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Unarmed Security Guard Took On Las Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock
Daily Beast ^ | 10/4/2017 | Justin Glawe

Posted on 10/04/2017 3:20:27 PM PDT by RightGeek

Jesus Campos had no firearm when he found Stephen Paddock and approached his room on the 32rd floor of Mandalay Bay on Sunday night.

Paddock, who had rigged cameras in the hallway and on the peephole of the door, saw Campos coming and fired through the door, hitting him in the leg, said Dave Hickey, president of the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America. The union represents Campos and hundreds of security guards at Mandalay Bay.

When Campos was hit, he radioed casino dispatch and told him his location — and Paddock’s. “We received information via their dispatch center...that helped us locate where this individual was sequestered,” Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters Tuesday.

Police officers who subsequently approached the room received gunfire and backed off until SWAT responded, Lombardo said.

“We would not have engaged this individual in the time lapse we did without their assistance,” Lombardo later added.

Paddock had somehow blocked stairwell doors leading to the hallway outside of his room, Hickey said, meaning Campos had to take the elevator on his quest to find the source of the gunfire that was killing dozens below. The door to the room itself was also barricaded, Campos found when he tried to open it, just before the bullets came through the door.

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Usual caveats about accuracy of early information.

I also wonder how you block stairwell doors without anyone noticing. "Excuse me while I push this dresser down the hall"?

1 posted on 10/04/2017 3:20:27 PM PDT by RightGeek
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To: RightGeek

This whole thing is going to end up being another ‘Grassy Knoll’ and 50 years from now, people will STILL not have any answers.

Something is afoot!


2 posted on 10/04/2017 3:24:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: RightGeek

This doesnt pass the smell test........Union BS


3 posted on 10/04/2017 3:24:55 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: RightGeek

nobody messes with da Jesus

4 posted on 10/04/2017 3:26:57 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: RightGeek

Much simpler ways to block doors.


5 posted on 10/04/2017 3:28:02 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: RightGeek

He blockaded the stairway doors?

The boy did some planning.

Or somebody did some planning.


6 posted on 10/04/2017 3:29:13 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: RightGeek

Zip tie? Penny?


7 posted on 10/04/2017 3:29:25 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: RightGeek
THE CLUES I FOCUS ON ARE THE ONES THE MEDIA IGNORES, such as the woman IN THE CROWD who shouted "You're all gonna DIE tonight" 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTING STARTED.

I'm SURE the FBI will TOTALLY IGNORE this golden nugget because it might lead to a place that doesn't fit their narrative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex3M-0zWiXc

WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO

8 posted on 10/04/2017 3:30:40 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: lacrew

Pennies in the door? Brings back memories of bad behavior when much younger. It might work but I guess we would need to see the door.


9 posted on 10/04/2017 3:33:15 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: rrrod

“This doesnt pass the smell test........Union BS”

I sure wouldn’t wanna make it a bragging point that I forgot to tell my people to not try to capture a man armed with automatic weapons - behind a locked door, yet - when the employee is unarmed.


10 posted on 10/04/2017 3:34:10 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: RightGeek

thank you free market for providing a heroic security guard


11 posted on 10/04/2017 3:35:02 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

See, if the people in the front row had just sat down this could have all been avoided.


12 posted on 10/04/2017 3:35:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

It would be nice if anyone other than this one girl could be found who has any memory such a thing happening. She’s pretty much...like...um...it like really...messed up my birthday, y’know...

Cute girl, though.


13 posted on 10/04/2017 3:41:26 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: RightGeek

Freshman year of college. “Pennying in” someone was common in our dorm. First-floor victims were awaited at their windows with large quantities of water balloons. A blast from the past.


14 posted on 10/04/2017 3:44:22 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

LOL - that’s the kind of bad behavior I was thinking of.


15 posted on 10/04/2017 3:48:12 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Totally agree. When they announce the shooter was on anti anxiety drugs then you know. Because its just not a mass shooting without anti anxiety meds. Fortunately a lot of people have woken up.


16 posted on 10/04/2017 3:48:20 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: LouieFisk

Would be worth finding the security guard. She did seem relatively credible

Things are not adding up.


17 posted on 10/04/2017 3:49:08 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: RightGeek

He called in the position and SWAT responded at that location an HOUR later? Every time we get a new piece of info it doesn’t fit. I really believe there is more BS than hard news in this event.


18 posted on 10/04/2017 3:49:28 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: hanamizu

Freshman year of college. “Pennying in” someone was common in our dorm. First-floor victims were awaited at their windows with large quantities of water balloons. A blast from the past.

At my school had a frat house that would ice down sidewalks in winter - then rate people as fell .....

Get expelled after dressing as KKK for Halloween


19 posted on 10/04/2017 3:52:10 PM PDT by njslim
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Was she an employee?


20 posted on 10/04/2017 3:58:48 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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