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originally posted by: CynConcepts
a reply to: NotTheCIA
My speculation on having more than one shooter is the fact that swat had to breach the connecting door to room 32134. The shooter supposedly was firing out that broken window too? Yet, before he offed himself...he locked the connector door...exited out into the hallway to go through his own room... Left that door ajar and pushed a cart with camera attached up in front of it..then barricaded his own door again? What?
There are two pools of blood one on carpet which is dried up as it's been there for some time and fresh blood on what used to be his face.
originally posted by: Salander
a reply to: The4thLegacy
A good analysis on the video. I've watched a few different ones by now, and what seems to be missing is any sign at all of bullets striking the ground, which you would think would be easy to see.
originally posted by: The4thLegacy
a reply to: lordcomac
Not one word in MSM about shots fired before the rapid fire shots. This video you clearly hear about 8 to 10 single shots that almost sound like sniper rounds.
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
Here ya go. I also looked for bullet strikes. They can be found, but ya just have to remember, they are not as pronounced as "Hollywood" would have you believe.
At first glance it does appear that way. But going frame by frame you can see its actually the blast of a bullet, going by it, that kicks the abandon mobile cup, "plastic cup" towards the camera, perpendicular to the stage.
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
Here ya go. I also looked for bullet strikes. They can be found, but ya just have to remember, they are not as pronounced as "Hollywood" would have you believe.
That looks to me like an illuminated, abandoned mobile getting kicked by one of the people as they flee.
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: CynConcepts
a reply to: NotTheCIA
My speculation on having more than one shooter is the fact that swat had to breach the connecting door to room 32134. The shooter supposedly was firing out that broken window too? Yet, before he offed himself...he locked the connector door...exited out into the hallway to go through his own room... Left that door ajar and pushed a cart with camera attached up in front of it..then barricaded his own door again? What?
This is confusing - what you wrote. I don't think this is the story and I've heard that the only time the door was ajar was when the security guard approached the first time. After that I thought it was closed. Where are you getting this story? Is it from a press confrence or something? I know the first 45 min press confrenece by police chief was very unclear about the door and basically the entire breach (it seemed so muddy that he didn't really know what happened or he didn't agree with the "official" story and stumbled through it as such).
What REALLY makes no sense is that the breach team was 2 patrol officers and 2 off duty K9 trainers. They brought no dogs (which this is the EXACT situation for which they are most advantageous!!!). A K9 officer also had explosive charges for some reason!? REALLY? They aren't SWAT (which is who should have been there since they know what room the shooter was in before he even fired!!). If the story is that it was for training, that's bs as they use fabric swatches with different types of explosives to train the dogs b/c there are so many explosives they can't have 50 different live explosive devices for training.
Police entered the hotel to begin working their way to the shooter's sniper nest.
"A team of six officers that approached security, they went up the elevators after discussing the situation with the security and obtaining intelligence," Lombardo said.
"And they checked each floor by floor until they located where they believe to be the room," the sheriff said.
High up on the hotel's residential floors, a first responder radioed in: "I'm inside the Mandalay Bay on the 31st floor, I can hear automatic fire coming from one floor ahead... one floor above us."
"Subsequently they approached the room, received gunfire, they backed off and SWAT responded," Lombardo said.
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said once the first responders had "isolated this individual to the two rooms, our SWAT team used the explosive breaching to go in and confront the individual."
-- A team of six officers spoke with security at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Paddock was staying, and searched the hotel floor-by-floor Sunday night before they found Paddock's room, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
-- Paddock, 64, fired at the officers through the door, Lombardo said. A SWAT team broke down the door, but Paddock had already killed himself, Lombardo said.
originally posted by: CynConcepts
Police entered the hotel to begin working their way to the shooter's sniper nest.
"A team of six officers that approached security, they went up the elevators after discussing the situation with the security and obtaining intelligence," Lombardo said.
"And they checked each floor by floor until they located where they believe to be the room," the sheriff said.
High up on the hotel's residential floors, a first responder radioed in: "I'm inside the Mandalay Bay on the 31st floor, I can hear automatic fire coming from one floor ahead... one floor above us."
