Las Vegas Shooting

[FUJIMO]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting.html?mcubz=1

 

[RED333]

I was reading about this and watching the news, LEO has killed the shooter but have not released the shooters ID yet.

[Dolomite_supafly]

 

 

[Erik88]

My best friend was just there a few days ago attending a music festival. I got chills reading the article. I have no other words. 

[Erik88]

That video sounded like full auto doesn't it?

[Wingshooter]

Just read the shooter's name was Stephen Paddock. Not what I was expecting. 64 yo

 

sad day. Prayers for all victims and families

 

 

[Dolomite_supafly]

It is full auto.

 

Another perspective, profanity in video.

 

Edited October 2, 2017 by Dolomite_supafly

[Dolomite_supafly]

 

[DaveTN]

Prayers for everyone.

[Hershmeister]

Wtf is wrong with people?!


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[Steelharp]

Just woke up to this. In complete shock. No words, trying to process. Shots from 32nd floor of hotel, they're saying.

[Dolomite_supafly]

And yet another perspective.

 

[n0rlf]

Been watching this on news since I got up. WTF? Words escaped me. 

[Steelharp]

How many drums did this guy have???

[Sam1]

As we have discussed on here for the past 5+ years, as a country we have been so lucky that most shootings involve people with no training.  This is beyond terrible.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Steven Paddock, 64, is the shooter and he is dead.

[Steelharp]

Elevated position, these poor people were sitting ducks.

[n0rlf]

Now we get to hear all the guessing going on. Seems every network has an "expert" on to describe the guns and ammo. Wow have they been way off. As usual. 

I wish they would wait for facts before spouting garbage. 

Thoughts and prayers with the people and their families that were there. This is just hard to process. Could go a lot of directions depending on the information the police come up with. 

 

[Dolomite_supafly]

Several witnesses in the concert have said several shooters at ground level, I doubt it, but several different witness have said the same thing.

I bet it is another tolerant liberal. He was reported to be "Anti Trump" in a German newspaper.

[Steelharp]

Just reported multiple guns in guy's room.

[GlockSpock]

I cannot express the sorrow and sadness that overwhelms me. So many lives ended and affected for what seems like no other reason than Paddock wanted to go out in flames and fame.

This is a very interesting case indeed, mostly because of the details.

• Shooter's age 64 I believe, quite outside the mean for these types of things.
• Tactical planning There was no way any of the victims could immediately oppose the threat. I will be interested to learn whether he was taken down with a long gun from outside or an entry team from within.
• Hardware Used Seemingly full-auto, I have no experience with a "bump-stock" so unsure whether that is a possibility but it definitely sounded like the real deal. Of course this raises the questions as to where he got it, legally or otherwise, and what his background was. Unless I am mistaken, I believe this would be the first use of an actual automatic weapon in a U.S. mass shooting since the North Hollywood shootout.
• Trump I guess now we get to see exactly how Pro 2nd he actually is, and whether or not he believes "Pro Gun" means running onto your back porch with your double barrel and shooting off those two warning shots.

What always worries me about these types of incidents are the possibility that there is another random nut job out there that is 99.9% of the way there and then an event like this gives him the remaining .1% of courage/inspiration to carry out their brutality.

[GlockSpock]

15 minutes ago, Dolomite_supafly said:

Several witnesses in the concert have said several shooters at ground level, I doubt it, but several different witness have said the same thing.

I bet it is another tolerant liberal. He was reported to be "Anti Trump" in a German newspaper.

Why is it that it seems more often than not witnesses recall multiple shooters? I have never seen any sort of combat other than your standard action movie, you have served as well as others here. Is it simply that confusing or overwhelming with all the fear/adrenaline? I ask because conspiracy theorists always gravitate towards reports of multiple gunman vs. the "after story".

[Sam1]

Just heard they said that the shooter supposedly had 6-7 guns, had 2 shooting platforms set up, and cameras set up to see the police arrive.

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[Steelharp]

I'm thinking possible echo from area.

[Erik88]

20 minutes ago, n0rlf said:

 

I wish they would wait for facts before spouting garbage. 

 

 

Since when does anyone do this? Both sides are horrible about speculating.