But one story caught my eye and I can't find much information about it, except that it was mentioned in a news conference:
it too 72 minutes for the SWAT team to arrive to break down the door, but the shooting stopped after 10 to 15 minutes because... a hotel security guard knocked at the door. The shooter panicked, shot the guy in the leg and then killed himself.
USA Today time line is vague
10:21 p.m. Within 13 minutes, officers on the ground notice that the shooting appears to have stopped.
“It’s been a while since we’ve heard any shots,” one officer says. “Does anyone have eyes on the shooter?”
10:24 p.m. Up on the 32nd floor, police and security officers are closing in on room 135. An officer calls for a SWAT team after the gunman shot through his door and wounded a hotel security guard who accompanied the officers.
“We have a security officer shot in the leg on 32 floor,” an officer says. “He shot down the hallway and hit a security guard.”
10:29 p.m. As officers gather on the 32nd floor, there is still confusion about whether a second gunman could be on the 29th floor.
so, essentially the shooting was stopped by a lowly hotel security guard and some local cops?one wonders what the death toll would have been if he had kept shooting for 72 minutes and not just ten.
No story on them, maybe because they don't want to release information about the crime scene (although the UKMail already has photos of the crime scene on line.
SWAT teams get respect.
Police right now are under fire, but this reminds people that it is the local cops who are protecting them.
But security guards? The invisible man when it comes to security. Most of them are not even armed...but keep people safe too.
But for some reason, this part of the story has not been given a lot of attention.
Paul Blart, call your office...
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