What we know for sure is that, yes, 59 people were killed (so far) and hundreds were wounded. This wasn't a "hoax" shooting — people actually were shot, wounded and killed (and our prayers go out to all their families for this horrific tragedy). Yet the official narrative that claims Stephen Paddock — a retired, 64-year-old accountant with absolutely no firearms training, no gun experience and no physical stamina — was somehow able to expertly wield a highly complex (and physically demanding) weapon system for 10 sustained minutes is total nonsense.

Clarification added 10/4/2017: My contention in this story is that Stephen Paddock couldn't have pulled this off all by himself. That does not mean he wasn't involved in the shooting. He could have fired weapons himself, alongside others who were also firing weapons from either his hotel room or from different locations.