Statement: Gunman unnerved housekeeper
Hosts At OTHER OPERATORS CALLED PADDOCK INTROVERT
The Las Vegas gunman’s behavior rattled a Mandalay Bay housekeeper days before he fired upon the crowd at a country music festival.
Her interview with law enforcement officers, as well as statements from other casino employees who interacted with gunman Stephen Paddock, were among those released under court order Wednesday by the Metropolitan Police Department.
Paddock opened fire from his Mandalay Bay suite Oct. 1, killing 58 concertgoers before killing himself.
The housekeeper, who was interviewed by police Oct. 13, said Paddock sat in the room while she cleaned the breakfast bar and refrigerator and changed the bedsheets around 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 27. The woman’s name was redacted from the document.
“He keep on staring at me,” the housekeeper said.
Paddock asked if she was fine. She said yes. He worked on his laptop at a table in the living room. The housekeeper never saw his screen.
He ordered room service. Even after Paddock received his meal, he stared at the housekeeper while she worked. She felt embarrassed. She also said she found it unusual that he had more than five pieces of luggage in the room.
Hosts with Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts who were interviewed Oct. 7 called Paddock an introvert who only discussed gambling and travel.
He never talked politics, religion or guns.
Paddock never brought excessive amounts of luggage. The hosts also described his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, as quiet and said they sensed no trouble with the couple.
A Wynn Resorts host identified with the initials K.M. said he had handled Paddock’s gratuities for about six years and last saw him in August 2017.
“I would have never even thought he knew how to fire a gun,” the host said.
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