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EXTREMELY Graphic Photo Emerges Appearing To Show Deceased Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock
2017-10-04
I hesitate to post this, but...

The pic is most assuredly NSFW or those of weak constitution.

Vegas shooter's body is seen splayed on the floor of his hotel room next to his arsenal of assault rifles and ammunition in crime scene photos - as it's revealed he hid a camera in a room service cart so he knew when SWAT teams prepared to enter

[DailyMail]
  • New photos show Vegas shooter's dead body on the floor of his hotel room after he committed suicide

  • In the photo, Stephen Paddock wears a brown long-sleeved top, black slacks, loafers, and black gloves

  • Next to his body are two assault rifles with bi-pods; one has a 'bump stock', making it effectively full-auto

  • Dozens of spent shells litter the floor and in one corner magazines sit in neat stacks

  • A hammer is also seen, which Paddock presumably used to smash open two windows in his suite

  • An investigation is underway to find out who leaked the photographs

  • It was from both of those vantage points that Paddock fired on a crowd of 22,000 attending a music festival

  • He fired on the crowd for 9 minutes, killing at least 59 and injuring 527 - the deadliest attack in U.S. history

  • Video from outside the hotel room shows bullets piercing the front door, from when Paddock shot at cops

  • He set up a camera on a room service cart outside the room to warn him when police were arriving

  • By the time a SWAT team blew open the door to the suite, Paddock had shot himself dead

  • Investigators are struggling to find a reason for why the millionaire retiree carried out the massacre

  • He had no criminal record, and his brother says he wasn't religious or political

  • He did, however, like gambling and in the two weeks prior had carried out several large figure bets

  • In the week before he died, he also wired $100,000 to an account in his girlfriend's native Philippines

  • Girlfriend Marilou Danley is back to being a person of interest and is en route back to the U.S. for questioning

  • On Tuesday, Las Vegas authorities say they had identified all but three of the 59 victims

  • Paddock may have previously planned to attack another open-air music festival, held from September 22-24

  • He had attempted to book specific suites at the Ogden, a luxury condo tower that overlooked the festival, as well as a hotel with festival views, but moved on when he discovered they were booked
Update from the Daily Mail article at 1:00 p.m. ET:
In a Tuesday night press conference, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill defended police for taking 72 minutes to breach the room where Paddock was holed up after first shots were reported at 10:08pm on Sunday.

McMahill said that patrol officers who had been managing the music festival quickly entered the hotel and began working their way up to the 32nd floor, where Paddock was located, evacuating each floor as they went - but that police couldn't act until the SWAT team arrived.

He also said that Paddock's gunfire ceased at around 10:19pm - 59 minutes before his room was breached. At that point, he said, SWAT stopped regarding Paddock as an active shooter and treated him as a less urgent barricade situation, since he was isolated in the room.

McMahill didn't make it clear exactly when the SWAT team was in place, but said that at 10:38pm, a security guard approaching Paddock's room was non-fatally shot. The guard, who is still in hospital, sent 'digital information' to cops, McMahill said.

Details of that incident have not yet been released, but it seems likely that Paddock spotted the guard approaching using the cameras he installed in the door's peephole and in a room service cart he'd left in the hallway.

SWAT raided the room at 11:20pm - something the McMahill said was acceptable because Paddock was no longer shooting and was barricaded in. He said the SWAT team was 'unconventional,' being made up of SWAT members, patrol cops and a K-9 unit.

Elsewher it was revealed that Paddock was prescribed anti-anxiety medication Valium back in June, which has been linked to increased aggressive behavior in multiple studies.

Paddock was taking 10 milligram tablets at the time of the massacre, though it is not known why he was prescribed them or whether he had underlying behavioral issues.

Speaking at the same press conference, Jill Sneider of the ATF said that no less than 12 of the rifles found in the room had bump-stock modifications. In total, there were 23 firearms in the hotel room, including an AK-47, an AR-15-type gun, and a handgun.

But Paddock had still more guns stored in his two houses in Verdi, outside Reno, and Mesquite, bringing the total across all thee locations to 47, she said. They included rifles, shotguns and handguns bought from Nevada, Texas, Utah and California. All had been bought - legally - over the course of more than 20 years.
And from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a possible trigger for the attacks:
Diazepam
...the generic name for Valium...
is a sedative-hypnotic drug in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which studies have shown can trigger aggressive behavior. Chronic use or abuse of sedatives such as diazepam can also trigger psychotic experiences, according to drugabuse.com.

