IIRC, he killed thirty people in that bathroom, giggling and laughing while he shot them under and over the stall they were hiding in. Only one person lived to tell the story.
So why, exactly, were the cops there at all? After all, they went to where there was a shooter. Was it to arrest anyone who had an unregistered pistol they might have used to try to save themselves?
My God, words fail. May these cops be haunted, for the rest of their lives, by the sounds of the screams and shots they heard while they stayed safe on the other side of that door.
Once they were trapped in the bathroom, he probably used them for awhile as hostages. Killing them every now and than, while warning police he had a bomb. So they eventually punched a hole in the outer wall and one survivor came running out ? Then Omar ? Thought I read that quite a few people came out those holes ?
Anyone know how many OPD officers carry some basic SWAT gear (helmets, vests, etc), rifles, etc, in their cars?