10-04-2017, 09:36 PM
Here's what's new in the Las Vegas mass shooting case, according to tonight's televised press conference.
1. Fatalities confirmed as 58, not including the killer.
2. Injuries reduced by about 100; the sheriff explained that there was some duplication of counting between various hospitals + some patients who shouldn't have been counted because their injuries were in no way related to the mass shooting.
3. The FBI interviewed Marilou Danley, the killer's girlfriend, today. The FBI special agent at the press conference wouldn't comment on it. She is a Person of Interest, meaning LE still wants to talk to her (not that she's a suspected accomplice at this time). It was released to the press earlier today that she said she had no idea what Paddock was planning and that he sent her to the Philippines a couple of weeks ago to visit her family. When Paddock wired her $100,000 to buy a house for her and her family there, she figured he was breaking up with her.
4. The sheriff said LE has very little on Paddock and then shared his assumptions that: (a) Paddock had a secret life, (b) other people must have known something due to the amount of firearms, ammo and explosive material found at Paddock's home and in his vehicle, (c )the reason Paddock stopped shooting is because the hotel security guard showed up and Paddock's focus left the concert crowd and turned to himself.
5. The sheriff said there was definitive evidence that Paddock planned to escape, but he wouldn't comment on that evidence at this time.
6. It was 12 minutes from the first shots to Las Vegas Metro PD getting to Paddock's room, and 75 minutes until they breached the room. Police officers were about 60 seconds behind the hotel security guard.
7. The sheriff stated the security guard was shot at through the hotel door with 200 rounds, got injured, but continued to assist LE clear the floor of occupants (that's what took so much time, which was okay because Paddock had stopped shooting). The security guard didn't leave until he was forced to go seek medical assistance.
8. The sheriff confirmed that a couple of Paddock's guns were jammed, but there were plenty of functional guns still available to him and lots of unspent ammo in the room when police forced entry to find him dead. There was a second door that was locked inside the room, but no one other than Paddock was present.
9. The sheriff doesn't know if Paddock killed himself as LE was preparing to breach the room or as soon as he saw officers through the room service cart camera.
10. The sheriff said Paddock did not record the events.
11. The sheriff doesn't know yet if anybody visited Paddock's room at Mandalay Bay.
12. The sheriff confirmed that Paddock had rented rooms at the Ogden Condos across from the Life Is Beautiful musical festival week before last, but he doesn't know if that was a dry run, scoping, a dropped massacre plan, or unrelated.
1. Fatalities confirmed as 58, not including the killer.
2. Injuries reduced by about 100; the sheriff explained that there was some duplication of counting between various hospitals + some patients who shouldn't have been counted because their injuries were in no way related to the mass shooting.
3. The FBI interviewed Marilou Danley, the killer's girlfriend, today. The FBI special agent at the press conference wouldn't comment on it. She is a Person of Interest, meaning LE still wants to talk to her (not that she's a suspected accomplice at this time). It was released to the press earlier today that she said she had no idea what Paddock was planning and that he sent her to the Philippines a couple of weeks ago to visit her family. When Paddock wired her $100,000 to buy a house for her and her family there, she figured he was breaking up with her.
4. The sheriff said LE has very little on Paddock and then shared his assumptions that: (a) Paddock had a secret life, (b) other people must have known something due to the amount of firearms, ammo and explosive material found at Paddock's home and in his vehicle, (c )the reason Paddock stopped shooting is because the hotel security guard showed up and Paddock's focus left the concert crowd and turned to himself.
5. The sheriff said there was definitive evidence that Paddock planned to escape, but he wouldn't comment on that evidence at this time.
6. It was 12 minutes from the first shots to Las Vegas Metro PD getting to Paddock's room, and 75 minutes until they breached the room. Police officers were about 60 seconds behind the hotel security guard.
7. The sheriff stated the security guard was shot at through the hotel door with 200 rounds, got injured, but continued to assist LE clear the floor of occupants (that's what took so much time, which was okay because Paddock had stopped shooting). The security guard didn't leave until he was forced to go seek medical assistance.
8. The sheriff confirmed that a couple of Paddock's guns were jammed, but there were plenty of functional guns still available to him and lots of unspent ammo in the room when police forced entry to find him dead. There was a second door that was locked inside the room, but no one other than Paddock was present.
9. The sheriff doesn't know if Paddock killed himself as LE was preparing to breach the room or as soon as he saw officers through the room service cart camera.
10. The sheriff said Paddock did not record the events.
11. The sheriff doesn't know yet if anybody visited Paddock's room at Mandalay Bay.
12. The sheriff confirmed that Paddock had rented rooms at the Ogden Condos across from the Life Is Beautiful musical festival week before last, but he doesn't know if that was a dry run, scoping, a dropped massacre plan, or unrelated.