“If somebody has an underlying aggression problem and you sedate them with that drug, they can become aggressive,” said Dr. Mel Pohl, chief medical officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center. “It can disinhibit an underlying emotional state. … It is much like what happens when you give alcohol to some people … they become aggressive instead of going to sleep.”

Pohl, who spoke to the Review-Journal from the Netherlands, said the effects of the drug also can be magnified by alcohol.

A 2015 study published in World Psychiatry of 960 Finnish adults and teens convicted of homicide showed that their odds of killing were 45 percent higher during time periods when they were on benzodiazepines.

A year earlier, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry published a study titled, “Benzodiazepine Use and Aggressive Behavior.” The authors wrote: “It appears that benzodiazepine use is moderately associated with subsequent aggressive behavior.”
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#40  Re-phrase one part. He had an ex-fil plan which is why he wanted expendable hardware and planes. But did not care either way.

Suspect he saw LEO forming and cordoning off the hotel and knew he would not get far.

So Awesome are they.
Posted by: newc   2017-10-04 23:31  

#39  My point is, he was not interested in escape. Went through great lengths to get enough throw away weapons to not care, and his job with his car to hit more people.

He never planned to actually leave alive.
His job was carnage. Not accuracy, not methodology, not effectiveness. Merely a suicide mission.
And wanted to take everyone he could with little care.

It is sick,
Posted by: newc   2017-10-04 22:45  

#38  Not to stick a trumpet in my ass and solo Simple Gifts, but in reality of that car wreck I was aide-de-camp for when EMT/Rescue showed up, gave a quick assessment of the patients, made sure leaking fluid wasn't gasoline, traffic stayed put.

What I am getting at, is there are people who do go towards the fire for whatever their reason. And you don't have to be frikkin Bones or some crap, just directing traffic or even simply bringing coffee and snacks.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 22:40  

#37  Showed up in a wheelchair and no makeup if I saw it right. If not, please correct, the bullshit is coming out again.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 22:22  

#36  Sorry, had to route around the filter, and for good reason.

Who 'breaks up' with anyone and wires them $100k and tells them to "buy a house for the family."

Someone with a good lawyer and/or PR team.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 22:21  

#35  Skid, I start at about 1:20 in ideal situations, and the further rural to urban I get, I adjust down, adjust down again close to academic areas, again for entertainment venues, and down again depending upon that venue (example movie theatre showing military vs. kids or country vs. youth pop music). Middle age to older to younger.

Of those who respond, I start at about 9/10 being effective and drop again using above dynamics, say military town vs. academic town.

Now our little deal out here we got about 1:10 with a 100% effective. Compare to my deal in (university town), graduation weekend. Driver thought the best way to make a T-bone was to run a red light. I got out and immediately started traffic control. Did initial appraisal of Vehicle A, patient 2 in drivers side was banged up on the head. Had 3 aide-de-camps. First approached and I said, "Good day fine sir, thank you for your participation, looks like we will be working together, my name is x and I am volunteer fire in west Kansas, what is your name? Very good, your occupation?"

"Nurse at the local hospital."

Splendid I thought. Perhaps I am being a bit droll, but getting everyone calm and on the same page seemed a good idea."

"Excellent. Passenger has a head injury and is bleeding. Keep passenger in her seat until the paramedics arrive. They are coming, I hear the sirens."

Goes to check Vehicle 2. Occupants are dazed but functional. Tell them to hold tight, going to check on them (the priority patient, driver was shaken but functional considering). Look over and my nurse is helping patient out of the vehicle. Crap. Other two just standing about. Crap crap.

So, academic setting, somewhat urban environment, entertainment venue, youngsters. Out of say 40 I got three, one with credentials, and wasn't effective.

I look at this situation - youngsters having a good time in an urban environment. Did I mention the goopier it gets the less aides stick about?

I used to get mad watching replays at all the people standing about doing video, then realized they would just be standing around anyways.

