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Earlier this week, LawNewz and other outlets reported on the curious circumstances surrounding hotel security guard Jesus Campos, who was involved in the response to the shooting carried out by Stephen Paddock at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. Campos, who was injured during the shooting, was set to make a series of television appearances, but then canceled them. Conflicting reports surfaced regarding his whereabouts, and the ensuing confusion, led to the belief that he was missing. Now, however, he is being advertised as appearing on Wednesday’s Ellen program.David Hickey, the president of Campos’ union, told LawNewz just hours prior to the Ellen tweet that he had been with Campos last week while he prepared for another scheduled TV appearance that didn’t happen. Hickey had left Campos to attend a meeting, and when he returned, Campos was gone, he said. Hickey said that Campos had been taken to a Quick Care medical facility, but a … [Read more...] about Las Vegas Hotel Guard Jesus Campos, Thought Missing, Makes Appearance on

Stephen Paddock during the deadly attack at the Mandalay Bay hotel has apparently gone missing. David Hickey, president of the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union had said last Friday that Jesus Campos was being treated at UMC Quick Care medical facility, but a facility spokesperson said there was no record that this was true.Now, Hickey is apparently at a loss, telling LawNewz he hasn’t heard anything in days.Hickey was with Campos just last Thursday at a Las Vegas hotel, while Campos was preparing for television appearances on Fox News, CNN, CBS, NBC, and ABC. He no-showed all of them.This comes in the wake of confusion regarding what really happened on the day of the attack. A change in the official timeline from law enforcement officials said that Campos’ encounter with Paddock, which resulted in the guard being shot in the leg, took place prior to the main shooting and not after. Fanning the flames of confusion was … [Read more...] about Just Before Scheduled TV Appearances, Las Vegas Hotel Guard Jesus Campos Goes Missing

ATLANTA (AP) — The slaying of five dozen people in Las Vegas did little to change Americans’ opinions about gun laws, a poll finds.The nation is closely divided on whether restricting firearms would reduce such mass shootings or homicides, though a majority favors tighter laws as they have for several years, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.The massive divide on stricter limits remains firmly in place.The survey was conducted from Oct. 12-16, about two weeks after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired on a crowded musical festival taking place on across the street from his hotel room, killing 58 and wounding more than 540 before killing himself.In this latest survey, 61 percent said the country’s gun laws should be tougher, while 27 percent would rather see them remain the same and 11 percent want them to be less strict. That’s similar to the results of an AP-GfK poll in July 2016.Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats, but … [Read more...] about Poll Finds Las Vegas Shooting Doesn’t Alter Opinions On Guns

Stephen Paddock on Sunday, while the officers who raided his hotel room door the night of the shooting gave a harrowing account of a barricaded door they had to bust through and the booby-traps they feared they’d find.The search of Paddock’s three-bedroom house on a cul-de-sac in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, was for “re-documenting and rechecking,” said local police Chief Troy Tanner, who accompanied FBI agents as they served the search warrant.“I don’t think they are after anything specific,” Tanner told The Associated Press. “They’re going through everything and photographing everything again.”The home was first searched Monday by Las Vegas police, who said they found 19 guns and several pounds of potentially explosive materials at the house that Paddock bought in early 2015.The search came exactly a week after Paddock opened fire on a country music crowd, killing 58 and injuring nearly 500.Meanwhile, the … [Read more...] about FBI Searches Las Vegas Gunman’s House Again