{"id":359150,"date":"2017-10-05T06:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=359150"},"modified":"2017-10-05T06:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:10:15","slug":"las-vegas-shooting-paddocks-girlfriend-denies-knowledge-of-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/las-vegas-shooting-paddocks-girlfriend-denies-knowledge-of-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas shooting: Paddock&#8217;s girlfriend denies knowledge of attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who shot dead 58 people on Sunday has said she had no idea what her &#8220;kind, caring, quiet&#8221; partner was planning.<\/p>\n<p>Marilou Danley&#8217;s comments came hours before police suggested Stephen Paddock had been living &#8220;a secret life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>They said he may have been planning to escape instead of shooting himself dead, but did not give further details.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet known why he opened fire on an open air concert, committing the worst shooting in modern US history.<\/p>\n<p>Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said in a press conference on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Police had found more explosives in Paddock&#8217;s car at the hotel, along with about 1,600 rounds of ammunition<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Paddock had been gambling just hours before he began shooting<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">He had booked into an apartment at the high-rise Ogden in downtown Las Vegas a week earlier during a different open air festival where major acts like Muse and Lorde were due to play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But he said Paddock&#8217;s motivations and whether there were any possible accomplices remained a mystery. The FBI has said so far no link to terrorism had been found.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t understand it yet,&#8221; Sheriff Lombardo told reporters, but questioned whether he could have accomplished his plan by himself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to make the assumption he had to have some help at some point,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Danley, who spoke to the FBI on Wednesday after travelling back voluntarily from a holiday in the Philippines, expressed shock at the &#8220;horrible unspeakable acts of violence&#8221; Paddock had committed.<\/p>\n<p>Paddock &#8220;never said anything to me or took any action&#8221; which she understood as a warning of what was to come, she said in a statement read by her lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Danley added: &#8220;I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US authorities named Ms Danley a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; in their investigation and said they had made contact with her shortly after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Danley voluntarily flew back to Los Angeles from the Philippines on Tuesday night to speak to the FBI, just over two weeks after Paddock had surprised her with a &#8220;cheap ticket&#8221; to enable her to visit her family.<\/p>\n<p>While there, he wired her $100,000 (\u00a375,400), explaining it was to buy a house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was grateful, but honestly I was worried it was a way for him to break up with me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her sisters earlier told Australian outlet\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/a\/37345136\/las-vegas-shooting-sisters-of-gunmans-girlfriend-speak\/\">7News<\/a>\u00a0that Ms Danley &#8220;was sent away&#8230; so that she will not be there to interfere with what he&#8217;s planning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Paddock checked into a suite in the Mandalay Bay Hotel on 28 September, reportedly using some of Ms Danley&#8217;s identity documents.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump, who visited the city on Wednesday, said &#8220;America is truly a nation in mourning&#8221; in the wake of the mass killings.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 people were injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump praised the emergency services who battled to save as many as they could, despite the danger to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the worst of humanity strikes &#8211; and strike it did &#8211; the best of humanity responds,&#8221; he said as he applauded injured officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the depths of horror, we will always find hope in the men and women who risk their lives for ours,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump said he was in the &#8220;company of heroes&#8221; after visiting the first responders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words cannot describe the bravery that the whole world witnessed on Sunday night,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Americans defied death and hatred with love and with courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Will the attack prompt more demand for gun controls?<\/h2>\n<p>The shooting has prompted calls for reform to US gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Trump &#8211; who has been backed by the National Rifle Association, and spoke often of protecting gun rights during his campaign &#8211; has tried to steer clear of leaning too far either way.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting Puerto Rico on Tuesday, he said &#8220;perhaps that [time] will come&#8221; for a debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who shot dead 58 people on Sunday has said she had no idea what her &#8220;kind, caring, quiet&#8221; partner was planning. 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