Have You Heard About A ‘Second Shooter’ Being Arrested In Vegas Yet? Here’s The REAL Story.

If you’ve been on social media for more than 30 seconds, you’ve probably heard this rumor. In fact, we received an email about it. The email read in part:

Las Vegas authorities have arrested a second shooter who was the “security guard” that was heralded as a hero. We might finally get a motive…

I immediately checked Twitter. SURELY, if authorities arrested a “second shooter,” it would be trending like crazy. Fox News, CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC would be all over it.  SURELY.

Oddly enough, I didn’t find anything. The only “reports” came from super obscure websites with incredibly sketchy urls.

Then I did it. I went to Snopes. Now listen– I hate on Snopes 24/7. It’s a leftist rag, but in these situations, it’s useful. It helps give some insight into the origin of these stories.

It all started after an ACTUAL #FakeNews site– posing as CNN– posted the story. The headline read, “Breaking News – Police Arrest Mandalay Security Guard Jesus Compos As Second Shooter In Las Vegas Massacre.”

Here’s a taste of the story. Notice that they misspell the dude’s name.

Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Compos has been arrested accused of being an accomplice and second shooter in the Las Vegas massacre that claimed the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500.

 

Jesus Campos had originally been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, FBI officials involved in the investigation now believe he was an accomplice of Paddock’s, and was involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.

 

According to a senior FBI official, authorities became suspicions by the extreme amount of gunpowder residue found on Campos’ hands and inconsistencies in his timeline of events. “We believe he killed [the shooter], shot holes through the door and his own arm to produce physical evidence for his cover story, then went and lay next to the elevator,” the FBI official told CNN.

You can read the entire “story” here.

Snopes explains:

Although some confusion remains, as of this writing, about the precise timing of when Campos was wounded relative to the onset of the larger mass shooting rampage, law enforcement has not at any time suggested that Campos was an accomplice to that mass shooting, much less taken him into custody on that basis.

It’s such crap that these ACTUAL fake news sites exist, and it burns me up even MORE that liberals lump in factual, CONSERVATIVE sites with those embarrassments.

Everything about this makes me mad. Every last thing.

Anyway, those are the facts as we know them. There hasn’t been a “second shooter” arrest. However, Laura Loomer claims there’s some sketchy stuff going on.

I just doorstopped #JesusCampos after it was reported he canceled his interview with @seanhannity. I can confirm his family has a gag order. https://t.co/lNMaaaZzWC

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 13, 2017

We’ll keep you posted. But again. NO SECOND SHOOTER HAS BEEN ARRESTED.