Maybe a throwback to the original mass shooting from the Texas Bell Tower. Sometimes people have organic brain diseases that make them psychotic, paranoid, etc. Maybe he lost a ton of money in Vegas and was "getting back" at the town. People have all kinds of illogical thought processes.

Who knows at this point?

Sounds like a book, but can't dismiss it. That's the scariest scenario to me.

If you fiddle on Google Earth, the cone of fire is about seven degrees. He was shooting in a low-light, low-contrast environment. I have a hard time believing he drew that many casualties though volume of fire alone. Automatic weapons are not easy to keep on target.

He did have elevation working in his favor.

Pretty sure hotel security footage would be able to rule this option out very quickly.

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Certainly does not fit the profile. Reports this a.m. said he has no social media presence, which will make it harder.

Finally heard from my son in Vegas about 2 minutes ago. Been trying to reach him for the past 3 hours. Worst 3 hours of my life.

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We'll probably never find out, but I wonder if any of the housekeepers noticed anything unusual. The shooter arrived on Thursday, so I assume the housekeepers came into the room sometime over the last three days. Even if there was a "Do Not Disturb" card on the door the entire time, I assume they at least knocked on the door in order to talk to the occupants and make sure everything was OK. (If not, they should, just in case someone's dead or the room is being trashed.)

Might not be so outlandish (though the escape part is hard to reconcile). No manifesto found, no military history... nothing. Also, while there are a lot of conflicting reports out there, it appears initially there were only two or three distinct shots fired before the automatic fire began.

Glad he's ok.

My best man and his wife go to Vegas a couple times a year and always stay at Mandalay Bay. Found out they were there last week but are home safe. Took about 15 min. to hear back from them this morning and had a sick to my stomach feeling the whole time. Can't imagine if it was my kid and a 3 hour period.

Automatic weapons are not easy to keep on target.

He didn't have to keep on target - they were packed in shoulder to shoulder, he just had to point in the general direction and keep the trigger pulled till the magazine was empty. He had multiple rifles in the room with him, so at that point he would either just change weapons or change magazines in about 2 seconds.

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Before?

Could shots that killed the “shooter”?

In my mind, the crazy scenario that I posted is as least as likely as this guy just deciding to do this...

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It checks the most common element: mental illness.

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Easily hacked. You don't read enough fiction :)

Mental illness certainly covers the most bases; with or without a distinguishable motive.

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We don't know that yet. And by that I mean we have no indication that he showed recognizable signs of mental illness prior to this obviously insane massacre.

I recall reading something somewhere that going back over all the mass shootings we've had in the U.S. that mental illness wasn't actually all that common, which is probably even more disturbing.

There's a gun control thread for this stuff.

Grab a laser pointer and point it at a wall. Have someone jostle you rather aggressively. Try to keep it in a narrow cone of fire. It's not trivial.

Considering cameras are everywhere inside a casino, this would have taken minutes to figure out.

One story I heard earlier mentioned he'd sued a Vegas casino 2 or 3 years ago and settled. No mention of what the lawsuit was over.

ISIS is now claiming responsibility. Claiming the shooter converted to Islam months before the shooting. Not sure I buy that story.

His girlfriend is of Indonesian decent....

But, yeah, seems unlikely.

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With the latest updates as to death toll and injuries, this mass shooting has now become the deadliest in modern US history.

The shooter, from news reports, was possibly in the midst of a divorce. I don't want to speculate as to motive, but would rather concentrate on the poor people who lost their lives.

God bless them and keep their families safe at this time of deepest darkest sorrow.

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Right. Have we seen or heard reports of security footage showing this guy holding a bag that could carry all those weapons?

Considering cameras are everywhere this would have taken minutes to figure out.

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I completely agree and suspect we will hear something about this soon. It would be extremely unusual for him to show no prior signs and just "snap." But, I suspect subtle signs will be pieced together that, in hindsight, gave some indication of mental illness.

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