I am searching for a report I read or shared here within past 36 hrs stating police were present in the hotel on a different floor for 'another matter' when the shooting first started..
This is why the hotel is in trouble, cops were already there but were not informed. I'll keep searching. so I can link it because I believe its pretty important..
Meanwhile I found this, have a look again, good refresher.. slightly GRAPHIC images but
from article
Early report so inconsistencies but-
McMahill didn't make it clear exactly when the SWAT team was in place, but said that at 10:38pm, a security guard approaching Paddock's room was non-fatally shot. The guard, who is still in hospital, sent 'digital information' to cops, McMahill said.
this is why I have some confusion re suicide
The video shows bullet holes piercing the left side of the suite's double doors, confirming reports that Paddock shot at officers as they tried to break into the room. However, most of the door is knocked down from the SWAT team's forceful - but necessary - entrance.
Bear in mind dailymail is not brightest star in sky but they do occasionally invest in stories and looks like they did so in this case, not saying its all accurate
have a look
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4944234/Two-23-rifles-inside-Stephen-Paddock-s-room.html
If accurate he fired shots through the door while they were breaching..??? This cannot be accurate, can it? what was he doing all that time and how come no reports of fatal to himself shots while or post breach?