Las Vegas gunman hired a prostitute before shooting, official says

[applegrove]

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/las-vegas-shooting-motive-1.4343153

AP

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Investigators believe Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock hired a prostitute in the days leading up to the shooting and were interviewing other sex-trade workers for information, a U.S. official briefed by federal law enforcement officials said.

The official wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

It is unusual to have so few hints of a motive five days after a mass shooting. In previous mass killings or terrorist attacks, killers left notes, social media postings and information on a computer — or even phoned police.

"The lack of a social media footprint is likely intentional," said Erroll Southers, director of homegrown violent extremism studies at the University of Southern California. "We're so used to, in the first 24 to 48 hours, being able to review social media posts. If they don't leave us a note behind or a manifesto behind, and we're not seeing that, that's what's making this longer."


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[ProudLib72]

1. Not sure what is meant by this information

That he was sexually frustrated? It does say further down that his relationship with Danley was not loving.

Or do they just want to show how there is a lack of information?

This keeps getting stranger and stranger. I think we must come to accept that we will never know the full version of 'Why'.

[applegrove]

2. He is a psychopath. That says it all. But they may be trying to reach out

to prostitutes who may have been with him over the years. That would be good information on his nature.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. A 64 year old idiot with lots of money?

In las Vegas ? This would be a requirement not a nice to have.

When are they going to show all the hallway video of that bastard dragging those bags in into that room?

[caraher]

6. His brother says you won't find any

He said his brother would have paid some bellhop to lug it into the room

[lunasun]

5. The profile developed so far is of a "disturbed and dangerous" man . These are professionals

The profile developed so far is of a "disturbed and dangerous" man who acquired an arsenal
over decades, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said.
But investigators have been frustrated to find that he lived a "secret life," Lombardo said, "much of which will never be fully understood."

A former executive casino host at the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa in Reno said Paddock had a "god complex" and expected quick service without regard to how busy the staff was at the time.

Sounds more like a dickhead than a brain tumor IMO

[mercuryblues]

7. The motive

Bored rich man who liked to hunt. The ultimate goal for him was hunting humans.