The Truth About Guns reported a bombshell late last night. The Mandalay Bay property's active shooter policy kept their armed security from engaging the killer. Their policy was (remains?) to "wait for the police". Nice, huh?
I predict that if indeed the Mandalay Bay had armed security who hung back "waiting for police" while the killer hosed down hundreds of people below, then the parent company MGM will face plenty of lawsuits, potentially bankrupting the company.
Here's the Exclusive from TTAG:
“Jesus Campos, a security guard at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino (above), was shot by Paddock six minutes before he began shooting into a crowd of 22,000 people enjoying the country music festival down below, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said in a news conference Monday evening.” The foxnews.com report radically changes the timeline for the Las Vegas spree killing . . .
Mandalay Bay Hotel security knew about the shooter for six minutes before he started shooting. We know Stephen Paddock fired on the crowd for ten minutes. What was the Mandalay Bay hotel’s armed security doing during those 16 minutes?
Nothing. TTAG has learned that the Mandalay Bay hotel — and other large Las Vegas hotels — have a standard policy for responding to shots fired — wait for the police.
So there were good guys with guns within potential striking distance of the killer who did not strike.
In fact, at least 21 minutes expired from the moment Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Mandalay Bay unarmed security guard until the Las Vegas SWAT team’s arrival. And then another hour before the team made entry.
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