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Turnberry Towers condominiums

There was an incident at a high end Las Vegas condo last week and I’ll bet you haven’t heard a peep about it.

A potential mass shooter entered the Turnberry Towers at 222 Karen ave in Vegas. Video shows the shooter milling about in the lobby of the complex carrying a rifle and wearing some sort of helmet. (The tweet will not embed, it’s marked ‘sensitive content’, if you want to see click this link.)

At some point an employee of the complex engages the shooter with his concealed carry handgun.

Worst active shooter ever.
Dude gets lit up immediately after shooting out the glass doors and entering Turnberry Towers in Las Vegas.
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— Donut Operator 🍩 (@DonutOperator) June 27, 2023

From KTNV:

. . . a man wearing a helmet had an AR-15 and other weapons when he entered the towers Friday afternoon.

This is when the resident tells us the man fired shots in the area of the front desk, shattering glass which is shown in pictures they have provided to us.

The resident says it was an employee of the towers who stopped the attack, and thinks they are a hero who deserves recognition for stepping in.

The potential shooter is still alive and in critical condition. And as of this writing the hero of our little story has not been charged.

Now it seems that the LVMPD is actively trying to suppress this story.

Last Friday, LVPD responded to a shooting at a luxury condo just off the Las Vegas strip. The initial reporting on it looked generally like this:

Two people involved. One shot and injured.

That's it. Pretty standard crime, right?https://t.co/cMK2svH0Xg
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) June 27, 2023

None of these reports mention HOW the employee stopped the gunman. Was it a rugby tackle? Persuasion? Sorcery? An Old Testament-style act of Divine Intervention and super-natural strength?

Apparently, no one can be bothered to ask these things or report on them.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) June 27, 2023

Now, here's where it gets weird.

This video is everywhere. Readily findable. Easily proves that a would-be active shooter was stopped by a good guy with a gun.

And the police are just pretending like they have no idea what happened.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) June 27, 2023

Again, this has been FOUR DAYS since the incident. They obviously have this information. And some of the questions have obvious answers that they need only confirm – like yes, duh, the gunman was shot by someone who wasn't a cop.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) June 27, 2023

Now, do I understand that if the employee isn't a suspect, his identity should be protected? Yes. Do I understand that there may be legal implications for him if his employer didn't know he was armed or if he didn't have a CCW? Yes.

But I'm not asking for that information.
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) June 27, 2023

Four days, and LVPD apparently doesn't think it's important to clarify basic facts of an incident that would probably garner national attention.

They'd prefer you just move along, folks, because what does it matter if a good guy with a gun saved lives?
— Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) June 27, 2023

I have to wonder why the LVMPD is trying to keep this quiet. Are charges imminent? Is there something going on with the ‘shooter’ that they feel the need to hide?

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