An Iraq war veteran who was staying in the same hotel as the Las Vegas gunman is demanding to know why it took more than an hour for the cops to take him down.
Police received their first report of gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest festival, in Las Vegas at 10.08pm on Sunday.
But it was another 72 minutes before SWAT teams finally burst into Stephen Paddock's room at the Mandalay Bay to find the suspect had shot himself dead moments earlier.
The most concerning issue is there appears to have been an unexplained 24 minute delay, where SWAT teams were armed and ready to go outside Paddock's room, but waited until 11.21pm to enter.
Now Chris Bethel, who was in a room just a couple floors below the shooter at the Mandalay Bay, is questioning why it took so long for the cops to stop Paddock who shot dead 59 and injured 527 in the most deadly mass shooting in American history.
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DUH like it's rocket science or something. First off no one knew how many shooters there were. They had no idea if explosives were involved or not. Secondly it was 32 floors up. Each and every floor had to be cleared before progressing. Thirdly a regular officer doesn't have the equipment to breach those doors. He had already shot a security guard right through the door. You can see the holes in the door on the bottom left of one of the pictures.
ReplyDeleteEvidently you don't read much. The veteren was in his room when they entered the shooters - all floors were not emptied. Secondly they stood outside the shooters door for approximately 21 minutes while he was plucking away at people. If they had hit the deck as well as sheilded up a knock at the door would have saved countless victims. His door should have been blown off it's hinges with the blast facing into the room!
DeleteBecause they know what their doing!
ReplyDeleteMonday morning quarterbacks always get it right.
ReplyDeleteThats right....beat up on the very people who saved the day.
ReplyDeleteGood grief already!
ReplyDeleteI want to know why Chris Bethel's parents were authorized to consummate their wedding vows and have a child! I DEMAND to know right now or else! WHY WHY WHY WHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable the CRAP that goes on these days and sometimes from our veterans no less! Have a little more respect for those currently in uniform as well as the logistical challenges/landscape AND live action during this ordeal...then ask you questions WHY later and preferably not via the media!
The police should have what the military has , they have technology that can zoom in on a shot fired in less than 2 seconds , then they can send a destructive round immediately .
ReplyDeleteshould of, could of, would of - but one has to know what "might" happen where, before it can be stopped. How many police departments had the equipment, manpower and training to stop a tragedy that had not happened before. No need to 2nd guess about what should have been.
DeleteThe SWAT team isnt sitting in the police station 24 hours a day geared up. How long would it take you to walk 32 flights of stairs carrying 50+ pounds of gear?
ReplyDeleteWow I'm not even going to respond you are stupid.
ReplyDeleteGood question why did it take so long. If police were ready and willing to go why tell them to wait for SWAT. 3:29 why would SWAT have to walk up 32 flights of stairs. The elevators had been shut down but an individual elevator can easily be turned back on for police or firefighter operation. It is done all the time even when a fire alarm had gone off and all the elevators go to the ground floor and stop operating. As far as breaching the door, unless he had the door barricaded with furniture there isn't any reason to breach it. It is called the master key. Also I wish our military could take out 50 people and injure 500 in one action.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteThats right....beat up on the very people who saved the day.
October 4, 2017 at 1:35 PM
What do you mean saved the day? The guy committed suicide before they entered. Maybe if they had entered earlier he would have committed suicide earlier.
7:46-I don't think that's true. Shooting only lasted 9-11mins.
ReplyDeleteComplete nonsense. They shut down this very same Hotel in a minute flat when the power went out fearful of a robbery.
ReplyDeleteThey did not shut it down for the shooting for ten minutes.
The lie they sell is the shooting had stopped. Guess they did not care if he was just readying 20 guns with 100 mags in each.
Guess they could care less how many civilians die as long as no cop dies.
There is absolutely no excuse for this.