Audo Analysis of Taxi Driver Video

Going to analyze only the first 1min 30secs of this video.
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Keep note there's about a 2/3rds of a second delay at the beginning.

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These impact sounds could be echos of impacts or ricochets... Not 100% sure on that one because the timing is 4-5 seconds off.

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Sounds like a different weapon being used here.

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This picture is KEY. One of the few spots where I could clearly hear the echos/impacts.

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Could not hear any echos during this part unfortunately.

So in conclusion most of the shots I believe came from 1 shooter except for the 3rd picture. The 3rd picture sounds like a different weapon and different area. Around 20 shots fired so maybe a glock? If it is a glock then maybe it could be police.

That savage guy reporter was just on CNN saying he took a walk down the street near the crime scene and expected to find bullet holes on buildings or walls whatever it was, but there were none, must have cleaned it up he said.

Oh yeah they must have gone around with a putty knife filling it in, sanded & painted it too?

a reply to: violet

Would have to see what area it was. That might be normal. Once they have all the pictures/evidence, they pretty much got everything they need. Pretty quick to cover it up though if that's true. Not sure what to think about that.

I don't know anything about sound waves, so I'm sorry I can't understand your observations here.

In the YouTube video of taxi driver though. He's in the exact same spot not moving but the shoes sound like two locations, the first round goes off and you hear echoes, the next round is further away

a reply to: AnonymousTi
Maybe they do if they've obviously released the crime scene now

There is more interesting audio at:

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This is a police scanner recording of radio transmissions. A couple of interesting things emerge from it.

One is that within the first six minutes of the recording, which I believe is from the moment the police dispatcher learned of the situation at the Mandalay Bay, there is a radio call from a police officer saying that he is on the 31st floor of the hotel and that he can hear automatic gunfire coming from the floor above.

The second is that some other officers were probably fooled by strobe lights seen in the hotel windows and were reporting shooters in different locations in the building.

The report of automatic gunfire on the 32nd floor of the hotel was not followed up by the dispatcher immediately, and confusion as to the shooter's location continued for some time.

This is really a "fog of war" issue and with so many calls coming in I don't really blame the dispatcher, but it is true that the officer on the 31st floor of the hotel was the most unequivocal about what he was witnessing.

The dispatcher may have been a little slow to realize the significance of what the officer was saying.

a reply to: violet

Edit: My guess they probably already release the crime scene.

a reply to: ipsedixit

Makes me think during that "fog of war" you are talking about that one of the police officers let off around 20 rounds at something.

a reply to: AnonymousTi

On full auto.

a reply to: ipsedixit

Yeah, that's where this gets a little out of my field of expertise. Do police normally use full auto on glocks in situations like this? Do they even issue the full auto versions to police?

a reply to: AnonymousTi

I doubt it. That's SWAT's department, and after they blew the door open at Paddock's suite, I don't think they fired a shot.

a reply to: AnonymousTi

Nice work. More information with scientific backing is always welcome. I don’t have an extensive audio analysis background but thanks for your effort.

originally posted by: ipsedixit
a reply to: AnonymousTi

I doubt it. That's SWAT's department, and after they blew the door open at Paddock's suite, I don't think they fired a shot.

I heard from a different source that there was exchange of gunfire with Paddock. I doubt it happened during the audio in question though because obviously you can hear he is still shooting out the window afterwards.

If it is true they exchanged fire then either that photo that was leaked is fake or they didn't because I would expect more bullet holes in him.

The officer on the radio from the 31st floor of the hotel was probably one of a group of police working a function at the hotel who got organized and went upstairs to check reports received from hotel guests and also started to clear people out of suites close to the shooter. The sheriff mentioned this at his first news conference, I believe.

a reply to: AnonymousTi

He shot through the door at a hotel security guard, hitting him with shrapnel. I think the guard then cleared out of the area. When SWAT got there they found him dead. I might be wrong but I haven't heard that he had a shoot out with anyone.

originally posted by: ipsedixit
a reply to: AnonymousTi

He shot through the door at a hotel security guard, hitting him with shrapnel, but I think that when SWAT got there they found him dead. I might be wrong but I haven't heard that he had a shoot out with anyone.

Maybe the officer fired back from inside the hallway. That would explain why the audio in question was so quiet and had no echos. He probably would have backed off after taking the shrapnel and waited for the SWAT to arrive sometime later.

Here's the floor plan for reference.

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a reply to: AnonymousTi

I don't think the security guard fired at Paddock, but you make a good point about the location of the shooter within the suite, as he fired, having an effect on any audio recordings of the shooting.

Shooting through the windows from a position away from the window would muffle the sound recorded by the cabbie considerably, I think. Pointing the gun out the window and shooting that way would be much louder. And produce echoes.

a reply to: ipsedixit

Actually on second thought I think you could be right. I'm just having a bit of trouble wrapping my mind around how quiet the shots were. So different weapon, shooting the other direction possibly from inside the hallway. That would make sense.

Do you know if the officer was shot from the hallway or the doorway?