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Vegas Shooter’s Lover: No Idea He — Who Bought 33 Guns In Last Year — Was ‘Planning Violence’

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A statement from Marilou Danley, the girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter, was delivered by an attorney Wednesday, claiming that she had no idea he was “planning violence.”

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The lawyer, Matt Lombard, read, “I am a mother and a grandmother and my heart breaks for all who have lost loved ones. I knew Stephen Paddock as a kind, caring, quiet man. I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together with him. He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. A little more than two weeks ago, Stephen told me he found a cheap ticket for me to the Philippines and that he wanted me to take a trip home to see my family.”

He continued, “Like all Filipinos abroad, I was excited to go home and see family and friends. While there, he wired me money, which he said was for me to buy a house for me and my family. I was grateful, but, honestly, I was worried. At first, the unexpected trip home, and then the money was a way of breaking up with me. It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever he was planning violence against anyone.”

“I have not made a statement until now because I have been cooperating with authorities and I voluntarily flew back to america because i know the FBI and Las Vegas police department wanted to talk to me and I wanted to talk to them. I will cooperate fully with their investigation. Anything I can do to help ease suffering and help in any way, I will do. Please respect my privacy and my family’s privacy,” he concluded.

The shooter, Stephen Paddock, bought 33 guns in the last year before the mass shooting.

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