The police had previously reported that Jesus Campos was crucial to their efforts to locate the shooter.
In another news conference last week, Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said Campos “had notified his dispatch, which was absolutely critical to us, knowing the location, as well as advising the responding officers as they arrived.”
The corrected story released yesterday claims Mandalay Bay Guard Jesus Campos was shot before NOT after opening fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
But, this week Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo was singing a different tune when it came to Mr. Campos’s involvement in the investigation.
“Mr. Campos was encountered by the suspect prior to his shooting to the outside world,” Lombardo said at a Monday news conference.
Police officers who started searching the hotel after the shooting began didn’t know a hotel security guard had been shot “until they met him in the hallway after exiting the elevator,” Lombardo said. He didn’t say whether Campos notified casino security after he was shot.
Here is why this is important,
Charles “Sid” Heal, a retired Los Angeles County sheriff’s commander and tactical expert, said the new timeline “changes the whole perspective of the shooting.”
Heal said that if police had known immediately that a guard had been shot, they would have rushed the room while the gunman was still firing. He said it seemed to signal a breakdown in communication.
There doesn’t seem to be any good explanation as to why the police didn’t take down the shooter sooner. Bad communication? Protecting their own agents? Following orders from the higher-ups?
What do you think?
Source: LA TIMES
Liars!