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Pressure mounts for Vegas police to explain response time
AP News ^

Posted on 10/12/2017 4:25:18 AM PDT by JP1201

Pressure mounted Wednesday for Las Vegas police to explain how quickly they reacted to what would become the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history after two hotel employees reported a gunman spraying a hallway with bullets six minutes before he opened fire on a crowd at a musical performance.

On Monday, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo revised the chronology of the shooting and said the gunman, Stephen Paddock, had shot a hotel security guard through the door of his suite and strafed a hallway of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino with 200 rounds six minutes before he unleashed a barrage of bullets into the crowd.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: lvinvestigation; paddocktimeline
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To: Dusty Road

Considering the lack of verifiable info coming out of them, the constantly changing narrative. There’s no way to reach any conclusion either way.


41 posted on 10/12/2017 5:38:03 AM PDT by JP1201
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Where is Jeff Sessions?

Someone needs to wake him...

42 posted on 10/12/2017 5:43:14 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: corlorde

That’s not CNN. It’s a counterfeit site. The URL is your first clue.


43 posted on 10/12/2017 5:44:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You can't have totalitarian globalist government if the peasants are armed.)
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To: Dusty Road
I’ve seen no evidence of a cover up by the Las Vegas PD.

Then you haven't been paying close enough attention...

LVPD is covering up the slowness of their response to the shooting...first by falsely claiming the security guard called it in after being shot at the end of the shooting spree, then by claiming MB staff didn't notify them in a timely fashion once it became known the security guard was shot 5-10 minutes before the shooter opened fire on the crowd.

44 posted on 10/12/2017 5:55:20 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep, fake it is.


45 posted on 10/12/2017 6:43:00 AM PDT by corlorde
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To: Yo-Yo

Got it.


46 posted on 10/12/2017 6:44:07 AM PDT by corlorde
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To: a fool in paradise

What if Paddock was waiting for the explosives to show up at the fuel tank, when the MB employees showed up? He drives them off, waits a few more minutes, expecting to be attacked from the hallway... No more security personnel show up, but nor do the explosives @ the tank — he correctly concludes he is out of time, and opens up on the crowd, maybe taking those shots at the tank(s) in desperation?

One of many possible scenarios, and questions...

How long was Paddock shooting down the hallway? 200 rounds all in one burst seems unlikely.


47 posted on 10/12/2017 7:06:06 AM PDT by Paul R. (I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
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To: Sacajaweau
and that the killer is dead by his own hand.<<

Do we really know that at this point?

Did Vince Foster die by his own hand?

just sayin.....

48 posted on 10/12/2017 7:18:07 AM PDT by M-cubed
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To: M-cubed
Yes we really know he offed himself at this point.

The position of the body, the weapon and the blood could only be the result of his own hand.

That suite is an enclosed area and Spiderman was nowhere in sight.

49 posted on 10/12/2017 7:25:01 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Karl Spooner

Sure sounds like more than one weapon firing.


50 posted on 10/12/2017 7:28:49 AM PDT by hattend
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To: JP1201
Multiple active shooter scenarios have largely been debunked as evidence doesn't support those theories. However, with the security interruption to Paddock's original plan likely forcing him to improvise and carry out a hurried variation of his intent, has a theory been fleshed out that he might have originally planned to provide arms/ammo to other shooters that might not have arrived yet?

It certainly appears his intent was to shoot at concertgoers that specific night, but he sure seemed to have more complete guns than one shooter would need to accomplish his goal. He could have easily used five or ten guns with multiple uppers if overheated barrels from sustained fire was his concern. Doing so would have been less risky (transport), raise fewer red flags (numerous FFL purchases for lowers/complete guns), been much cheaper, and could permit continued use with slide-fire modified lowers which he could change fairly quickly (granted, not as fast as grabbing another complete gun).

It's always bugged me that he had so many complete rifles.
The dealer theories seemed out of place with his primary intent, but an armorer theory seems plausible where his ability to buy guns more easily with fewer flags raised, might arm a group of others that might otherwise have been unable... just another guess in the pool of guesses.

51 posted on 10/12/2017 7:49:29 AM PDT by xander (TRUMPing nonsense with common sense)
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To: corlorde

b.s. link


52 posted on 10/12/2017 7:54:35 AM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: Enchante
Yes, try to keep up: I acknowledged it 4 times.
53 posted on 10/12/2017 10:23:21 AM PDT by corlorde
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To: hattend

AJ said the other day that he hired a company that will go out there and do some work on that.


54 posted on 10/12/2017 12:02:04 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: JP1201
Timeline changes again. Mandalay Bay says that Paddock fired on security guard Jesus Campos about the same time he fired on concert venue. There is no six-minute gap. Of course, this could just be positioning by Mandalay Bay for not reporting things to the police in a timely manner.

Statement from Mandalay Bay:


55 posted on 10/12/2017 2:34:49 PM PDT by SSS Two
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