MGM disputes shooter timeline: MGM Resorts International yesterday released the following statement offering more details on its timeline of events immediately before and during the period that Stephen Paddock was shooting at festival-goers out the window of his Mandalay Bay hotel room:
“Although we prefer not to comment on the details of the investigation, we are issuing this statement to correct some of the misinformation that has been reported. The 9:59 p.m. PDT time was derived from a Mandalay Bay report manually created after the fact without the benefit of information we now have. We are now confident that the time stated in this report is not accurate. We know that shots were being fired at the festival lot at the same time as, or within 40 seconds after, the time Jesus Campos first reported that shots were fired over the radio. Metro officers were together with armed Mandalay Bay security officers in the building when Campos first reported that shots were fired over the radio. These Metro officers and armed Mandalay Bay security officers immediately responded to the 32nd floor. We will continue to work with law enforcement as we have from the first moments of this tragedy as they work toward developing an accurate timeline.”
County law enforcement officials said that six minutes pass between the time Paddock shot at Campos, a security guard, and when he fired into the concert, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds of others before turning the gun on himself. Police would not comment on MGM Resorts’ assertion, according to news reports.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times
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