![]() Were the photographs that were leaked to the press showing Paddock’s body stretched out on the floor lying on his back, photographs taken before his body was moved or after it was rolled back over, is undetermined at this time. What we don’t know at this point is whether photographs and or video were taken of Paddock’s body in an unaltered position as he was found in the room upon entry and were there any photographs and video taken during the process of rolling over his body. That source told the Baltimore Post-Examiner that the Command Post and the Counterterrorism Center wanted the identification and a photograph of Stephen Paddock’s face. What neither Lombardo or McMahill said was that if those leaked photographs were the actual photographs taken by crime scene investigators or were they taken by personnel who had access to the room prior to the arrival of the investigators, and if that is so, then they were most likely taken with the use of a cellphone camera.Ī police source with knowledge of the investigation told the Baltimore Post-Examiner that Paddock’s body was rolled over by police in the room after being ordered to do so by a commander for locating any identification on Paddock’s body. I can confirm those are, in fact, photos from inside of the room they are in fact photos of our suspect, and as the sheriff mentioned previously, we have all opened up an internal investigation to determine the source of the leaks of those photos to the public.” ![]() Those comments were echoed when Undersheriff Kevin McMahill, second in command told the press, “There was a question about the validity of the crime scene photos that somebody had leaked. When confronted with the leaked crime scene photographs, Clark County Sheriff, Joe Lombardo who heads the LVMPD told the media that he was not all happy about the leaks. To add insult to injury, as I reported in my previous story, I was told that the first two photographs showing two of the rifles in Paddock’s room were leaked by a command staff officer. Why any police officer would jeopardize the integrity of a major criminal investigation, specifically an investigation of the worst mass shooting in American history is not only a disgrace, but remains unanswered?įinancial gains could be at the top of the list as each one of those photographs were worth thousands of dollars to reporters from what I have been told. Crime scene photographs of Stephen Paddock’s body, the weapons in his suite and the suite itself, were leaked to the media by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department personnel shortly after the Oct.
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