Sherry is correct that the guy with the camera was an effective aide-de-camp, as was everyone else in the video. Except, maybe, the what I take as a police officer or security who was not taking in the situation and getting the fucking lights on. That happens too. I have seen good comrades-in-the-shit freeze especially in car wrecks. Whatever the background of our video producer is, my take is he has seen some shit, is well trained, and in good shape, young, as are all who are in the video.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 22:19  

#34  A car loaded with Tannanerite, had he left, could have parked it anywhere and set it off.
Posted by newc

Yes, a possible diversion permitting escape. I'm not buying the girl friend's story. She said she was "fearful of a breakup." Who 'breaks up' with anyone and wires them $100k and tells them to "buy a house for the family."
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-04 21:46  

#33  It appears that the shooting stopped when the hotel's security guard was shot when he tried to enter the hotel room.
Posted by: si vis pacem, para bellum   2017-10-04 21:33  

#32  He had weapons enough to throw one away when it jammed. Kind of like learning to fly a plane but not land it. Two hyde positions, and hammer for the window. Camera in the cart, and in the door.
Posted by: newc   2017-10-04 21:27  

#31  Bump stock is an inaccurate device and the sights are for close shooting.
A hasty op with two rooms, one to divert attention and one to shift fire to change the sound.
That Hotel Guard is Hero of the Hour.

A car loaded with Tannanerite, had he left, could have parked it anywhere and set it off.
Posted by: newc   2017-10-04 21:25  

#30  KS, you've read the studies. Before the professionals arrive what's the ratio of active disaster responders to shell-shocked spectators in any large group?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-10-04 20:47  

#29  Watching the PD presser on Fox.

The shooter was active for approximately 10 minutes. Let's say 1 of the 10 was devoted to non-shooting activities (Eject and reload and surveillance.) = 9 minutes = 540 seconds.

Guessing that the guns shot 4 rounds per second * 540 seconds = 2,160 rounds fired.

Casualties:
Dead (RIP): 58 (shooter doesn't get a tally)
Wounded: 515
Total: 573

Approximately 0.26 casualties per round fired.
Approximately 1 casualty per second.

Assuming my math is correct, it could have been worse.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2017-10-04 20:44  

#28  @21 is no joke. Better have your responder face on to watch that.

That said, there were an amazing number of people who stuck around to help; Bless Them Mightily and guide them through their sorrows.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 19:41  

#27  Anyone know who the guy directing traffic was? Not by name, but was he retired military, a cop, off duty cop, a doc that on set fast? A hero for sure.
Posted by: Sherry   2017-10-04 19:30  

#26  One aspect I haven't seen discussed is that he was a compulsive gambler, and such people are as bad as drug addicts and will do almost anything for money.

Which suggests he could have been drawn into a plan where he was the patsy.
Posted by: phil_b   2017-10-04 19:28  

#25  It does look more like a well planned terrorist operation, than a lone nutcase who snapped.
Posted by: phil_b   2017-10-04 19:06  

#24  No new news in the last 12 hours. It does seem a sophisticated plan for someone with no background in military planning.
Posted by: phil_b   2017-10-04 18:56  

#23  Wonder what else happened in LV during the diversion?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-10-04 17:37  

#22  Filled with looters and idlers and people dying on the ground.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-10-04 17:32  

#21  Graphic video of aftermath advise not watching
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-04 16:52  

#20  latest ?tinfoil? speculation
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-04 16:47  

#19  To follow up on that Plane report, I heard he had access to ammonium nitrate. If so, we might be lucky he didn't fill his damn plane up and fly into the crowd instead.
Posted by: Charles   2017-10-04 16:46  

#18  So better than the NYPD?

Primary target only, or does this include alternate targets?
Posted by: gorb   2017-10-04 16:10  

#17  Yahoo news (spit spit) is running a story about a woman's I-Phone that took a bullet and saved her life. No mention of the thousands of lives lost each year to I-Phone addicts plowing into Peterbilts and Kenworths.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-04 15:31  

#16  Initial reports (from one of his brothers) suggested the shtbird had a pilots license. If so things could have been far worse.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-10-04 15:18  

#15  One does not simply break those types of windows. There is a certain way to do so which is, again, outside the day-to-day Joe's knowledge.

