Facing South Florida: Massacre In Las Vegas

I'M JIM DeFEDE.
WELCOME TO FACING SOUTH
FLORIDA.
ONE MONTH AGO HURRICANE IRMA
TORE THROUGH THE SKIS.
I TOOK A FEW DAYS LAST WEEK TO
GO DOWN TO THE KEYS AND CHECK
ON THINGS.
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND
THE MAYOR ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED
AND VIDEO OF THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS.
FIRST, THE BIG STORY OF THE
WEEK WAS THE MASS SHOOTING IN
LAS VEGAS, THE WORST MASS
SHOOTING IN THE NATION'S
HISTORY.
PEOPLE ARE LAYING
EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE ARE
BLEEDING.
ACTIVE SHOOTERMENT ACTIVE
SHOOTER.
I SAW PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME
GET HIT WITH BULLETS.
I HOPPED ON MY FRIENDS TO MAKE
SURE THEY WERE OKAY.
HE SAVED MY LIFE.
THESE PATIENTS, SO MANY
COMING IN SO FAST.
WE DID WHAT IS CALLED DAMAGE
CONTROL WHICH IS REALLY JUST
STOPPING THE PROCESS OF DYING.
TODAY I'M COMFORTABLE IN
SAYING THAT THE INJURED NUMBER
IS 4 9.
DEATHS STILL AT 59.
RECOMPANY REFERRED 23 FIREARMS
AT MANDALAY BAY AND 19 FIREARMS
AT HIS HOME IN MESQUITE.
TWO CAMERAS IN THE HALLWAY
SO THAT THE SUSPECT COULD WATCH
AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SECURITY
APPROACHED HIS ROOM.
HE WAS A PRIVATE GUY.
IS HE SUCH A WEAR DO BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND
POSTED 50,000 DAM PICTURES OF
HIMSELF EVERY DAY.
A GUY SHOOTING FROM THE 32nd
FLOOR WAS THE LAST OF THEIR
WORRIES.
NOW IT WILL BECOME A NEW WORRY.
THE MASS MURDER THAT TOOK
PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT FILLS
AMERICA'S HEART WITH GRIEF.
AMERICA IS TRULY A NATION IN
MOURNING.
HIS NAME WASON ANY.
HE WAS SUN -- WAS SONNY.
HE WAS THE MOST SELFLESS PERSON
I MET.
EVEN UNTIL HIS LAST BREATH HE
PROVED THAT.
MASS SHOOTINGS ARE
COMMONPLACE, THERE ARE 340 MASS
SHOOTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES
THIS YEAR ALONE.
SHOOTINGS LIKE THE ONE IN VEGAS
FORCED SOME SORT OF OBLIGATORY
SOUL SEARCHING.
WHETHER ANYTHING COMES OF IT IS
ANOTHER STORY.
NEVERTHELESS, JOINING ME NOW TO
ADDRESS WHERE WE ARE IS SOMEONE
THAT LIVED THROUGH THIS
NIGHTMARE BEFORE, MIAMI BEACH
POLICE CHIEF DAN OAKS, THE
CHIEF IN AURORA, COLORADO IN
2012 WHEN A GUNMAN SET OFF TEAR
GAS GRENADES AND USED MULTIPLE
FIREARMS TO SHOOT INTO AN
AUDIENCE OF THE MIDNIGHT
SHOWING OF DARK KNIGHT RISING.
AT THE TIME THAT WAS THE WORST
MASS SHOOTING THEN WE KEEP I
CLIPSING AND ECLIPSING THEM.
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE MASS
SHOOTINGS, WHERE DOES YOUR MIND
GO.
MY MIND GOES BACK TO THE
EXPERIENCE THAT THE TOWN OF
AURORA WENT THROUGH.
EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT
FEELS FOR THE COMMUNITY
VICTIMIZED.
IT'S KIND OF AN ELEMENT OF HERE
WE GO AGAIN, SORT OF A PTSD
KIND OF THING FOR ANY COMMUNITY
THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS.
THESE EVENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY --
THEY TEAR COMMUNITIES APART.
IT IS PER VERSE THE GROWING
NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT FEEL
FOR THIS EVERY TIME SOMEONE IS
HIT.
