It's an investigation, Roy. New information contin

It's an investigation, Roy. New information continually comes to light.

But, if you begin with the assumption of a conspiracy then there is no 'truth' that will ever satisfy you that it isn't. Nor will you be able to submit proof that it was.

Conspiracy theory is the 'lens', too narrowly focused, that you're looking through. A real investigation neither assumes nor rules out anything.

YOU, and other conspiracy 'theorists' begin by ruling 'non-conspiracy' out. I don't rule it out, I simply suggest it is highly unlikely.

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“Nobody’s trying to be nefarious, nobody’s trying to hide anything, and what we want to do is draw the most accurate picture we can,” Lombardo said in a television interview Wednesday. “I’m telling you right now, today, that that timeline might change again.”

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MGM Resorts, which owns the Mandalay Bay, released a statement Tuesday night casting doubt on the latest timetable Lombardo had announced. In the statement, the company said it “cannot be certain about the most recent timeline” released publicly “and we believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate.”

MGM did not elaborate on what part of the police timeline was inaccurate and did not respond to questions regarding what it was disputing, what happened inside the hotel and whether hotel security officials are required to immediately call the police upon reports of gunshots.

Through a public-relations firm, MGM declined to make any employee available for an interview Wednesday, and said in a statement: “Security has been and continues to be a top priority at all of MGM Resorts.”

The Las Vegas police did not respond to a list of questions Wednesday about the revised timeline or whether they stood still by it. During an interview with 8 News Now, a CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, Lombardo attributed the shifting timeline to police being transparent.

“We’re letting people know exactly what we know at the time we know it,” he said. “The other thing is, there’s more than 20,000 moving parts associated with this investigation. And it takes time, and I ask people to give us patience. ”


Lombardo also said the timeline could change again due to the “human factor,” explaining that it was possible someone reporting the time the first shots were reported could have written down an incorrect time. Earlier this week, Lombardo had said Jesus Campos, the guard, “immediately” notified hotel security about his wound at 9:59 p.m. — six minutes before the gunman began firing a 10-minute barrage of bullets out his hotel window and into the crowd below.


“It may condense smaller; it may be less than six minutes when it’s all done,” Lombardo said. “But let’s not get wrapped around the axle on that.”

Precisely when the shots were fired and whether police were told before or during the shooting — which prompted officers to search the hotel for the gunman — could be critical information, as law enforcement officials experts often stress the importance of finding and stopping attackers during active shootings.

“Time is always of the essence once the gunfire starts, because more time means the potential for more people to get injured,” said Peter Blair, executive director of the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center and a criminal justice professor at Texas State University.

Paddock assembled an arsenal of 23 guns in his room and set up cameras to monitor the hallway, police said. Police previously said he shot Campos during the rampage and suggested Campos’s arrival may have interrupted the shooting.

Officers arrived on the Mandalay Bay’s 32nd floor at 10:17 p.m., two minutes after Paddock stopped firing for reasons that Lombardo said remain unknown. Lombardo has defended the police response, saying in his interview Wednesday that officers “did everything right” in responding and chafing against questions that have been raised.

“I think people are looking for a fall guy, as usual as a result of post-evaluation of any critical incident, and there isn’t one there,” he said. “No matter what the timeline is, the response was as quick as possible, and I don’t think the response could have been any faster.”

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