en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Paddock
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Paddock killed himself in his hotel room following the shooting after seeing police SWAT teams coming towards the hotel.
Official timelines do not support this. Paddock had stopped firing and apparently killed himself around 10:15 p.m., while the first SWAT officers did not reach the 32nd floor until 10:55 p.m.
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This sentence gets the timeline wrong.
Official FBI findings state that Paddock committed suicide as law-enforcement officers assembled in the hallway outside his room, not after he saw SWAT teams coming toward the hotel. The FBI also says he used cameras to monitor for an approaching response to his room.
Separately, the sheriff's timeline reported by CBS says the shooting ended at 10:15 p.m. and that SWAT-related officers did not arrive near Paddock's room until 10:55 p.m. That is a 40-minute gap. So the article's wording — that he killed himself after seeing police SWAT teams coming toward the hotel — conflicts with the published timeline.
A more accurate summary would be that Paddock appears to have killed himself around the time officers were assembling outside his room, not after watching SWAT teams approach the hotel itself.
2 sources
- Key Findings of the Behavioral Analysis Unit’s Las Vegas Review Panel (FBI)
"As responding law enforcement officers assembled in the hallway outside of his hotel room, Paddock committed suicide."
- Las Vegas sheriff details timeline of shooting, discovery of gunman - CBS News
"The shooting continued for 10 minutes, until 10:15 p.m.... At 10:55 p.m., eight officers arrived in the stairwell at the opposite end of the hallway nearest to the Paddock's room."