He also expressed his concerns about Paddock’s mental health and pleaded with him not to harm innocent people. Nixon even offered to put Paddock in touch with someone who could help him.
Nixon never alerted law enforcement about his concerns. And never shared the content of their correspondence.
In an interview Nixon said that he had never been contacted by authorities regarding the shooting. And he expressed regret that he couldn’t have done more to prevent it.
Nixon, a now 75-year-old disabled Vietnam War veteran, had served time in a Texas prison for tax fraud.
The documents revealed that Paddock was a heavy gambler who had lost over $1.5 million in Las Vegas. He was upset with how casinos were treating him. And felt victimized by the casinos.
The FBI report on the shooting had claimed that Paddock had sold a property in Mesquite in 2012. And he used the proceeds of the sale to purchase the high-powered weapons he used in the shooting.
Paddock shot through a window of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the Vegas Strip. He was positioned on the 32nd-floor where he had a clear view of a music concert below. And he proceeded with the deadly mass shooting.
