# Brother of Vegas Shooter Arrested for Kiddie Porn **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823 "2017-10-25T17:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/1 "2017-10-25T17:02:32Z")
> **[Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's brother Bruce arrested for child porn](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bruce-paddock-brother-of-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-arrested-for-child-porn/)** > > Bruce Paddock is charged with possessing 600+ images of child pornography, as well as 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a child Bad year for the family. Worse year for humanity. He is said to be living in an assisted living facility. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/2 "2017-10-25T17:11:49Z")
and their father was a bank robber and conman. The sons apparently didn’t grow up under his influence. Some messed up-ness seems to be congenital. > **[Benjamin Hoskins Paddock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoskins_Paddock)** > > Benjamin Hoskins Paddock Jr. (November 1, 1926 – January 18, 1998) was an American bank robber and con man who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list from 1969 to 1977. He is the father of Stephen Paddock who committed the 2017 Las Vegas shooting that killed 60 people. > Paddock was born at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on November 1, 1926,\[nb 1\] the son of Benjamin Hoskins Paddock Sr. and Olga Emelia Elizabeth Paddock (née Gunderson). He served in the United States Navy... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/3 "2017-10-25T17:16:20Z")
Hey, maybe he was that “rumors” guy from that (cornfielded, I see) pit thread! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/4 "2017-10-25T17:26:19Z")
So to clarify, this wasn’t the brother who spoke to reporters multiple times on the news in the aftermath of the shooting. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/5 "2017-10-25T18:40:44Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > So to clarify, this wasn’t the brother who spoke to reporters multiple times on the news in the aftermath of the shooting. Correct. It says in the article, “Another brother, Eric Paddock, spoke to media following the shooting but Bruce Paddock did not.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/6 "2017-10-25T18:59:21Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Correct. It says in the article, “Another brother, Eric Paddock, spoke to media following the shooting but Bruce Paddock did not.” Bruce was, uhm, busy on his computer… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/7 "2017-10-25T19:15:06Z")
You have to wonder if there’s another as-yet-unmentioned brother who’s into cannibalism or necrophilia or folk dancing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/8 "2017-10-25T19:18:13Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Bad year for the family. You have to figure the timing is great for Bruce though. Any other year, this would be all anyone was talking about when they got together for the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/9 "2017-10-25T22:56:52Z")
Now there’s yet another reason not to have kiddy porn on your computer. If an extended family member goes on a shooting rampage, odds are the cops will end up digging in your computer. Best to keep the incriminating stuff on a removable hard drive or something. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/10 "2017-10-25T23:00:10Z")
Brothers… Always trying to top each other… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/11 "2017-10-25T23:09:27Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Brothers… Always trying to top each other… Nah, too old. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/12 "2017-10-26T01:17:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now there’s yet another reason not to have kiddy porn on your computer. If an extended family member goes on a shooting rampage, odds are the cops will end up digging in your computer. Best to keep the incriminating stuff on a removable hard drive or something. The link in the OP doesn’t seem to be working but in another article I read it stated the investigation on Bruce started before the shooting when someone dropped a dime on him. > [@Anamorphic](#): > > Correct. It says in the article, “Another brother, Eric Paddock, spoke to media following the shooting but Bruce Paddock did not.” There are four brothers. Bruce the kiddie porn aficionado, Eric the goofy media personality, the shooter, and another brother not heard from. Eric was the only one still in contact with the shooter. The other two were estranged for years. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/13 "2017-10-27T15:40:07Z")
Dear Abby - I just got engaged, and I want to introduce him to my family. I have three brothers. My father is a bank robber, one brother is a child molester, one killed dozens of people at a concert, and one voted for Trump. Should I tell my fiancée about the Trump voter? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-of-vegas-shooter-arrested-for-kiddie-porn/799823/14 "2017-10-27T19:44:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There are four brothers. Bruce the kiddie porn aficionado, Eric the goofy media personality, the shooter, and another brother not heard from. The fourth was Patrick who has spoken to the media just a little bit. Bruce was son #2 and in addition to having a colorful minor criminal history apparently used to beat up older brother Stephen, which is why they were estranged long before Stephen went off the deep end. Patrick was also apparently “very different” from Stephen according to Eric, so just didn’t associate with him. The younger two might the more normal ones, while the older two sound like they had the more dysfunctional lives.