"Subsequently they approached the room, received gunfire, they backed off and SWAT responded," Lombardo said.
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said once the first responders had "isolated this individual to the two rooms, our SWAT team used the explosive breaching to go in and confront the individual."
CNN News Article dated 10/03/2017
Edit add: I can't help but feel that the earlier releases may be more truer in many aspects, than after the FBI showed up and took over.
Edit add2: for that matter, they reported that statement from Lambardo the day before. I just want to know why it is only campos and schuck encountering gunfire in the hallway now? It was stated it was the initial officers who took fire!
-- A team of six officers spoke with security at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Paddock was staying, and searched the hotel floor-by-floor Sunday night before they found Paddock's room, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
-- Paddock, 64, fired at the officers through the door, Lombardo said. A SWAT team broke down the door, but Paddock had already killed himself, Lombardo said.
CNN 10/02/2017 article
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: CynConcepts
Police entered the hotel to begin working their way to the shooter's sniper nest.
"A team of six officers that approached security, they went up the elevators after discussing the situation with the security and obtaining intelligence," Lombardo said.
"And they checked each floor by floor until they located where they believe to be the room," the sheriff said.
High up on the hotel's residential floors, a first responder radioed in: "I'm inside the Mandalay Bay on the 31st floor, I can hear automatic fire coming from one floor ahead... one floor above us."
"Subsequently they approached the room, received gunfire, they backed off and SWAT responded," Lombardo said.
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said once the first responders had "isolated this individual to the two rooms, our SWAT team used the explosive breaching to go in and confront the individual."
CNN News Article dated 10/03/2017
Edit add: I can't help but feel that the earlier releases may be more truer in many aspects, than after the FBI showed up and took over.
Edit add2: for that matter, they reported that statement from Lambardo the day before. I just want to know why it is only campos and schuck encountering gunfire in the hallway now? It was stated it was the initial officers who took fire!
-- A team of six officers spoke with security at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Paddock was staying, and searched the hotel floor-by-floor Sunday night before they found Paddock's room, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
-- Paddock, 64, fired at the officers through the door, Lombardo said. A SWAT team broke down the door, but Paddock had already killed himself, Lombardo said.
CNN 10/02/2017 article
Well, one thing that appears to be different from the original is that no police were at Paddocks door until 17 mins approx after the injured security man was found, if he was found around the 9.53 mark, that's a while before any shooting started...to the outside that is.
originally posted by: CynConcepts
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: CynConcepts
Police entered the hotel to begin working their way to the shooter's sniper nest.
"A team of six officers that approached security, they went up the elevators after discussing the situation with the security and obtaining intelligence," Lombardo said.
"And they checked each floor by floor until they located where they believe to be the room," the sheriff said.
High up on the hotel's residential floors, a first responder radioed in: "I'm inside the Mandalay Bay on the 31st floor, I can hear automatic fire coming from one floor ahead... one floor above us."
"Subsequently they approached the room, received gunfire, they backed off and SWAT responded," Lombardo said.
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said once the first responders had "isolated this individual to the two rooms, our SWAT team used the explosive breaching to go in and confront the individual."
CNN News Article dated 10/03/2017
Edit add: I can't help but feel that the earlier releases may be more truer in many aspects, than after the FBI showed up and took over.
Edit add2: for that matter, they reported that statement from Lambardo the day before. I just want to know why it is only campos and schuck encountering gunfire in the hallway now? It was stated it was the initial officers who took fire!
-- A team of six officers spoke with security at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Paddock was staying, and searched the hotel floor-by-floor Sunday night before they found Paddock's room, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters.
-- Paddock, 64, fired at the officers through the door, Lombardo said. A SWAT team broke down the door, but Paddock had already killed himself, Lombardo said.
CNN 10/02/2017 article
Well, one thing that appears to be different from the original is that no police were at Paddocks door until 17 mins approx after the injured security man was found, if he was found around the 9.53 mark, that's a while before any shooting started...to the outside that is.
Where did you find that 17 mins time listed? It is the first I have heard that 9:53 time frame as well. Is this a new update?
Clarification add: the last I heard was that the security guard was shot at 9:59, 6 minutes before outdoor shooting occurred.