If he screwed the stairwell door so it wouldn’t open, then he’d have been on the stairwell side. That means he couldn’t shoot the security guard from inside the room. If he was drilling and screwing from the hallway side (makes no sense, but I’ll play along) then the guard could have seen him, confronted him and was shot. But why just in the leg and not a kill shot so he couldn’t notify the cops?
That would also mean the shooter blocked his escape.
What stopped the shooting? If the cops are now admitting the shooting went on for several minutes after they arrived, then were any holes in the door going into the room from their guns? Or were they hiding in the safety of the elevator all that time?
This is getting weirder and weirder.
the stairs are in like an ice-machine alcove. It’s possible the guard could have been shot at from around that corner and all he would know is someone at the end of the hall is shooting at him. Or there were two or more persons.
Last version I heard, the cops were on the 31st floor when they heard the shooting. Then went to the 32nd where they found the security kid.
I read that the door ajar alarm was for a door that had been ajar for ‘some time.’ whatever that means. Now, thinking like a persnikity accountant about to set up cameras and drill things so loud it could be heard from the elevator, and break windows out, and, break all amateur rapidfire sharpshooter world records and such, why wouldn’t I check out the hallway and see who’s home, and maybe close that door myself when I went and got the cart in the hall for my cameras? I’d stayed at that hotel before, I’d already know they’d send someone about the door. Loose end.
Another loose end is, why wait until the final act of the final day? why not blow things up at the beginning of the weekend and really stick it to Las Vegas if that was the motivation?