[TXnMA]

"When seconds count, the police are minutes away."

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You are being far too generous and optimistic re LEO reaction time.
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From The Patch -- the Pulse timeline:

• Around 2 a.m. - Mateen calls 911. Pledges allegiance to ISIS and mentions the Boston Marathon bombing.

• 2:02 a.m. - Mateen enters nightclub and is confronted by security guard. Gun battle ensues.

• 2:04 Police receive call of shots fired

• 2:05 a.m. - Pulse posts to their Facebook page: "Everyone get out of pulse and keep running."

• Around 4 a.m. - Orland Police tweet that there was a shooting with multiple injuries and that they will be tweeting official updates

• 5 a.m. - Police detonate two explosives ["flash-bangs"] in an attempt to distract the gunman. Nine officers enter the club and gunfire is exchanged. One officer, who was wearing kevlar helmet, is hit in the head but is okay.

• 5:50 a.m. Orlando Police tweet that the shooter is dead.

"Minutes"? How about THREE HOURS?

[Peter ODonnell]

Even Chief Wiggins would have been in there by 3:30.