LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Physique digital camera video from the primary police officer to enter Stephen Paddock’s suite following the 1 October capturing exists in any case, years after the division indicated the officer by no means activated his digital camera.
Paddock, 64, shot greater than 1,000 rounds from his Mandalay Bay lodge room on the Route 91 Harvest Competition concert-goers on Oct. 1, 2017, killing 58 and injuring tons of. Two extra victims died because of their accidents at a later time.
Following a court docket order, Las Vegas Metro police launched physique digital camera video of their response in batches. No video from Levi Hancock, the primary officer to breach Paddock’s suite, was believed to exist. On the time, 8 Information Now and different media retailers reported Hancock by no means engaged his physique digital camera, citing division attorneys.
“Levi Hancock was the first officer who breached the room that did not have his [body-worn camera] activated,” an lawyer representing Metro on the time of the movies’ launch wrote in an e mail.
Physique digital camera video from the primary police officer to enter Stephen Paddock’s suite following the 1 October capturing exists in any case, years after the division indicated the officer by no means activated his digital camera. (KLAS)
“While all officers are required to wear the cameras, the first officer who entered the room that night did not activate his body camera, according to the Las Vegas sheriff, Joseph Lombardo,” the New York Occasions reported after the primary launch.
Hancock didn’t have interaction his digital camera in the course of the breach; nevertheless, he activated it within the minutes afterward. There is no such thing as a indication the division meant to hide the video’s existence.
The newly launched video signifies Hancock engaged his digital camera whereas contained in the room. The video lasts 1 hour and 20 minutes and reveals Hancock strolling round Paddock’s suite and the lodge property.
“Once in the room, he located the suspect deceased on the floor with an apparent head wound,” Metro’s investigative report concerning the capturing mentioned. “After the room was deemed safe, he turned the room over to patrol and went to search for any possible additional shooters.”
The mass capturing was the deadliest in trendy U.S. historical past. Along with the 60 killed, Paddock injured greater than 850 individuals. (KLAS)
In a single half, Hancock discusses how Paddock was the “lone shooter” and the scene was safe.
A YouTube web page, Las Vegas Taking pictures Archive, first posted the video by way of a data request for Hancock’s video particularly. A put up on the video signifies the requester appealed its redactions, which they mentioned have been then lessened. The video was by no means launched in its present type till earlier this month as a result of it was by no means requested.
All Metro officers put on physique cameras, per a 2013 coverage, which says officers ought to start a recording when it is “practical and safe.”
FBI paperwork launched in 2023 listing all of the proof collected within the case, together with 24 weapons and quite a few bump shares from the lodge room and 18 extra weapons from Paddock’s Mesquite house.
“Paddock was very upset on the approach casinos have been treating him and different excessive rollers,” the FBI mentioned within the 2023 report.
The mass capturing was the deadliest in trendy U.S. historical past. Along with the 60 killed, Paddock injured greater than 850 individuals.
