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Originally Posted by FireFly
I think this was the right decision. How many additional people were injured or died because of that officer's inaction? He is supposed to protect and serve and sometimes that does involve life threatening situations. I'm certain the LVPD is probably getting sued and whatnot for his inaction.
It's amazing to me that they knew where the shooter was within minutes and had someone within one floor roughly 5 minutes after the shooting started. He's probably haunted by all the lives that were lost or destroyed because he waited. He didn't hesitate, he waited and it cost lives.
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You have to remember that the shooter had barricaded himself at the end of a hallway and had set up cameras to see who was coming down it. A maintenance guy was shot through the shooters room door while checking something unrelated but was able to slide into one of the neighboring door alcoves and radio down his exact position/room number. The cop in question here didn't know all this of course, but there would have been nothing he could have done to stop things.
No excuse for anything but chances are good had he approached the room he and his partner and the hotel security guy with him might all be victims as well.
This short video compiled by the NY Times is phenomenal in taking you through step by step how it all went down. And also another on how meticulously it was planned and how he was able to compile his arsenal.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...12-bursts.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZRgVX8SYX4