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originally posted by: PhyllidaDavenport
a reply to: Boadicea
...all States require a permit for conceal & carry...
originally posted by: xuenchen
Like who they really are.
Go at something that hasn't been considered yet.
More later.
PLUS, they had the key card that Campos reportedly gave them. They spent time rigging the door with explosives when they could have just used the key card...that doesn't sound logical.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: MotherMayEye
PLUS, they had the key card that Campos reportedly gave them. They spent time rigging the door with explosives when they could have just used the key card...that doesn't sound logical.
This is one thing that I do find believable.
SWAT would blow the door even if they had a key.
They use the noise of blowing a hole in a wall or otherwise gaining entry by explosive means to shock the intended targets. They train that way.
AND.... they live for that kind of stuff.
He was a nocturnal creature who gambled all night and slept all day.
He took Valium at times for anxiousness, and had the doctor who prescribed it to him on retainer.
He wagered up to a million dollars a night, but wandered around glitzy Las Vegas casinos in sweatpants and flip-flops, and carried his own drink into the high rollers' area because he didn't want to tip the waitresses too much.
He said he was prescribed Valium "for anxiousness" by Nevada internist Steven P. Winkler. It was unclear how often he took the drug, but he estimated that he had 10 or 15 pills remaining in a bottle of 60 that were prescribed a year and a half earlier.
He described himself as being, at one point, the "biggest video poker player in the world."
"How do I know that?" Paddock asked rhetorically. "Because I know some of the video poker players that play big. Nobody played as much and as long as I did."
At the height of his play in 2006, he testified, "I averaged 14 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Paddock said he rarely drank alcohol when he gambled, because "at the stakes I play, you want to have all your wits about you, or as much wit as I have."
originally posted by: Boadicea
"Paddock said he rarely drank alcohol when he gambled, because "at the stakes I play, you want to have all your wits about you, or as much wit as I have."
That rules out any police/SWAT moving the revolver.
AND, it makes it even more suspicious that the trail of blood goes across his chest and meets up with the blood on the carpet. The revolver had to have been placed in that position after he was down. His hand is also not near it and I find it implausible/impossible that he had his arm across his chest, holding the revolver, while down and shot in the mouth, then lifted it to throw the revolver above him, then moved his arm back down by his side.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
a reply to: jadedANDcynical
So...it's THEhotel (now the Delano) at Mandalay Bay that has 43/44 floors (opened in 2004). The building the shooter was in is the 39 story original Mandalay Bay? The Four Seasons has the upper five floors (35-39) of that building?
The police reported clearing out the Mandalay Bay’s 29th floor and then working their way up to the 32nd floor. A police Twitter post described reports of an “active shooter” near or around the Mandalay Bay casino.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said later that officers coordinated with security guards at the hotel to gather intelligence and learn that customers had complained about hearing shots from the 29th to the 32nd floors.
I heard earlier that he lived on the East Coast of Florida near the Space Center... but didn't see any confirmation. He was supposed to have worked for Morton Thiokol (that made the SRB's for the space shuttle) , but the headquarters was located in Chicago... just throwing things out there.
originally posted by: ad1220
a reply to: xuenchen
There were a few things that I found extremely interesting in the records. Will have to look deeper into it later. Should I focus on looking into the companies listed on the documents or the specific people? Do you know where he supposedly lived in FL before moving to NV? Started looking at Orange County, fl records. Do we know if Eric has any sons?