Editing Stephen Paddock
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Important}} | {{Important}} | ||
{{Villain_Infobox|Image = Stephen | {{Villain_Infobox|Image = Stephen-paddock.png|fullname = Stephen Craig Paddock|alias = The Las Vegas Shooter<br>Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki|origin = Clinton, Iowa, United States|occupation = Accountant<br>Real estate investor|skills = Investing<br>Marksmanship<br>Intellect|hobby = Shooting people<br>Gambling<br> Playing video games<br>Watching child pornography<br> Going on the internet<br>Flying planes<br>|goals = Kill everyone at the Route 91 Harvest festival (failed)|crimes = 58 counts of [[murder]]<br>851 counts of attempted [[murder]]<br>Possession of [[child pornography]]<br>[[Pedophilia]] (possibly)|type of villain = Emotionless Mass Murderer}} | ||
|fullname = Stephen Craig Paddock|alias = The Las Vegas Shooter<br>Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki|origin = Clinton, Iowa, United States|occupation = Accountant<br>Real estate investor|skills = Investing<br>Marksmanship<br>Intellect|hobby = Shooting people<br>Gambling<br> Playing video games<br>Watching child pornography<br> Going on the internet<br>Flying planes<br>|goals = Kill everyone at the Route 91 Harvest festival (failed)|crimes = 58 counts of [[murder]]<br>851 counts of attempted [[murder]]<br>Possession of [[child pornography]]<br>[[Pedophilia]] (possibly)|type of villain = Emotionless Mass Murderer}} | |||
{{Quote|There are so many people who don't deserve to be alive. Too many people are so concerned with themselves. You could be there for everyone, but when you need someone, there's nobody to be seen. I became reclusive for that reason. The best way to live life is with a wall between you and everyone else. So, when they do hurt you, the sting isn't so bad.|Paddock in a text to his girlfriend, two days before the shooting.}} | {{Quote|There are so many people who don't deserve to be alive. Too many people are so concerned with themselves. You could be there for everyone, but when you need someone, there's nobody to be seen. I became reclusive for that reason. The best way to live life is with a wall between you and everyone else. So, when they do hurt you, the sting isn't so bad.|Paddock in a text to his girlfriend, two days before the shooting.}} | ||
'''Stephen Craig Paddock''' (April 9<sup>th</sup>, 1953 - October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2017) was an American mass murderer who killed at least 58 people during Jason Aldean's concert at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2017. He shot himself when police closed in. It is currently ranked the deadliest [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] in modern American history, surpassing the Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]] the previous year.<ref name = shooting>[https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/las-vegas-police-investigating-shooting-mandalay-bay-n806461 Las Vegas Shooting: 59 Killed and More Than 500 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay], ''NBC News''</ref> | '''Stephen Craig Paddock''' (April 9<sup>th</sup>, 1953 - October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2017) was an American mass murderer who killed at least 58 people during Jason Aldean's concert at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2017. He shot himself when police closed in. It is currently ranked the deadliest [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] in modern American history, surpassing the Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]] the previous year.<ref name = shooting>[https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/las-vegas-police-investigating-shooting-mandalay-bay-n806461 Las Vegas Shooting: 59 Killed and More Than 500 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay], ''NBC News''</ref> | ||
| Line 84: | Line 83: | ||
*He reportedly was having financial problems at the time of the shooting, and was also struggling with depression and alcoholism, which likely played a factor in the shooting.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-had-lost-money-been-depressed-sheriff-says/ Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had lost money, been depressed, sheriff says], ''CBS News''</ref> | *He reportedly was having financial problems at the time of the shooting, and was also struggling with depression and alcoholism, which likely played a factor in the shooting.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-had-lost-money-been-depressed-sheriff-says/ Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had lost money, been depressed, sheriff says], ''CBS News''</ref> | ||
*When police raided his hotel room, they found several hundred [[Child Pornography|child pornography]] files on a laptop found with him<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-gunmans-computer-child-pornography-disturbing-search/story?id=52467413 Las Vegas gunman's computer had child pornography and 'disturbing search history,' report shows], ''ABC News''</ref>, as well as ammonium nitrate, which is often used in the creation of [[improvised explosive device]]s. Fortunately, no explosives had been created.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/how-ammonium-nitrate-explodes-las-vegas-shooter-car-stephen-paddock-2017-10 Police found ammonium nitrate in the Las Vegas shooter's car — here's why the explosive material is so dangerous], ''Business Insider''</ref> Also found were hand-written notes regarding bullet trajectory, the elevation of his hotel room, and how the wind would affect his shooting, among similar details of that nature.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-gunman-stephen-paddock-note-hotel-room-details-of-bullet-trajectory/ Note in Las Vegas gunman's hotel room included details of bullet trajectory], ''CBS News''</ref> | *When police raided his hotel room, they found several hundred [[Child Pornography|child pornography]] files on a laptop found with him<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-gunmans-computer-child-pornography-disturbing-search/story?id=52467413 Las Vegas gunman's computer had child pornography and 'disturbing search history,' report shows], ''ABC News''</ref>, as well as ammonium nitrate, which is often used in the creation of [[improvised explosive device]]s. Fortunately, no explosives had been created.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/how-ammonium-nitrate-explodes-las-vegas-shooter-car-stephen-paddock-2017-10 Police found ammonium nitrate in the Las Vegas shooter's car — here's why the explosive material is so dangerous], ''Business Insider''</ref> Also found were hand-written notes regarding bullet trajectory, the elevation of his hotel room, and how the wind would affect his shooting, among similar details of that nature.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-gunman-stephen-paddock-note-hotel-room-details-of-bullet-trajectory/ Note in Las Vegas gunman's hotel room included details of bullet trajectory], ''CBS News''</ref> | ||
*Paddock was an avid gambler, and therefore knew the Las Vegas area well.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555949726/las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-was-a-high-level-gambler Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Was A High-Level Gambler], ''NPR All Things Considered''</ref> | *Paddock was an avid gambler, and gamer, and therefore knew the Las Vegas area well.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555949726/las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-was-a-high-level-gambler Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Was A High-Level Gambler], ''NPR All Things Considered''</ref> | ||
*At the time of the shooting, Paddock had been in a relationship with a woman from the Philippines, and several weeks before, told her to return to the Philippines and gave her money to purchase a house there.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/ New details emerge about Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock and girlfriend Marilou Danley], ''The Washington Post''</ref> | *At the time of the shooting, Paddock had been in a relationship with a woman from the Philippines, and several weeks before, told her to return to the Philippines and gave her money to purchase a house there.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/new-details-emerge-about-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-and-girlfriend-marilou-danley/ New details emerge about Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock and girlfriend Marilou Danley], ''The Washington Post''</ref> | ||
*During the 1980's, he worked as an auditor with the Internal Revenue Service. | *During the 1980's, he worked as an auditor with the Internal Revenue Service. | ||