{"id":158947,"date":"2017-10-05T14:16:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=158947"},"modified":"2017-10-09T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:56:40","slug":"iraq-war-vet-gave-exact-location-of-vegas-shooter-says-police-took-over-an-hour-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=158947","title":{"rendered":"Iraq War Vet Gave Exact Location of Vegas Shooter\u2014Says Police Took Over an Hour to Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jack Burns &#8212; Activist Post Oct 4, 2017<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Chris-bethal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-158949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Chris-bethal.jpg\" alt=\"Chris bethal\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Chris-bethal.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Chris-bethal-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The response time of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department during a recent mass shooting has been called into question by an Iraq War Veteran who claims he told police exactly where the suspect, Stephen Paddock, was firing on concertgoers, which was above his room in the Mandalay Bay casino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Chris Bethel told reporters he was staying in a room just a few floors below Paddock and notified police to the mass murderer\u2019s precise location. Now, Bethel is demanding an answer to the question as to why it took the LVMPD Swat team 1 hour and 12 minutes to penetrate Paddock\u2019s room to neutralize the threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">According to a timeline produced by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4945322\/Vet-wants-know-cops-took-long-stop-shooter.html\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the first reports of gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival came in at 10:08 p.m. Bethel claimed he called the\u00a0police to let them know from which floor and room the shooter was firing from. He is now miffed with incredulity that it took police 72 minutes to enter the room, only to find that Paddock had reportedly taken his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em><strong>\u201cIt felt like it took them too long to get over there, to take him out\u2026to get him. And it\u2019s actually eating me up inside,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Bethel said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Recognizing the types of weapons being used, and the presence of explosives, Bethel described what he heard:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>I could just hear gunshots, continuously. Just full automatic,\u201d<\/em> Bethel said. <em>\u201cThere were explosions going off. It was like a bomb just went off man. And then there were more gunshots.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Bethel said he called the front desk to tell them where the shooter was firing from but no one answered the phone. All the while, he could hear the shooter changing calibers and weapons as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>\u201cSeconds are going by, minutes are going by, the rounds are continuously going,\u201d<\/em> Bethel said. \u201c<em>Changing weapons, changing calibers, you can hear the difference in the gunshots.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He told reporters as he watched the police attempt to locate the shooter\u2019s room, he noticed they were going in the <strong>wrong direction<\/strong>. Eventually, he was able to get someone on the phone to tell them, <em>\u201cHe\u2019s not over there. He\u2019s over here!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The first look into the officers\u2019 view during the shooting was revealed after Body Camera footage was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/pure-chaos-vegas-police-release-first-body-cam\/\">released<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on Tuesday, showing the sheer chaos and terror at the scene as they searched for the shooter.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xbB1CRvBbcY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">According to the Daily Mail\u2019s timeline, LVMPD admitted they knew of Paddock\u2019s exact location at 10:24 p.m., but they delayed in storming the room and taking out the suspect. It was not until 11:21 p.m. that the SWAT team used explosives to blow their way into the room, only to find Paddock reportedly deceased from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Bethel said he is filled with regret about the fact that it took LVMPD over an hour to get inside the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>\u201cI feel like I didn\u2019t do enough,\u201d<\/em> he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2017\/10\/02\/iraq-war-veteran-helped-direct-cops-to-vegas-shooters-room\/\">told<\/a><\/strong><\/span> CBS DFW. \u201c<em>I feel like I couldn\u2019t get a hold of somebody quick enough to let them know. And it felt like it took them too long to get over there, to take him out.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In all, 59 people were killed and 527 injured in the attack now known as the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. But LVMPD has not always been so slow to respond to reports of armed and dangerous individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In 2010, LVMPD officers were called to the Costco in Sumerlin because concealed carry permit holder and West Point graduate<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=rCj5j7-TlMU\"> Erik Scott<\/a><\/strong><\/span> had been seen carrying a concealed handgun in his waistband. It took LVMPD less than 15 minutes from when they received the call from Costco security until they arrived on scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">After they confronted Scott at the entrance to the Costco, they shot and killed the man many said was attempting to comply with their commands. Not only was he not brandishing a weapon and not firing upon innocent shoppers, but he had his arms raised above his head when he was struck by officers\u2019 bullets with one piercing his heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The fact that the LVMPD was so quick to respond to the call to a local warehouse club where a man was threatening no one and yet, were so slow to take action while an active shooter was mowing down hundreds of partygoers, has not gone unnoticed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While the gun grabbers are quick to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/politicians-celebrities-las-vegas-massacre-gun-control\/\"> push their unconstitutional initiatives<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to take away the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms, some criticism should be reserved for a police department that arguably dragged its feet. According to Bethel, they could have truly saved lives by responding much sooner and taking action immediately after they were given the location where Paddock was firing\u00a0from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><em>Jack Burns is an educator, journalist, investigative reporter, and advocate of natural medicine. This article <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/iraq-war-vet-police-delay-las-vegas-shooting\/\">first appeared<\/a> at <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/\">The Free Thought Project<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2017\/10\/iraq-war-vet-gave-exact-location-vegas-shooter-says-police-took-hour-respond.html\">Source<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iraq War Vet gave police the Las Vegas gunman&#8217;s exact position but it still took them over an hour to break into the room <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,61,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-false-flag-attacks","category-Commentary","category-las-vegas-mandalay-bay-hotel-shooting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158951,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158947\/revisions\/158951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}