KLAS is reporting that the potential shooter has been identified and is facing charges:
Prosecutors have charged Andrew Warrender, 32, with attempted murder, two counts of assault with the use of a deadly weapon, and illegally discharging a gun, documents said.
Warrender was in custody at the Clark County Detention Center as of Tuesday without bail.
Warrender’s attorney, Richard Schonfeld, has asked a Clark County judge to postpone his client’s court hearings until he is able to attend court. Records show Warrender did not attend a hearing Tuesday due to medical reasons.
It is apparent that the LVMPD is treating this as an active shooter/self defense case.
LVMPD has not officially released any identifying information about the employee of Turnberry Towers who intervened, possibly due to concerns about running afoul of Marsy’s Law, which prevents disclosure of information about a victim that can assist a defendant in locating or harassing the victim or their family.
The team of doctors treating President Trump gave an update on his condition today.
“This morning the President’s team of physicians met with him in the Residence. He had a restful first night at home, and today he reports no symptoms. Vital signs and physical exam remain stable, with an ambulatory oxygen saturation level of 95-97%. Overall he continues to do extremely well, I will provide updates as we know more,” read the statement from Dr. Sean Conley, an active duty Navy Commander.
Trump returned to the White House Monday evening after spending the weekend at Walter Reed Military Hospital. He was flown to the hospital via Marine One on Friday evening.
Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
President Trump’s team of doctors gave an update about the President’s treatment and prognosis today.
Doctor Sean Dooley says President @realDonaldTrump continues to improve: He remains without fever since Friday morning, his vital signs are stable, and he's walking around the White House Medical Unit! pic.twitter.com/iOX48Dmloo
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) October 4, 2020
Doctor Brian Garibaldi: “Our hope is to plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the White House, where he can continue his treatment course." pic.twitter.com/3D72wnZZ1Z
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) October 4, 2020
Operation Legend, for those who don’t know, is the name of a Federal law enforcement push initiated in the wake of the killing of four year old LeGend Taliferro in Kansas City in June.
The operation kicked off on 8 July in Kansas City, and expanded to Chicago and Albuquerque on July 22, 2020, to Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee on July 29, 2020, to St. Louis and Memphis on August 6, 2020, and to Indianapolis on August 14, 2020. Through August 31 more than 2000 arrests have been made, 147 for homicide, more than 544 firearms have been seized; and more than seven kilos of fentanyl, 14 kilos of heroin, 12 kilos of cocaine, and 50 kilos of methamphetamine have been seized.
While I think this is fantastic, and all those involved deserve recognition for their work, I have to wonder why this was necessary in the first place. Had the authorities in these cities done their jobs, the criminals would have already been arrested and be in jail awaiting trial and further confinement.
I feel compelled to point out this little fact, all the cities targeted by Operation Legend are run by Democrats. It should be clear by now, their policies lead to the violence in their cities.
Most of us are in agreement that it was ammonium nitrate that caused the the explosion. But many are asking why that much of the chemical was stored there.
An independent journalist from Lebanon may have the answer. Hachem Yassine has a couple of Twitter threads that explain the situation.
Here’s the graphic from the tweet, so you can see it without having to click through.
It was produced by a law firm that represented the crew from the MV Rhosus, the vessel in question. Hachem goes into greater detail in the following thread:
There are a few things to keep in mind. This is Lebanon. Things happen in third world countries that would never happen here.
Beyond the normal corruption you’ll see in those types of places, Hezbollah is a big part of daily life there. It’s rumored they control the port and at least part of the customs service in Beirut.
My guess is the someone who didn’t want the shipment destroyed or re-exported was someone from Hezbollah. As I noted in yesterday’s The View from Here, Hezbollah has been caught trying to stockpile AN in England and Germany.
And a little mea culpa, I said yesterday the TNT equivalent of the 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate was 2.2k/t. It isn’t. That’s the equivalent yield of ANFO. Straight, un-boosted AN is less explod-y. The TNT equivalent is more like 1.2k/t.
The massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital yesterday has left at least 135 people dead and more than 5,000 wounded. Upwards of 300,000 people are now homeless because of the blast. Lebanese officials are still searching the rubble for victims and survivors.
The blast is being blamed on 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. It appears that what would have been a “normal” fire at the port caused the ammonium nitrate to cook off. In some of the footage of the explosion you can see flashes of what look like fireworks going off, which was an early explanation of the blast.
Ammonium nitrate is an industrial chemical commonly used as fertilizer for plants and can be used to make explosives. It does not readily burn, but will do so if contaminated with combustible material. It’s also an oxidizer, meaning that it draws oxygen to a fire and can make it more intense.
ANFO explosives are approximately 80% of the value of TNT, so based on my calculations, the blast at the port was equivalent to approximately 2200 tons of TNT.
For reference, Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols used approximately 4800lbs of ammonium nitrate explosives when the bombed the Murragh building in Oklahoma City. That’s equivalent to about 3800 pounds of TNT. The MOAB (massive ordnance air burst) is equivalent to 11 tons of TNT. What I’m saying is this was a huge blast.
The Beirut blast leveled an area 2km from the blast site and left a 70m crater.
Smoke can still be seen rising over the remnants of the port. The grain silos that stored as much as 80% of the grain for the country have been destroyed. Much of downtown was littered with damaged vehicles and debris that had rained down from the shattered facades of buildings.
As I reported yesterday, the USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire while alongside at San Diego around 0830 PDT. Firefighting efforts continue at this hour, and are expected to last the next several days. The cause of the fire onboard the 844 foot amphibious assault ship is still unknown.
The fire apparently broke out in the ship’s lower vehicle storage area according to Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3.
Throughout Sunday night and into Monday morning, helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Three dropped buckets of water on the ship. Tug boats also sprayed water on the ship from the bay, while all ships in port were directed to assist with the effort, the Navy said.
As of 06:30 a.m. Pacific time, firefighting teams continue operations on board USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), 57 personnel, 34 @USNavy Sailors and 23 civilians, have been treated for minor injuries including heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation.
— Naval Surface Forces (@SurfaceWarriors) July 13, 2020
Federal and Navy firefighters took turns battling the blaze as they worked to “find the seat of the fire and extinguish it,” said Federal Fire San Diego Division Chief Rob Bondurant around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Thirty-four sailors and 23 civilians have been treated for minor injuries, including heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation, from the fire aboard the San Diego-based amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard which began Sunday morning, the Navy said.
Five sailors remain in the hospital and are in stable condition, Naval Surface Forces for the Pacific Fleet tweeted on Monday.
As of 3:30 a.m. PST, there are 5 Sailors admitted to local hospitals for observation. All are in stable condition.
— Naval Surface Forces (@SurfaceWarriors) July 13, 2020
“We’re absolutely going to make sure it sails again,” Sobeck told reporters early Sunday evening. “Right now we’re fighting the fire and then we’ll work on understanding what exactly happened with the fire and where it went, make sure she sails as best as possible … she was in a stage of repair anyway, so we’ll get right back at it once we get this thing contained.”
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday called the incident “a terrible tragedy.”
“We are grateful for the quick and immediate response of local, base, and shipboard firefighters aboard USS Bonhomme Richard,” he said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with our BHR Sailors, their families, and our emergency responders who continue to fight the fire. Godspeed.”
