Shooting in Thornton at Walmart?

[.455_Hunter]

I don't think they ever said it delayed the ID of the main suspect but it did delay their conclusion that there was only one suspect.

Regardless, using the words straight from Thronton PD, the MEDIA IMPRESSION is to portray the armed citizens' presence as disrupting and problematic.

[KevDen2005]

Regardless, using the words straight from Thronton PD, the MEDIA IMPRESSION is to portray the armed citizens' presence as disrupting and problematic.

The problem was not knowing who a shooter was and coming up with armed citizens in the process and going through the process it takes for several officers to stop, detain, and find out who this person was during the initial response. No one knew who the shooter was or where he had gone at the time, hence delaying a search of the actual suspect. That is what they are saying.

[hollohas]

The problem was not knowing who a shooter was and coming up with armed citizens in the process and going through the process it takes for several officers to stop, detain, and find out who this person was during the initial response. No one knew who the shooter was or where he had gone at the time, hence delaying a search of the actual suspect. That is what they are saying.

I think the PD did a pretty good job. Got him fairly quickly.

I was actually very happy to hear multiple people were armed. Put a smile on my face. Sorting through each as part of the investigation is just a necessary result of a politely armed society.

[.455_Hunter]

Yet another vilification of the armed citizens, with more "helpful" comments from Thornton PD, published on KUSA at 9:00 pm last night...

POLICE HAD TO DECIPHER BETWEEN CUSTOMERS WITH GUNS AND THE SUSPECT AFTER WALMART SHOOTING

http://www.9news.com/mobile/article/...g/73-489004442

He ultimately said there were between two-and-five "good guys" with guns.

It is obvious that Thornton PD had never trained or planned for a contingency where they would encounter or have to process multiple armed citizens post-event, and are actively using said citizens as a scapegoat for bumbling the initial investigation.

Were there no:

- cameras looking directly at the shooting scene that could immediately reviewed? This was the checkout area, not the antifreeze and oil aisle.

- witness discriptions of the person doing the ACTUAL shooting?

- contemplation that the guy waiting around after the event with a personal weapon is probably NOT your suspect?

Sorry- Usually I am pretty loathe to criticize law enforcement, but this just smells and the media is lapping it up.