Stephen Paddock.
Police have revealed a totally new timeline for the Mandalay Bay Las Vegas shooting. In a dramatic turn around, police have now revealed that Stephen Paddock shot at a security guard 6 minutes before opening fire on the crowd. This is massively different than the previous story where Paddock shot security officer Jesus Campos after the guard interrupted the attack. They had claimed that Campos' action is what stopped the attack but now they have no idea what stopped the attack.
I have to say that this seems to be pretty standard for this investigation. We haven't been told much but much of what we have been told has now been revised. And this new revelation just leaves further questions.
-Why did Paddock stop shooting and killed himself if he didn't think the cops were going to breach his room? He had plenty of ammo and firearms left and there were still hundreds or even thousands of targets he could have shot. And with the guard chased off, he wasn't being threatened. Why give up?
-If the guard was shot 6 minutes before the attack started, why didn't cops respond quicker? Was he unable to contact the police?
-Why did Paddock shoot the guard in the first place? From what I understand he was just investigating an open door, not Paddock. Sure, he was about to attack, but the guard wasn't much of a threat. He could have just waited a few minutes for him to go away.
-Why didn't he finish Campos off after he shot him? The biggest threat to Paddock was people figuring out where he was shooting from. He should have been a priority target after he opened up on him, why not track him down and kill him?
I don't have much else to say at this time. I'm just extremely frustrated that we don't seem to be getting any clear answers about this case. We still have no info on the motive and this new revelation doesn't bring anything close to clarity. It's still a huge mystery and I am sick of it.
And I think the police and the FBI know way more than they are saying. They probably have a good idea what the motive is and who, if anyone, helped him. They aren't releasing it. Part of that is just normal police procedure but I think there should have been more transparency in this case...
I think you are trying to make sense of a senseless act. There doesn't seem to be much logic to Paddocks attack other than the preparation. We can't make sense of the attack without the perp to ask. I agree that law enforcement knows more than they are revealing but thats SOP for cops.
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