Las Vegas killer wanted to live

The Clarke county sheriff Joe Lombardo whose sombre face is now familiar around the world, believes that the las Vegas mass murderer had an escape plan and wanted to survive after his onslaught from his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. To me it seems inconceivable that a man who takes suitcase-loads of weapons and ammunition up to his room and open fire for nine minutes through a window he had smashed could actually think he could calmly take the lift down, check out at reception and call a taxi to the airport. I mean who is he kidding? Within minutes the Vegas Strip was filled with more armed police than any gambler used to sitting untroubled in front of his fruit machine would have seen in his whole life. Stephen Paddock was doomed the first time he put pressure on the trigger of the automatic weapon. He was going to end up dead whatever fantasy plot he had to go off and live in peace and luxury with his girlfriend in the Philippines. But even though the odds were totally against him emerging unscathed from his hotel room, perhaps Sheriff Lombardo is right. He had planned the shooting so meticulously, presumably over months as he increased the size of his armoury, that maybe he had a future in mind, not death by his own hand. Let's assume the future plan goes something like this: he sends off his girlfriend to see the family in the Philippines, then transfers $100,000 to her bank account and tells her before she leaves: "I'll join you soon." Marilou Danley, apparently unaware of what he has stored in his garage, packs her bags and innocently flies off to see her family, fully expecting to be joined by her caring boyfriend in due course. But Paddock had no chance of fulfilling this dream if this scenario is accurate. How could he possibly have got himself to the airport and off to the Philippines without being stopped by the police. Once they had found an empty room on the 32nd floor, the biggest manhunt since 9/11 would have been instigated. So whether he had an escape plan or not, it's irrelevant. Paddock was a dead man the moment he started firing.