to everyone else on the internet. I'll stick with some head scratching facts. The CEO of MGM, James Murren, sold roughly 80% of his shares in the company about two weeks before the attack, and he wasn't alone. There were multiple officers, directors, board members, the largest shareholder Trucinda (of the estate of Kirk Kirkorian, which is being managed by a former director of the company), and an affiliated company that combined sold about 1/2 billion dollars worth of MGM stock weeks before Paddock went off. Some of the sells were processed on September 11th. What's more head scratching is that MGM had just announced a 1 billion dollar stock buyback program September 5th. This information is easily verifiable through the EDGAR database on the SEC website. I'm in the financial profession and I have pulled up the company 144 filings, and have seen them for myself.
Another thing I thought was odd, was that the death toll did not rise precipitously from the 500+ people that were injured. Anyone that has ever gone to a concert, football game, baseball game, knows it can take forever just to get to your car when you're not injured.
Anyone that has undiagnosed mental illness usually self medicates with alcohol and drugs. Yes, I know Paddock was on anti anxiety medication, but Steve Wynn gave an interview and said Paddock had been coming to his casinos since 2006, at least twice a month and said that any employee of his who had ever come in contact with him never once saw he or his girlfriend ever have a sip of alcohol.....ever. In Vegas. From someone who's a thrill seeker?
The security guard resurfaces after skipping out on many interviews, and then shows up on the Ellen show, which just happens to be owned by MGM.
This whole thing is so bizarre.