{"id":330993,"date":"2017-10-18T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T10:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/disappearance-of-las-vegas-hotel-security-guard-deepens-shooting-mystery-rt-america\/"},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:03:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T10:03:22","slug":"disappearance-of-las-vegas-hotel-security-guard-deepens-shooting-mystery-rt-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/disappearance-of-las-vegas-hotel-security-guard-deepens-shooting-mystery-rt-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappearance of Las Vegas hotel security guard deepens shooting mystery \u2014 RT America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        The hotel security guard wounded by the Las Vegas hotel shooter is in a safe place after going to a medical clinic last week instead of showing up for scheduled TV interviews, according to MGM.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u201cJesus Campos wants to tell his story at a time and place of his choosing,\u201d\u00a0MGM Resorts International spokeswoman Debra DeShong told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/vegas-guard-shot-paddock-vanishes-tv-interviews-50538379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AP<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s asked that everyone respect his request for privacy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/406651-campos-missing-updated-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.10\/thumbnail\/59e16307fc7e935a7a8b4567.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Chris Wattie\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company did not say where Campos was staying.<\/p>\n<p>Campos had already spoken to police about the night of the shooting, but wanted to go public and tell his side of the story about the events of October 1, according to David Hickey of the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA).<\/p>\n<p>The security guard went to ground shortly before his scheduled TV interviews last Thursday, including a high-profile one with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/10\/17\/fox-news-first-security-guard-in-las-vegas-massacre-missing-nbc-news-chief-feels-weinstein-heat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>\u2019 Sean Hannity. Hickey said he had received a text saying Campos was taken to the United Medical Center Quick Care facility. A clinic spokesperson told Fox News they had not heard about Campos coming in, however.<\/p>\n<p>Campos was initially a hailed as a hero after police said that he unwittingly interrupted Stephen Paddock\u2019s assault on concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Fifty-eight people died in the attack, the worst mass civilian shooting in modern US history. Police said a total of 546 people were injured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/406053-vegas-shooter-note-bullet-trajectory\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.10\/thumbnail\/59da3590fc7e93d26d8b4567.jpg\" alt=\"White crosses set up for the victims of the Route 91 Harvest music festival mass shooting are pictured in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 6, 2017. \u00a9 Chris Wattie\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The unarmed security guard arrived in the hallway of the Mandalay Bay resort to investigate a report of an open door on the 32nd floor. As he approached the gunman\u2019s suite, Paddock opened fire, shooting Campos in the thigh.<\/p>\n<p>Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said the security guard was shot by\u00a0<em>\u201cstrafing\u201d<\/em>\u00a0gunfire through the door. Paddock had installed cameras in the peephole and on a service cart in the hallway to enable him to see anyone approaching.<\/p>\n<p>The police timeline changed dramatically a week after the shooting, when Lombardo said Campos reported he had been wounded at 9:59pm, six minutes before concertgoers reported shorts coming from the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Several days later, Lombardo changed the timeline again, saying that Campos had been dispatched to the 32nd floor at 9:59pm and was actually wounded in the hallway less than a minute before the attack on the concert started at 10:05pm, and ended at 10:15pm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/405321-las-vegas-shooting-panic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.10\/thumbnail\/59d33b11fc7e9363238b4567.jpg\" alt=\"Mourners attend a candlelight vigil at the corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard for the victims of Sunday night's mass shooting, October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. \u00a9 Drew Angerer \/ Getty Images\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The guard\u2019s account of the events was expected to shed more light on what happened in the moments before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Last week on NBC\u2019s Today show, Mandalay Bay maintenance worker Stephen Schuck described seeing Campos in the hallway while both of them were pinned down by gunfire. Schuck then declined further interviews.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the police have not found a motive for Paddock\u2019s attack. The Islamic State issued a statement claiming responsibility, but no link has been established so far between the terrorist group and the Vegas shooter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/407039-vegas-hotel-security-guards-disappearance\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hotel security guard wounded by the Las Vegas hotel shooter is in a safe place after going to a medical clinic last week instead of showing up for scheduled TV interviews, according to MGM. \u00a0\u201cJesus Campos wants to tell his story at a time and place of his choosing,\u201d\u00a0MGM Resorts International spokeswoman Debra DeShong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-330993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}