“Btw why did they wait and hour to blow the door?”
I read that they thought it could be booby trapped. I have no idea if that’s legit.
When dealing with this type of suspect and serious terrorist types, it’s best to bypass the door and go right through the wall. Less surprises.
he was totally free to shoot. I am baffled at the delay with lives at risk. No excuse — none.
Having significant amounts of Tannerite in his car supports the caution choice.
Plus he had stopped firing.
Had he not offed himself and continued shooting, they might have rushed the door.
However, there was no shooting, they didn't know he was dead and had to be concerned that he might try to make a run for it in which case they needed to stay put with weapons trained on the doors.
After a certain amount of time they figure he isn't coming out and since there hasn't been any shooting for some time, he is either dead, or still alive with his hand on a bomb trigger waiting for them to enter the room, or he is dead and the room is booby trapped.
“...why did they wait and hour to blow the door?” >>>
The most frequent answer to that question has repeatedly been because the 10 or 11 minutes of gunfire had already completely *ceased*.
This meant there was time to coordinate a dispersed SWAT team out doors with the two security officers, one who remained on 32nd floor, clear hotel rooms of guests at risk, and proceed up 32 floors with elevators shut down.
It was this security guard who was shot in the leg when the shooter opened the room door and fired. The guard stayed on the floor and remained in contact with SWAT.
(One of those two security officers was on the 32nd floor nearly immediately, because the pair had seen some glass fall from the window, from there vantage point below that window, at the time of the shooting.)