The mystery surrounding the recent Las Vegas massacre of 58 and injuring of over 500 country and western concert goers from rooms on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel is getting curiouser and curiouser. In particular, there are growing questions about the timeline of events inside the hotel and the response to these events ... see: LA Times Article. I, myself, have given up on trying to unravel these things.
This sewing of confusion by both the hotel and Las Vegas law enforcement is quite understandable to me for one simple reason -- money. The potential monetary liability to the hotel and the city from the hundreds or possibly thousands of plaintiffs in this case is beyond enormous ... which means that shrouding of derrieres is taking place to a fair-thee-well ... and will continue until such time as some unaffected thitd party steps in and runs things ... say the FBI or even Congress.
Las Vegas is riddled with sweetheart dealing and corruption which, IMHO, is why things surrounding this massacre are so roiled. I expect we will never know the true story there as long as these shady players keep things, that happen Vegas, staying in Vegas.
I think it is a typical case of less-than-accurate "breaking news" humped by competing media outlets, reporting any shred of info before vetting it.
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