His ex-wife told investigators that he grew up with a single mom in a financially unstable home and he felt a need to be self-reliant. His younger brother, Eric Paddock, called him the “king of micro-aggression” - narcissistic, detail-oriented and maybe bored enough with life to plan an attack that would make him famous.
He also held a private pilot’s license and liked to gamble tens of thousands of dollars at a time playing video poker. Paddock was a retired postal service worker, accountant and real estate investor who owned rental properties and homes in Reno and in a retirement community more than an hour’s drive from Las Vegas. “How could this have happened and how could we have let this happen?” “How did he get the chance to do it? That’s what upsets me the most,” the Las Vegas woman said. Kimberly King, who along with her husband was hurt at the concert, said Paddock was “just a sick person.” She doesn’t care why he carried out the attack. He did not leave a manifesto or suicide note, and federal agents believe he had planned to fatally shoot himself after the attack, according to the report. The gunman was not directed or inspired by any group and was not seeking to further any agenda.