Touching on yesterday, I wonder if there is a window break alert. Bet there is.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 14:57  

#14  I was just thinking (stop laughing, dammit)... Conspiracy and drug stuff aside, what might incline an obnoxious, left-leaning, high-living old middle-aged dude -- confirmed civilian from a family of bank robbers -- toward automatic weapons? Could it be... De Niro?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-10-04 14:10  

#13  When they are talking casualties, all I have heard is the sum, so splits between those injured by stampede and those injured by shrapnel/fragments.

Considering the attendance and venue, I doubt there were any stampede deaths; injuries do occur such as getting ribs broken against a railing.

Getting hit by fragments doesn't mean your day didn't get sucky, it did, but I would put that in a different box than actually hit by a bullet.

I'd guess asphalt ZF; putting down carpet/astro turf creates tripping problems and clean-up problems, especially if the entire area isn't covered. Now, if there was a very controlled VIP in-front section, maybe so.

Pretty elaborate plan. As for the large bets, I'd guess this had been planned for a bit, especially if there was a scrubbed assault on the dates indicated, looks like a last night out deal like the 9/11 dudes hitting the titty bar for a couple brews.

I have never done a room service where I was asked how many were dining. Could be, an order large enough for two, which does not put it outside of last meal.

Firing from multiple positions is not a new thing, but outside the day to day Joe. Same with the cameras, as Tennessee noted that is not new but out of the usual for a day to day Joe.

A lot of ins and outs for a person with no background in this sort of thing to plan out of whole cloth.

I have been gaming 2+ people but Monty Norman always starts playing.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-04 12:52  

#12  527 injured is a lot. Was this only from the shots or does this include injuries from the stampede to get away.

There may have been some double counting by the hospitals, AlanC. And also, I've noticed that all brought to the emergency room are counted as injured in such situations, even though most of the bruises and skinned knees are quickly cleaned up and sent home. Big numbers sell newspapers, and stiff uppper lips are so old school.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-10-04 12:42  

#11  His and her cellphone(s) will likely reveal his motive...texts, search histories, locations...

I would imagine all the phones have been cellebrited by now. The powers that be know.

The question is when or if they will share that information. If there are others involved the would be foolish to share anytime soon.
Posted by: Tennessee   2017-10-04 12:20  

#10  Considering there were an estimated 22,000 in attendance and they were packed in like sardines...

Which is why I try to avoid crowds. Same goes for the usually large lucrative target that forms just before TSA pat-downs at airports.

hit rate on bullets fired about 50%

So better than the NYPD?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-10-04 12:16  

#9  Can anyone speak offhand as to the surface in front of the stage? Astroturf over asphalt, maybe? Bare asphalt further back?

Can't seem to find a decent pic now that I'm curious. Is there a (public) one stop shop?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-10-04 11:41  

#8  As posted yesterday, two bedroom suite, two windows at far ends of the suite broken out, room service for two, long delay between initial 10-12 minutes of gunfire and SWAT entry, proximity to stairwell, Filipino girlfriend in Philippines (Mindinao perhaps) ISIS Vegas threat in June, twice ISIS claim of affiliation. And now LV sheriff wonders about radicalization while we learn about Filming in room (for a MartyrVideo?)
A lot Of threads and you begin to weave a carpet?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-10-04 11:26  

#7  Current Drudge headline says there was a room service order for two. Ummm...two windows broken out..
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2017-10-04 11:08  

#6  From the videos/audios, I estimate that he fired 1,000 to 1,200 bullets which makes his hit rate on bullets fired about 50%
Posted by: Peter Carroll   2017-10-04 10:41  

#5  Considering there were an estimated 22,000 in attendance and they were packed in like sardines...
and assuming all 580+ injured/dead were from the gunman...

That only gives a 2.7% hit rate.

Pretty pathetic.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-10-04 10:12  

#4  527 injured is a lot. Was this only from the shots or does this include injuries from the stampede to get away.

The hit rate seems to be phenomenally high for someone that supposedly knew little about guns.

This whole thing seems to be straight from bizzaro world.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-10-04 08:21  

#3  "EXTREMELY Graphic Photo..."

works for me...
Posted by: Grampaw Snonter9482   2017-10-04 01:30  

#2  Tennessee: "He used cameras."
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-10-04 00:28  

#1  Sherriff Lombardo: Stephen Paddock "may have been radicalized".
Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196   2017-10-04 00:25  

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