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>> last question weapons he was using [inaudible] this guy had 300 ground and 800-yard kill zone. how many of those weapons that he was using, firing, had advanced optics on them? anything like that? just from my visual vigil of the crime scene three had scopes. most of them did not have scopes. from what i know of firearms, it appeared to be hunting scope not marks manship scopes. >> sheriff, was the security guard armed and can you talk about his bravery. >> i dont know if he was armed. i dont...

Whether atf would care to talk about this or not. this guy had 300 foot high ground and 500 to 800 yard kill zone. how many of the weapons that he was using and firing had advanced optics on there, hunting scopes or acogs or anything like that? >> just from my visual preview of the crime scene, i saw three scopes. most of them didnt have scopes. >> reporter: hunting style scopes? >> from what i know of firearms, they appeared to be hunting scopes, not marksmanship scopes. >> was the security gua...

The bump stocks that were used, theyre after it was market products. they do not permanently modify the weapon. you jam the stick in and it keeps the bolt open so it continues to cycle. >> it is a work around. >> it is a workaround, absolutely. so in that situation, maybe there was a weapons malfunction. maybe because of the crazy sustained rate of fire. an m-4 can fire 750 to 900 rounds per minute. that heats the barrel up, possibly a jam. he possibly wanted to go back and forth. as people were...

The weapon. you jam the stick in and it keeps the bolt open so it continues to cycle. >> it is a work around. >> it is a workaround, absolutely. maybe because of the crazy sustained rate of fire. an m 4 can fire 900 rounds per minute. that heats the barrel up, possibly a jam. he possibly wanted to go back and forth. he funneled people back one way and the other, keep them in the kill zone. >> julwe dont know what type o training he had, but had the presence of mind to set up two cameras accordin...

Okay? she hasnt talked to me yet. i put her on the spot. well anticipate 5:00. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff. >> neil: all right. a couple of startling take-aways from that press conference. all by 53 victims have been identified from the attack. many far from the scene, many staggered out after they were shot and died in the perimeter. the kill zone as its been called. what is interesting as well marilou danley identified as the shooters girlfriend. shes a person of interest. cited as a pers...

Military training that we know of. he essentially set up on the 32nd floor with automatic weapons and those weapons, their maximum effective range may be 500, 550 yards. the actual distance between the hotel windows down to where the crowd was, was 500 yards. and then hes also employing plunging fire the military tactic shooting rounds up and out and they basically come down like a pa rab bliss to go further than that. in this instance so much chaos. people didnt know where the rounds were comin...

And -- >> right. >> your estimation was that he had two -- this is jims gag leeian notice, that he had two different sites. he was shooting from both sites, setting up with a tripod. >> the area where the concert goers, it was a ver itable killing field. what made this so difficult for the folks, we teach this for active sheerts with civilians. first thing to do is to run. second thing if you have to hide, secret yourself someplace where youve got some cover. third, fight is the last resort and ...

That what these men and women did, even the slightest distraction capped countless lives from happening. this guy, hundreds of rounds. there was no escaping. there was 10-foot fences, we were trapped. it was a kill zone. >> trace: i think that quote will be hurt again as the whole world is kneeling, these guys were standing up. i am wondering about you, what was going through your mind? when you finally realized, this is legit, this is the real deal, what were you thinking? >> i mean, at first, ...

And ran back into the kill zone. >> he set up two positions. when people said there was a delay -- >> what we surmise. certainly the crime scene experts are going over that room right now for any type of intelligence they can harvest and evidence they will determine all of that. what it looks like from first glance is two separate positions and that break could have been firing one weapon until he emptied it or the barrel hot hot and jammed and going to the second position and picking up from th...

That what these men and women did, even the slightest distraction capped countless lives from happening. this guy, hundreds of rounds. there was no escaping. there was 10-foot fences, we were trapped. it was a kill zone. >> trace: i think that quote will be hurt again as the whole world is kneeling, these guys were standing up. i am wondering about you, what was going through your mind? when you finally realized, this is legit, this is the real deal, what were you thinking? >> i mean, at first, ...