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originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: sled735
Yeah a regular bunch of super sleuths right here alright... ha ha. Call Vegas when you guys have it all figured out. I'm sure they'd appreciate the contributions from this crowd.
originally posted by: Edumakated
My theory is that Paddock was not working alone and was setting up for some accomplices to meet him in the hotel room. There is no reason he'd have that much fire power for just himself. I think he was prepping the weapons in the room waiting on his partners and was interrupted by the security guard. With the plan all screwed up, the accomplices left or never met up. Basically, the plan was aborted.
Paddock knowing he was now made, just decided to go out in a blaze of glory. He breaks the windows and starts shooting. Then kills himself.
I think the authorities know he was not working alone and there is an active terrorist cell, so they are trying to keep it under wraps to avoid panicking the public.
originally posted by: ABNARTY
a reply to: butcherguy
Obviously from punching 199 bullets away. He missed one and got hit in the leg. The man is a Saint and a Ninja.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: roadgravel
So Campos didn't carry a gun, but was shot in the leg and had GSR on his hands.
Paddock MAY have had an abdominal wound...in addition to his (fatal?) head wound.
These points suggest a struggle with a gun.
- Campos & Paddock struggle with the revolver (for whatever reason: mutiny or intervention)
- Paddock receives, in the struggle, an abdominal wound which would not immediately kill him, but could eventually cause him to bleed out)
- This would account for the GSR on Campos' hands
- Paddock is still alive/conscious and fighting with Campos for the gun
- Campos receives in the struggle with the gun, a leg wound (note: he could also have been shot by Paddock after running for the struggle)
- Campos then runs from the room (w/leg wound)
- Paddock, wounded/bleeding...but still conscious, speeds up his time table and begins shooting at the crowd below (knowing that the initial shots fired in the struggle w/Campos would bring others)
- Paddock keeps shooting below until he begins to lose strength and consciousness from blood loss (This would account for the abrupt termination of the melee.
originally posted by: bknapple32
Can someone please confirm if the spook in the presser is really John Podesta's son in law?
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
Maybe it was a sick fetish.
The guy pretends to be a mass killer shooter, does it in full mock up, guns ammo the works. He panics when he sees a guard coming to his door when he has all of his fantasy toys out so he sprays him then does the real thing he has been practicing/fantasy role playing for years. In this scenario if the guard never walks down that hall, he packs up his goodies and leaves the hotel in the morning and starts planning for his next fantasy location.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
a reply to: LSU0408
The trail of blood actually goes across his chest and meets up with the trail on the carpet by his shoulder. That really seems to indicate another person was there and fired that revolver placing it on the carpet after Paddock was down.
(Also, I assumed the blood flowed around the cartridges you mentioned, rather than the cartridges being on top of the blood.)
originally posted by: RazorV66
originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: roadgravel
So Campos didn't carry a gun, but was shot in the leg and had GSR on his hands.
Paddock MAY have had an abdominal wound...in addition to his (fatal?) head wound.
These points suggest a struggle with a gun.
- Campos & Paddock struggle with the revolver (for whatever reason: mutiny or intervention)
- Paddock receives, in the struggle, an abdominal wound which would not immediately kill him, but could eventually cause him to bleed out)
- This would account for the GSR on Campos' hands
- Paddock is still alive/conscious and fighting with Campos for the gun
- Campos receives in the struggle with the gun, a leg wound (note: he could also have been shot by Paddock after running for the struggle)
- Campos then runs from the room (w/leg wound)
- Paddock, wounded/bleeding...but still conscious, speeds up his time table and begins shooting at the crowd below (knowing that the initial shots fired in the struggle w/Campos would bring others)
- Paddock keeps shooting below until he begins to lose strength and consciousness from blood loss (This would account for the abrupt termination of the melee.
Not bad....but why would they cover that up, if it went down like that?
originally posted by: bknapple32
Can someone please confirm if the spook in the presser is really John Podesta's son in law?