Posted on 10/09/2017 7:13:31 PM PDT by ALASKA
Police have dramatically changed their account of how the Las Vegas massacre began on Oct. 1, revealing Monday that the gunman shot a hotel security guard six minutes before opening fire on a country music concert — raising new questions about why police weren’t able to pinpoint the gunman’s location sooner.
Officials had previously said that gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nev., shot Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos after Paddock had unleashed his deadly volley at the Route 91 Harvest festival, an assault that began at 10:05 p.m. and left 58 people dead, with hundreds more injured.
They had credited Campos, who was shot in the leg, with stopping the 10-minute assault on the concert crowd by turning the gunman’s attention to the hotel hallway, where Campos was checking an alert for an open door in another guest’s room.
But Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Monday that Paddock shot Campos before his mass shooting — at 9:59 p.m. — and they now don’t know why Paddock stopped his attack on the crowd.
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So, is this why no media coverage of Campos? I am in no way insinuating he is not a hero, but the strange non-hyping of his heroic action as was first described in the media.
Huh.
Just guessing. Maybe the security guy was injured and couldn’t retrieve his radio ...
WTF .... This is a major change in the “story”. Crap, did the security guard actually not END the shooting but perhaps TRIGGERED the shooting? Seriously, what actually ended the shooting now under this new timeline? The shooter accidentally offed himself?
I’ve been steering away from all the conspiracy theories, but what is up with this? If the security guard was shot in an ammo orgy of 200 rounds and reported it to the hotel, why did the perp have another 12 minutes to murder 58 people.
Everytime the sheriff has done a presser, he has known about this. Something just got really squirrelly.
when will we see Mandalay Bay footage?
I read somewhere on fr that the guard wasn’t hurt badly and actually was trying to help until he was ushered away....
Curiouser and Curiouser...
Well I’ll just say, I don’t think this is the last time there will be a change in the story.
The official time line doesn’t explain this very important change in events???
The facts will no doubt bend to the benefit of Mandalay Bay and its insurers.
Shots fired in the hotel room or into the hallway and not one of the guests close by called anyone about it?
Bump
You obviously have not seen the accounts by the responding police.
“Shots fired in the hotel room or into the hallway and not one of the guests close by called anyone about it?”
Obviously you have never been to Vegas.
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