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Hotel: Gunman shot at crowd seconds after shooting guard
Washington Post ^ | October 12 at 6:52 PM | Michael Balsamo

Posted on 10/12/2017 3:58:36 PM PDT by SSS Two

Edited on 10/12/2017 8:27:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Mandalay Bay hotel officials said Thursday the Las Vegas gunman wounded a security guard in a hotel hallway within 40 seconds of firing into the crowd at a music festival, disputing a police timeline that put six minutes from the time the guard was shot and when Stephen Paddock committed the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: lasvegasshooting; lvinvestigation; lvpolicetimeline; mbtimeline; paddocktimeline; stephenpaddock
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1 posted on 10/12/2017 3:58:36 PM PDT by SSS Two
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To: SSS Two
CONFLICTING TIMELINES ... Meanwhile, less than an hour ago, KABC-TV reported:

Mandalay Bay hotel officials didn't notify police about a shooting in a hallway inside the high-rise until after Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd at a country music festival outside, a federal official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The disclosure means there may have been a delay of some six minutes in summoning police to the scene of what became the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

The official was briefed by law enforcement but wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.


2 posted on 10/12/2017 4:02:53 PM PDT by SSS Two
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To: SSS Two
Yeah. Now, THIS timeline, for sure is the REAL timeline. Sorry we didn't give you this one first, but after days of investigation by dozens of law enforcement officers, we can certify that THIS is the bestest timeline yet.
3 posted on 10/12/2017 4:05:39 PM PDT by Zarro (Oh, we don't call them the "MSM" any longer; they are now the "Basket of Detestables")
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To: Zarro

The hotel needs to get sued so they’ll get their timeline “correct”. Next week it will be “gunman ate dinner after shooting guard”.


4 posted on 10/12/2017 4:08:09 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: SSS Two

The police timeline STINKS!!


5 posted on 10/12/2017 4:10:27 PM PDT by mylife
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To: beergarden

MGM, Mandy Bay’s owner, is getting sued.


6 posted on 10/12/2017 4:11:41 PM PDT by freedom1st
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To: freedom1st

Why go after the millionare perps estate when you can sue the billion dollar Casino? /S


7 posted on 10/12/2017 4:15:44 PM PDT by mylife
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To: SSS Two

Seems like the number one priority of law enforcement and the hotel at this point is to blame each other.


8 posted on 10/12/2017 4:17:15 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: SSS Two
First we heard pop pop pop..pause...pop pop pop...pause....then maybe 100?? shots.....pause....

Any pause was only to change positions, guns or targets. There was no 6 minute pause...

Early on, the hotel said many of their time checks were not synced.

9 posted on 10/12/2017 4:19:03 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Never understood the claimed 200 rd burst into the door/hallway.
There is no such thing as a 200 rd mag/drum


10 posted on 10/12/2017 4:23:24 PM PDT by mylife
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To: SSS Two
In one of the press conferences Undersheriff McMahill said very clearly that the door ajar alarm that Campos was sent to check out was a few doors down from Paddock's room and was a coincidence unconnected to Paddock.

This sounded odd because the fire door Paddock secured shut with a plate and screws was the next door from his room, not a few doors down.

However, a comment from a guest on a travel website that was reposted to Reddit said Mandalay Bay does indeed have an alarm that goes off if a hotel room door is open for a few minutes:

As Security explained to me when my statement was taken, they (Security) have the only master keys in the house. If the door was ajar for more than 3 to 5 minutes, they would have been alerted through a system called Hot Sauce prompting a response. This alarm is audible so I would have heard it as well since I was up for an hour after I returned. There are no cameras in the hotel hallways as it is an invasion of privacy according to Security. If you must, deadbolt your door, put your valuables in the safe, or stuff the cash under your mattress. My experience seems like an inside job since there is no other explanation on how my suite could have been breached.

(Also, numerous complaints of theft, suspicion falling on hotel employees. See https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/75jsh4/what_is_mandalay_bay_hotel_like_from_their_guests/)

So maybe Campos was alerted to an open hotel door somewhere on that corridor as was first said, and then heard drilling and as he moved toward Paddock's end of the corridor Paddock fired at him through the door, hitting him on the front right thigh, and Campos immediately hopped into a recessed door shielding himself, until he saw the maintenance guy Schuck.

So that leaves the question, how did the hotel know the fire door next to Paddock was screwed shut? Schuck said he was told to check out a stuck fire door and came down from another wing on a higher floor to do so.

11 posted on 10/12/2017 4:28:42 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: mylife

I don’t know what to believe.

How many shooters have shot up a hotel room, then turned their weapons on a concert? Sounds like a rare event to me.

Why was the guard shot before the concert goers? This makes no sense.

This sounds like some attorneys are grooming the newsfeed to influence settlements.


12 posted on 10/12/2017 4:28:43 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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To: Loud Mime

As mentioned upthread the 6 min gap makes no sense


13 posted on 10/12/2017 4:35:58 PM PDT by mylife
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To: freedom1st

Isnt Soros tied to this hotel somehow?


14 posted on 10/12/2017 4:36:03 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Meet the New Boss

Paddock definitely was not a pro. A pro would have baited Campos in and shot him dead inside his room and then kept on doing his work.

Shooting through the door makes no sense at all to me. This is ridiculous. Way to alert everyone around. It does not add up.


15 posted on 10/12/2017 4:38:42 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: mylife
I think he was trying to pick Campos off...pop pop pop....looked at his camera stream...still coming....pop pop pop....still coming....a 30?? round spray....Campos was down.

Now Paddock was totally bent out of shape...went to the window.....kept on firing....pauses was looking at his camera stream while grabbing another clip...Once he saw a group coming at him.....he knew he was done and shot himself.

We were lucky he took this out.

16 posted on 10/12/2017 4:46:19 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mylife
No, but there is this:

And at the risk of being called a tin hatter, I thought when I first heard the audio of the shooting that it sounded like an M-60 firing.... and after listening several times, it still sounds like one to me.

17 posted on 10/12/2017 4:47:10 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Meet the New Boss

I’ll just mention this as a possibility: given the description of brazen thefts pointing to hotel staff in the comments by guests, perhaps Campos and maybe Schuck as well are part of a ring of hotel staff that steals from hotel rooms. One guy notices when guests have left the room, and uses his master key to slip in and have a quick look for obvious valuables, while someone else acts as lookout.

This might explain why the story has shifted so much as to what Campos was doing and why the low profile and no interviews. We didn’t even know about the existence of the maintenance guy for a week.


18 posted on 10/12/2017 4:47:36 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: SSS Two
Let's all take the quiz, shall we?:

HOW MANY RIFLES ARE NECESSARY FOR ONE MAN TO COMMIT A MASSACRE FROM A HOTEL WINDOW IN 10 MINUTES?:

a) 1-5

b) 5-10

c) 10-15

d) 15-20

e) 20-23

In a world of LIES, DECEIT, LEFTIST MEDIA PROPAGANDA, FALSE FLAGS, BLACK OPS and METICULOUSLY PLANNED DEEP STATE PLOTS, the answer is apparently 'e'.

19 posted on 10/12/2017 4:48:05 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: SSS Two

Are they sure they have it right this time?

Gezzzz


20 posted on 10/12/2017 4:54:12 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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