It took about 11 minutes for LE to arrive at the room and engage. At that point the reign of terror outside was over.
The chronology is sketchy still, and it appears from some reports the perp shot at least one security guard and perhaps one LEO during the hallway gunfight before offing himself.
So he wasn’t already getting cold by the time the police arrived?
That’s starting to look like a good possibility. A couple of shots were fired at him and he lost his nerve and killed himself. Otherwise, he could have killed many many more people.
In the pictures of the body it seems he had laid there for some time before they made entry. The blood had coagulated and diverted the flow, that takes awhile. he may have shot himself not long after first contact. In another picture there’s a piece of paper on the table with an ashtray on it to keep it from getting knocked off. Love to see what he wrote on the note.
10:57 p.m.: Officers have locked down the hallway outside the gunman's room. I have “multiple rifles and plenty of officers,” an officer says over the radio.The next 20 minutes are filled with confusion as false reports of additional shootings and a possible bomb threat pour in from all of the neighboring casinos. Officers are worried that the other reported shootings could be a diversion, but teams are sent to check out each potential threat.
That is an interesting entry in the timeline.