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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:12 AM Oct 2017

Jesus Campos, Vegas security guard shot before rampage, appears to have vanished

REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS - The story seemed straightforward: The unarmed security guard approached Stephen Paddock's room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, distracting the gunman and potentially saving lives.
With a gunshot wound to his leg, he helped point officers to the gunman's location and stayed behind to evacuate hotel guests.

He was hailed a hero by many, even as the story changed. Twice.

Now, the man that many want to honor and who can help bring clarity about the timeline of the shooting has vanished from the public eye, less than two weeks since the Oct. 1 massacre, which left 58 people dead and more than 500 others injured.

David Hickey, president of the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America union, said it had been four days since he last saw Jesus Campos.

"We have had no contact with him.... Clearly, somebody knows where he is," he said.

Lombardo's revision on Friday was made a day after MGM Resorts, which owns Mandalay Bay, disputed the department's timeline. In a statement, MGM said the time of 9:59 p.m. came from a hotel report that was created manually and was not accurate. Casino officials said the gunman was firing at concertgoers "at the same time as, or within 40 seconds after," Campos reported the gunfire over his radio.

Lombardo also said the guard had been investigating an alarm for a door that had been left ajar on the 32nd floor, where the shooting occurred. He also said that Paddock had checked into the hotel on Sept. 25, not Sept. 28 as had been previously reported.

The correction raises questions about why it took police 12 minutes to find the gunman's hotel room when officers were already in the building and why they were searching other rooms when they were told the gunman was on the 32nd floor.

According to a former armed security guard at Mandalay Bay, there are supposed to be armed guards patrolling the hallways of the hotel and that Campos was using a device to log in his whereabouts in the casino.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jesus-campos-vegas-security-guard-shot-before-rampage-appears-to-have-vanished/ar-AAtCWGw?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

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Jesus Campos, Vegas security guard shot before rampage, appears to have vanished (Original Post) mfcorey1 Oct 2017 OP
In a secure location same as paddocks girlfriend Watchfoxheadexplodes Oct 2017 #1
The hotel is facing hundreds of millions in lawsuits. yardwork Oct 2017 #12
Yeah we've probably seen the last of Mandalay Bay. Initech Oct 2017 #16
Racist RW gunners will blame the tragedy on him or call him a coward . He had no idea what the lunasun Oct 2017 #2
Oh boy, the conspiracists are going to go nuts with this. louis-t Oct 2017 #3
Come on now. You're being ridiculous. Yavin4 Oct 2017 #6
Maybe he just wants to recuperate without joining the media circus? FSogol Oct 2017 #4
I guess we will find out eventually. cwydro Oct 2017 #13
If he thinks he has a reason janterry Oct 2017 #5
That's a funny definition of vanished MSN has. kcr Oct 2017 #7
Makes the story better, doncha know. nt cwydro Oct 2017 #17
the story says... sarah FAILIN Oct 2017 #8
So he hasnt vanished. yardwork Oct 2017 #11
He may not be at home. nt. Mariana Oct 2017 #15
Understand the Guy Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #9
Supposedly, he was minutes away from a news conference when he vanished. cwydro Oct 2017 #10
The man was shot for goodness sake DVRacer Oct 2017 #14

Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,496 posts)
1. In a secure location same as paddocks girlfriend
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:16 AM
Oct 2017

Until they fix the narrative on now what appears to be one hell of a cluster fuck.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
12. The hotel is facing hundreds of millions in lawsuits.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 12:06 PM
Oct 2017

The hotel has a very good reason to keep their employees from talking to the media.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
16. Yeah we've probably seen the last of Mandalay Bay.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 02:16 PM
Oct 2017

Which sucks, that was an awesome place to stay in Vegas. And if MGM goes under as a result, Vegas probably goes with it.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Racist RW gunners will blame the tragedy on him or call him a coward . He had no idea what the
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:19 AM
Oct 2017

shooter was doing in his room other than he shot out his door and called for help as expected
Then stayed to assist others after he was wounded
I'm sure his name is already in all thier crazy rw conspiracy theories about the shooting

louis-t

(23,292 posts)
3. Oh boy, the conspiracists are going to go nuts with this.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:21 AM
Oct 2017

"Obama is hiding him"
"Clinton had him killed"
"George Soros kidnapped him"
Oh, I forgot, !!!!!!!111!111!!

Yavin4

(35,433 posts)
6. Come on now. You're being ridiculous.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:28 AM
Oct 2017

Everyone knows that he's Hillary's secret lover. Come now.

FSogol

(45,473 posts)
4. Maybe he just wants to recuperate without joining the media circus?
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:21 AM
Oct 2017

Not giving interviews to every two-bit media nitwit and clown with a blog is hardly vanishing. Maybe he's trying to avoid the inevitable "dig up everything in his past" phase that we see happen to other victims.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
13. I guess we will find out eventually.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 01:05 PM
Oct 2017

This is a strange story that seems to be only getting stranger.

kcr

(15,315 posts)
7. That's a funny definition of vanished MSN has.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 11:41 AM
Oct 2017

Why, I guess to them, you practically don't exist if you aren't talking to them. Why would any decent, sane American not try to grasp desperately at their 15 minutes!?

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
10. Supposedly, he was minutes away from a news conference when he vanished.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 12:02 PM
Oct 2017

Most likely the hotel honchos and their lawyers decided to get him out of the limelight till they get their stories straight.

DVRacer

(707 posts)
14. The man was shot for goodness sake
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 02:01 PM
Oct 2017

That in and of it self is a very traumatic experience. Now the media is prying into everything about his life and job. His work is up his ass trying to minimize their liability in the whole thing. Everyone needs to back off, let him get through his own pain and suffering before jumping on him. He was a victim too.

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