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Veteran, who alerted the cops to Vegas gunman’s EXACT location, demands to know why it took more than an hour for the hotel room to be raided as it’s revealed officers waited outside for more than 24 minutes
Police received their first report of gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest festival, in Las Vegas at 10.08pm on Sunday
But it was 72 minutes before SWAT teams burst into Stephen Paddock’s room
An officer told dispatch they were armed and ready to enter Paddock’s room at 10.55pm but were told to wait until SWAT arrived
After 24 minutes, SWAT teams burst into the shooter’s Mandalay Bay room at 11.21pm and found the 64-year-old had shot himself moments earlier
Police have not yet explained why officers were delayed
Chris Bethel, who was in a room just a couple floors below the shooter at the Mandalay Bay, had called the police to alert them to Paddock’s location
He is questioning why it took so long for the cops to respond
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4945322/Vet-wants-know-cops-took-long-stop-shooter.html#ixzz4uVpTwM1O
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Read somewhere that SWAT had to clear a few floors below 32 first. Since I guess they was reports of other floors having shooters. But who knows.
It takes cops time to respond because they’re not omniscient/omnipotent/ omnipresent, and want to go home afterwards.
It takes cops time to respond because they’re not omniscient/omnipotent/ omnipresent, and want to go home afterwards.