(08-06-2019 12:08 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(08-06-2019 11:33 AM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  Serious question - did WalMart have security in the El Paso store? On a day when there were a reported 3000 people in the store it seems that would have been prudent. If security was in the store, did they engage the shooter?

Another serious question - in Dayton, police neutralized the shooter reportedly in less than 1 minute. How long did it take the police in El Paso to engage the shooter.

These questions were likely answered in the aftermath of these incidents, but I missed them. Thanks!

El Paso shooting was at one of the busiest Walmarts in U.S. — but it lacked security

Quote:“There were 3,000 shoppers in the store when the shooting occurred, which is more than you would typically have at a Black Friday,” said Burt P. Flickinger III, a retail consultant who has studied the Walmart. “Of any of the hundreds of thousands of retail stores in the country, it’s in the top five for all Walmarts.”

Despite the large crowd, there wasn’t any security guarding the store, according to a Walmart spokesman.

Quote:Randy Hargrove, a Walmart spokesman at its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters, confirmed the Walmart didn't have a security guard on duty at the time of the attack.

Wow. That’s not good.

I found this on police response time.

“Allen said his department received initial reports of the shooting at 10:39 a.m. and first responders arrived six minutes later. Police asked people to stay away from the area and to look for missing family members at a school being used as a reunification area. El Paso Police Sgt. Enrique Carrillo told reporters shortly before 1 p.m. that one person was in custody and there was no longer an "imminent threat" to the area.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-walma...-allen.amp

Less than a minute in Dayton, 6 minutes later in El Paso. Even a minute would seem like an eternity in such a situation.