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| Trump calls Las Vegas shooting an ‘act of pure evil’ |
| 2017-10-03 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has called the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Monday "an act of pure evil" after a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people. Trump added during his brief address on the situation that "the nation is joined together today in sadness, shock and grief". The American president had earlier tweeted his "warmest condolences and sympathies" earlier Monday morning. The gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. Police have yet to determine a motive. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 Shooting survivor thanks cop husband and other ‘True Heroes’ for saving her life |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-03 22:48 |
| #19 "I would like to take this opportunity to thank God for each of these people's lives. Thank you for keeping us protected and unbelievably unharmed. Thank you for the brave men and women who stayed behind to help when everyone was running terrified for their lives. Thank you to the man who pulled me over the fence when my boot was stuck. Thank you to the girls who grabbed me and ran with me when they saw I'd been separated from my husband and friends. Thank you to the friends that came and got me from my place of refuge even when the shooter was still active. Thank you for the man who was willing to pile us in his car and drive us to safety. Thank you for all the brave officers who responded to the scene after the terror took place, and for the paramedics who saved lives tonight. Thank you for the bravery and tactical skill of the Las Vegas Police who found the shooter quickly and took him down. Thank you for the nurses and doctors currently still working on the victims. Above all thank you for my brave husband who used his own body to shield me and others from bullets as those next to us were shot. When we were separated and he realized he could no longer protect me he stayed behind to hold pressure on gunshot wounds and carry people to trucks for departure to hospitals. He and all the other off duty officers, military personal, and anyone else in the venue and out who helped save a life tonight are the true heroes. I already do and will continue to thank God he brought this man into my life. We made it. We are safe. We will walk away from this tragedy and live to die another day. It pains me so much to see so many not as fortunate as us. If you get the chance today I urge you to thank an officer. I know I will hold mine a lot closer today and forever 💙 " #thinbluefamily #ilovemyofficer #prayforlasvegas #prayfortheworld #rt91harvest Tiffany Michelle |
| Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-10-03 22:05 |
| #18 Vegas SWAT should consider a drone to peek into the next high story attack. Maybe consider an armed drone just in case they do not like what they see. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2017-10-03 18:16 |
| #17 They did the right thing.. The guy had cameras up looking down the hall. It's a tactical set up. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-03 17:49 |
| #16 But one online timeline says this: "....officers asked permission to enter Paddock's room sooner [than 11.20pm] but were told to wait for SWAT teams." Where is Dirty Harry when you need him? |
| Posted by: Peter Carroll 2017-10-03 16:15 |
| #15 Nimble, SWAT isn't like patrolling LVPD or visible presence officers on the Strip. Some may have actually been on crowd control security for the concert. When they get the alert recall they return to the team room and armory for gear, then redeploy. Easy to lose 1/2 hour in each transit, more with the kickoff briefing. Even with armor, weapons and breaching gear in the trunk, got to get to the car then to the assembly area. Don't want to be walking around a free fire zone looking like a target. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-03 14:48 |
| #14 Look at you Grom! We'll know from the GSR at autopsy. Possible associates did the deed, popped the financier then scampered up or down the adjoining stairway. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-03 14:32 |
| #13 Good responses in this thread (better than mine anyway.) |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-10-03 14:15 |
| #12 If it was a detective story - he wouldn't be the perp, but the first victim. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-03 13:20 |
| #11 Re: #10 My poorly educated guess, the shooter stopped firing (committed suicide) and the police apparently realized that. (How? I'm not sure, but there are ways.) So the urgency was no longer there. Checking for booby traps and all that takes time. Unlike the shooter, the police tend not to be suicidal if there's no urgency. We will know more in the coming days I'm sure. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-10-03 12:21 |
| #10 He fired for 10 minutes. The police knew from what room he was firing pretty quickly due to the smoke alarm. Yet they didn't break into the room until 72 minutes after he started shooting. Why the delay? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2017-10-03 10:43 |
| #9 Hupeting Sforza8196 That's alledgedly NOT him. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-10-03 10:12 |
| #8 From Hot Air this morning. "Two officials familiar with the investigation say authorities found at least 17 guns in the hotel room of the Las Vegas shooter. Stephen Paddock also had two devices that are attached to the stocks of semiautomatic guns to allow fully automatic gunfire. The bump-stock devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities." |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-10-03 08:14 |
| #7 "This video has been removed for violating YouTube's policy on spam, deceptive practices, and scams." |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-10-03 08:09 |
| #6 For whatever reason, your video has been removed from YouTube HS8196. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-10-03 08:08 |
| #5 Given the number of tweets on social media, seems a lot of evil is out there. You can not have a dialogue with those people. Their minds are shut. The civil war will resemble the insurgency in Iraq not armies marching up and down the countryside. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-03 06:54 |
| #4 Where are Madonna and Asley Judd? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-10-03 04:15 |
| #3 So we may be looking at political terrorism much like that which took place at the Republican baseball practice in D.C. ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-03 01:08 |
| #2 The leftists at Youtube may have just removed the above video of who appears to be the Las Vegas shooter at an anti-Trump rally in August in Reno, Nevada. It had over a quarter of a million views before it was taken down. This is a screenshot from the video. |
| Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-10-03 00:33 |
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| Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-10-03 00:23 |