WITHIN HOURS I WAS ON THE PHONE
WITH FRIENDS IN AURORA,
COMMUNICATING, TEXTING AND
COULD MISS SER RATING FOR LAS
VEGAS AND KNOWING THE HORROR
THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL GO
THROUGH.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF
WHAT THAT WILL BE LIKE?
IT JUST GOES ON AND ON.
IT'S ABSOLUTE CATACLYSMIC FOR A
COMMUNITY.
IT TORE AURORA APART.
THERE WASN'T ANYONE THAT DIDN'T
KNOW SOMEONE VICTIMIZED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE HIT OR
AT THE SCENE BUT THE FIRST
RESPONDERS, THE CITY EMPLOYEES
WHO HAVE TO PULL THE CITY
TOGETHER IN THE AFTERMATH.
IT'S ALL THOSE THAT HAVE TO
LEAD CONGREGATIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERMATH.
IT GOES ON AND ON.
I TELL THE STORY FOUR MONTHS
AFTER OUR EVENT IN LATE 2012
WAS THE SANDY HOOK NEW TOWN
SHOOTING.
THAT WAS AT THE POINT WHERE WE
AS A COMMUNITY WERE BEGINNING
TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE,
SOMETHING APPROACHING A NORMAL
LIFE BESIDES THE FACT WE WERE
VICTIMIZED AS A COMMUNITY AND
WE FELL INTO A DARK FUNK AFTER
NEW TOWN BECAUSE WE GRIEVED FOR
WHAT WE KNOW WAS THE HORROR IN
NEW TOWN AND ALL THE NEW VICTIM
MYZATION AND WHAT THAT --
VICTIM MYZATION AND WHAT THEY
WERE GOING THROUGH THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT FUNERALS FOR THE
50 PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY
WILL EXPERIENCE THAT.
IT'S A HORROR.
SEEMS LIKE AFTER EVERYONE
THERE IS A PATTERN.
THE NATURAL DEBATE ABOUT GUNS
THAT WE WILL GET TO IN A SECOND
BUT JUST TRYING TO EVALUATE AND
HOW TO PREVENT THE LAST ATTACK
FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
SO, WE START CREATING LESSON
PLANS.
WHAT WERE THE LESSONS OUT OF
AURORA.
A COUPLE.
IT'S TIME FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO BE TAUGHT THE BATTLEFIELD.
MOST EQUIP OFFICERS WITH
TOURNIQUETS AND HOW TO USE
THEM.
WE DID IT IN MIAMI BEACH AND
AURORA.
MOST DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING THAT
AND THE COORDINATION OF POLICE
AND FIRE.
IN THESE BIG SCENES, THERE IS
AN ACTIVE ZONE OF WOUNDED.
AND THERE IS A CHALLENGE TO GET
THE PARAMEDICS WHO KNOW HOW TO
CARE BEST WHERE THE WOUNDED ARE
WHERE THE -- WHILE THE THREAT
EXISTS.
MODERN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER
AND PRACTICE CREATING POLICE
OFFICERS TO PROTECT THE
PARAMEDICS AND GET THEM WHERE
THE WOUNDED ARE.
YOU SAW THIS IN AURORA,
COMBAT PARAMEDICS WEARING
BULLETPROOF VESTS.
GIVEN THE TYPE OF WEAPONRY IN
THIS CASE, THE TYPE OF VESTS
THAT THE PARAMEDICS WERE
WEARING, I'M NOT SURE THEY
WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE TYPES OF
BULLETS THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS
FIRING.
THAT'S FACT THAT HAS TO BE
CONSIDERED.
THE ON SCENE COMMANDERS HAVE TO
WEIGH WHAT IS SAFE AND HOW TO
GET THE PARAMEDICS WHERE THE
WOUNDED ARE.
THE OTHER LESSON OUT OF OUR
EXPERIENCE THAT HAS BEEN
APPLIED IS IF YOU CAN'T GET THE
PARAMEDICS TO WHERE THE WOUNDED
ARE, GET THE WOUNDED OUT
HOWEVER POSSIBLE.
WHATEVER VEHICLES ARE
NEARBY.
IN AURORA, 27 PEOPLE WERE
TRANSPORTED TO PATROL CARS.
IN THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB, WE SAW
PEOPLE BEING TRANSPORTED BY
PICK UP TRUCKS.
THIS SHOOTING IN VEGAS, THE
LESSON IS WE HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT ASSAULT FROM HIGH ABOVE.
