makes no sense.

Stephen Paddock’s brother didn’t even know he had long rifles, much less several fully automatic ones. Stephen was a grandfather and in a happy relationship with Marilou.

Not only that but according to this accounting it seems he was a big fan of country music and it appears he went to Vegas on Thursday so he could gamble that night and check out the 3-day country music festival.

Recordings of the attack suggested that Paddock used an automatic weapon. Paddock, who arrived at the hotel on Thursday, was found with more than 10 rifles, Lombardo said. Relatives said they knew Paddock owned guns, but believed they were legal…

A retired man, Paddock often visited Las Vegas to gamble and take in concerts, his relatives said. Public records show he was a licensed pilot, who owned two planes. And he had a hunting license from Alaska. For several years, he appeared to live in Mesquite, Tex. But property records show he chose to move to another town named Mesquite in Nevada, where he bought a home in 2013 and has been living there ever since.

Paddock’s family said there was nothing in his past that would suggest violence. “We are in complete shock bewilderment and horror. We have absolutely no idea how in the world Steve did this. Absolutely no concept,” said one relative, who spoke anonymously to avoid hurting other relatives. “There was nothing secret or strange about him.”

Family members said that Paddock spent much of his retirement in recent years staying in hotels in Las Vegas and gambling. They said he listened to country music and went to concerts at Vegas hotels. Antimedia

The festival was a 3-day event starting on Friday and ending Sunday. So he went there to gamble and watch the country music concerts. It makes absolutely no sense he would flip out and decide to kill a bunch of country music fans.

The other issue is, yes, he did gamble a lot but if he was in that suite for that festival, chances are they didn’t comp it for him because he gambled a lot. That’s a very expensive suite and the festival would mean they were booked solid for the weekend. How could he afford that?

One more thing… 10 guns? In a Vegas hotel with a casino downstairs? How the hell could he get those past security?

None of this makes sense. And of course, he was dead on arrival of the authorities… “by his own hand”… so we will never hear his side of the story.

I’m sorry but that story makes no sense at all.

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