Falsified Mandalay Bay security report led to controversy
This week’s battle of the six minutes between the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and MGM Resorts International, the owner of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, was an ever-changing story of convoluted timelines and statements on both sides with no supporting evidence released by either side.
The dispute involved was whether Mandalay Bay Security Officer, Jesus Campos was shot at at 9:59 p.m. a full six minutes before the gunman opened fire at 10:05 p.m. or after the gunman had already opened fire on the crowd and what time Campos called in about the shooting.
On Thursday MGM Resorts International released the statement, “The 9:59 p.m. PDT time was derived from a Mandalay Bay report was manually created after the fact without benefit of information we now have.” “We are now confident that the time stated in this report is not accurate.”
In simple terms what MGM Resorts International said was that someone put false information into a report. Of course, they did not elaborate on what that new information was, what report they were referring to, or what employee was responsible.
Placing the wrong information into any official company report is a serious matter in the corporate world. From a risk management standpoint, it puts into question the validity of any other reports.
On Friday, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said at his press conference, “I stand by the time of 9:59 p.m.” “It wasn’t inaccurate when I provided it to you. The circumstances associated with it is inaccurate.” “I am very well aware of the MGM statement provided yesterday. I agree with their statement, I am not in conflict with that statement, but here’s what I will tell you.” “We were provided the timeline of 2159 [9:59 p.m.] as a human entry into the security log.”
Lombardo didn’t elaborate on what that entry into the security log was.
Lombardo stated he now believes Campos received his wounds in close proximity to 10:05 p.m. and that timeline has been confirmed according to Lombardo.
Neither the LVMPD or MGM Resorts International has provided any documentation yet to back up this current version of events.
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