Question about the Vegas shooting: If the guy checked in Thursday, and the shooting was Sunday,

[Coventina]

Did he have housekeeping in his room in all that time?

Wouldn't a room full of guns and ammo tipped off the staff?

Perhaps he refused housekeeping, but that would be odd as well, right?

That's four nights and no service for a high roller?

Apologies if this has been covered already, I've not had a chance to watch the news.....

[mainstreetonce]

1. I think I heard

Housekeeping was in the room,but noticed nothing unusual

[BeyondGeography]

8. 10 suitcases would seem to be unusual

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That's from a NYT report. Then again, it was a 1,700 sq. ft. high roller suite and a) they've probably seen it before and b) customers at that gambling level are never scrutinized personally unless there's money in it for the casino.

[mainstreetonce]

13. He could have stored them in his car till Sunday.

Was his car in the hotel lot? I haven't heard.

[Glassunion]

2. From the news I've read, housekeeping did not see anything out of the ordinary.

Housekeeping does not go through your luggage when they clean your room.

[madaboutharry]

3. The hotel said that housekeeping was in the room each day to clean

and that nothing unusual was seen.

He probably had all the weapons packed in suitcases and the housekeepers would not be looking in those.

[hack89]

4. I read somewhere that he had nearly ten suitcases and bags.

if the weapons were broken down and locked in a suitcase, house keeping would not know they were there.

[Raster]

5. also, it appears like he had a suite and an adjoining room...

...one conspiracy circulating on Two-Facedbook is that there was more than one shooter.

[LonePirate]

12. Its always a valid question to ask authorities if the shooter acted alone.

I had not even considered the possibility that more than shooter was responsible. I don’t think it’s likely but fingerprints, other forensic evidence and any hotel security evidence would likely prove or disprove that theory.

[Coventina]

6. Thanks everyone!

Wow! 10 suitcases!

*shaking head*

This was definitely premeditated.

This was not a "suddenly snapped" thing.

Just so upsetting, I guess I'm looking for answers where there are none.....

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Jesus Christ, here's hoping that refusing housekeeping for three days doesn't become a red flag.

[demmiblue]

11. Yep. The last time I was in a hotel for three nights, I refused housekeeping...

not because I had anything to hide, but because I was glad that the underpaid staff didn't have to clean another room (still tipped at the end of my stay as if they did).

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

9. The elephant in the room to me is

Why did he wait until Sunday? From reports the crowds were as big the first two days.

[Hoyt]

10. Who knows, maybe he wanted to shoot the headliner. Or kept rasslin with the idea

until he had no more time to put it off before before the crowd left. I don't think there is any logic in something like this.

[Cattledog]

14. One of the biggest stars in country music was playing... just think if he killed him.

Even bigger headlines. Also, on a more practical level...I would think he probably did dry runs to get it right.

[ksoze]

15. The last night was the headliner and larger crowd

[spanone]

16. not odd at all....i almost always refuse room service....

[iscooterliberally]

17. Depending on what the suitcases looked like, 10 might not be that odd.

I used to travel quite a lot. I worked in the music business and there were many times that I would have all sorts of cases of equipment. Many times it was stacks of guitars that I would bring to my room for lack of any more secure place to store them during my stay. I've heard it said that all one needs is a clipboard and a stern look and you can get in just about anywhere. All this guy would probably need to do is have some sort of back story that he was there for some sort of convention or other, and these were his equipment samples and and I'm sure the hotel wouldn't think twice about it. As long as he didn't unpack all the guns and leaving them lying around for all those days, housekeeping could come and go and not really know what was in the cases.

[bitterross]

18. I was thinking something like that too.

Depending on what the cases looked like it wouldn't be any tip off or look odd to anyone at a resort hotel that has conventions all the time. Lots of people probably come in and out of there with tons of stuff for display at conventions. They would probably be renting suites to have customers up and do the hospitality thing.

I can easily see why he wouldn't have arisen any suspicion. Even a boat load of guns wouldn't be unusual at a Vegas convention hotel.

[SoCalMusicLover]

19. Even If They Knew He Had Weapons

This is Las Vegas. They have gun shows every week. I'm sure there are guests who carry guns with them.

I'm sure the maids are not going to say anything, even if they had seen lots of suitcases.