The brother of Stephen Paddock, the suspected gunman who murdered 58 people and injured at least 500 more at a Las Vegas concert, is speaking to the media to provide additional detail about his older sibling. Eric Paddock says he’s completely dumbfounded as to why his brother would massacre a crowd of concert attendees.
From the Orlando Sentinel:
Eric Paddock, speaking outside his home in Waterford Lakes, said his brother was never violent. He never was in the military, had no history of mental illness and had no known ties to extremist groups.
His brother had some guns but never a machine gun or an automatic weapon, Eric Paddock said
"He's never even drawn his gun before," he said. "He's just a guy.”
Eric Paddock said he helped his brother move to Las Vegas from Viera in Brevard County in 2015 to escape Florida’s humidity and because he likes playing video poker.
A clearly stunned Paddock isn’t making any excuses for his brother’s behavior, but he does want to know who sold him a machine gun. Watch the raw interview with Eric Paddock, as he is clearly grappling with his brother’s deadly rampage, below.