Potential mass shooting foiled ahead of MLB All-Star game

[Nevilledog]

Last edited Sun Jul 11, 2021, 12:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/4-arrested-at-maven-hotel-police-feared-a-las-vegas-style-shooting-during-all-star-game-in-denver

DENVER – Police feared a “Las Vegas-style shooting” during the All-Star Game in Denver after receiving a tip from a maid working at a hotel not far from Coors Field. The staff member discovered more than a dozen weapons and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition inside one of the rooms Friday night.

Multiple informed law enforcement sources connected with the investigation told Denver7’s Liz Gelardi and Denver7 chief investigative reporter Tony Kovaleski that they found the weapons inside a room on the eighth floor of the Maven Hotel as All-Star Game celebrations got underway.

Sources said police removed 16 long guns, body armor and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from the room which featured a balcony overlooking the downtown area. The sources said they feared the number of weapons, ammo, vantage point and large crowds could have resulted in a "Las Vegas-style shooting."

Based on the information provided by the hotel employee, police executed a search warrant and found the guns, ammo, body armor and a man inside the room on the eighth floor.

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[aeromanKC]

1. White Nationalist MAGAt's butthurt the game was moved from Georgia.

That's my guess and I'm sticking to it.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Yup. And, really stupid ones at that.

Did they just not know that housekeeping comes into your room every day to change linens and tidy up? That they left all that weaponry out in the open like that for them to find boggles the mind. And, how the hell did they get all that armament into the room without anyone seeing it? Did they dismantle the security cameras?

[NJCher]

2. can you imagine

being that maid?

[Nevilledog]

3. Kick....changed to shorter title

[onecaliberal]

4. K&R

[Initech]

5. I was worried something like this was going to happen.

[GoCubsGo]

7. It almost happened in Chicago, too.

It was the same deal. A hotel housekeeper found a pile of weapons in a room overlooking Grant Park. Thank goodness she saw it and called the cops.

[forthemiddle]

8. It turns out to be a drug bust

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/arrests-downtown-denver-hotel/73-cca8dcfd-1283-4b34-85b6-9d8498b4104a

No indication that there was any association to the all start game, or mass murder plot.

[PortTack]

9. All in all the maid did the right thing. See something say something

[forthemiddle]

10. Yes she did!

I hope there is a bonus from the hotel for her!