THAT WILL CHANGE HOW EVERY
POLICE CHIEF IN AMERICA
PREPARES.
WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT
ABOUT HIGH VANTAGE POINTS WHEN
WE HAD A HIGH PROTECTEE LIKE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OR THE PRIME MINISTER OF
ISRAEL COMES TO TOWN AND YOU
WORRY ABOUT SNIPERS.
NOW YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ANY
LARGE VENUE.
IT WILL CHANGE HOW POLICE
DEPARTMENTS PREPARE.
IT MAY CHANGE, UNFORTUNATELY,
THE SELECTION OF LARGE VENUES
FOR CONCERTS AND THOSE KIND OF
THINGS AND WILL PROBABLY IN
SOME CITIES LIMIT THE CHOICES.
THAT IS SAD.
WE ARE AN OPEN SOCIETY.
WE WANT TO BE -- LIVE LIFE THE
WAY AMERICANS HAVE LIVED LIFE
AND NOW WE HAVE TO THINK
ALTERNATIVELY BECAUSE WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AUTOMATIC FIRE.
THIS IS A MASSIVE ESCALATION IN
TERMS OF THE THREAT THAT
SOMEONE WOULD USE AN AUTOMATIC
WEAPON.
DO YOU THINK ANYTHING
CHANGES, THE GUN LAWS?
I FEEL LIKE WE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION AFTER EVERYONE AND
NOTHING HAPPENS.
THERE IS SOME POLICE CHIEF
IN FRONT OF A CAMERA ANSWERING
QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY
ABOUT GUN LAWS WHEN THIS
HAPPENS WHEN IN FACT THE REAL
CHALLENGES AROUND PUBLIC POLICY
IS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE
ADDRESSED BY COPS WHO ARE
APPOINTED OFFICIALS BUT SHOULD
BE BY OUR ELECT OFFICIALS, OUR
VOTERS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS
WELL BEFORE THE NEXT SHOOTING
OCCURS.
WHEN I WAS IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERAS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THAT LARGE VICTIMIZATION AND
PEOPLE WANT TO TURN IT INTO A
POLITICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT
GUNS.
WE SHOULD TACKLE THE PROBLEM AS
A SOCIETY.
THE OTHER THING THAT I AM
AMAZED BY.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND A MOTIVE.
MOTIVE IS SOMETHING THAT A
PROSECUTOR NEEDS IF YOU HAVE
SOMEONE THAT YOU ARRESTED AND
YOU CAUGHT AND YOU ARE TRYING
TO SHOW A CASE FOR A JURY AS IF
A MOTIVE FOR THIS KILLING COULD
SOMEHOW MAKE US UNDERSTAND WHY
HE DID WHAT HE DID.
HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY
UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT.
THAT GOES TO ANOTHER ISSUE.
THE MEDIA FOCUSES ON WHO THIS
PERSON WAS.
AND THERE IS A COUNTER MOVEMENT
CALLED THE NO NOTORIETY
MOVEMENT.
WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED HIS
NAME ONCE.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
THIS PERSON SHOULDN'T GET ANY
NOTORIETY BECAUSE THE NEXT
PERSON MAY BE SEEKING THAT BY
DOING IT.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT SOME OF
THE VICTIMS THAT I KNOW WELL
FROM THE AURORA THEATER
SHOOTING WERE PART OF THOSE
THAT HAVE DRIVEN THE NO
NOTORIETY MOVEMENT.
IS THERE ANY RATIONAL THAT
COULD EXPLAIN THIS?
YOU ARE ASKING A COP.
I'M THE WRONG PERSON TO ASK.
MOST ARE GOOD PSYCHIATRISTS.
LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.
NONE THAT I'M INTERESTED IN,
OKAY?
IT'S IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL
ISSUE AT HAND.
WE HAVE TO STOP THIS BEHAVIOR
AND PROTECT OUR CITIZENRY.
CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING THE TIME TO COME IN.
IT'S AN INTERESTING AND
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
I'M SURE YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS
AND REVIEW IT FOR THE FOLKS ON
THE BEACH AND EVERY POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL DO IT GOING
FORWARD.
THAT'S RIGHT.
EVERY RESPONSIBLE POLICE CHIEF
IN AMERICA IS DOING THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, UP NEXT, WE HEAD DOWN TO
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