Daily Caller: Virginia Beach Police rescue efforts were reportedly delayed because they lacked key cards to access to the building, The Associated Press reports.
Police were heard over the radio during the May 31 shooting begging for electronic key cards and debating various methods for opening the doors as gunfire erupted from inside the city offices, according to the report.
“The doors are locked, we need access keys,” police could be heard pleading.”I know I’ve got citizens in one area of the second floor I can’t evacuate.”
DeWayne Craddock, 40, shot and killed 11 people before he was killed by police. It is not clear how police eventually entered the building, or how long that took. Police did not immediately return The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Security experts told The AP that police often lack quick access to cards or codes, which can delay rescue. The May 31 shooting lasted 36 minutes before police were able to stop Craddock, according to Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera.
City police are actually in the same Virginia Beach Municipal office complex as the operations building where the shooting happened, but apparently did not share the same security protocol. Police told The AP they had to run 300 yards to get to the shooting.
“We need to make sure that first responders have full access to the building,” said retired FBI agent Gregory Shaffer. “That’s definitely a blind spot that this particular shooting has shown.” more
“Virginia Beach Municipal buildings are a “gun-free” zone and employees cannot bring guns into office, according to city policy.”
Yeah, how did that work out for them?
Not only was it a gun-free zone, they actually had regular active shooter drills. So there should have been immediate access by police because they already knew someone(s) with guns could enter and start shooting. Which also means they knew there was NO self defense being allowed, and that was intentional. These gun-free” zones are actually designated “kill” zones!
Virginia Beach shooting survivor reveals how gunman spared him despite crossing paths THREE TIMES during office rampage – and how he thought it was a drill until he realized all his colleagues were dead
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and MEGAN SHEETS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:08 EDT, 2 June 2019 | UPDATED: 08:35 EDT, 3 June 2019
“He heard popping noises and co-workers screaming. Carlstrom is responsible for monitoring the safety of stairwells during drills, so he and a co-worker, Terry Inman, began piecing together an evacuation plan for an active-shooter drill.
‘We didn’t think it was real,’ he said.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7096821/Survivor-crossed-path-gunman-thought-drill.html
‘We didn’t think it was real,’ he said.”
Think he would have had a better line, if a real bullet had tapped him,,,
ffs
Fish in a barrel. If they had any chance at all it would have to have been a conceal carry holder inside.
Nothing exists that can protect people from the random effects of insanity.
That doesn’t stop the usual clowns from offering the same useless
solutions.
You kick your way through the drywall. My 30 years of carpentry was mostly commercial build outs. I’d see these customers spending a fortune on the best doors, one piece metal frames and security locks and most places I could kick my way into by going thru the walls. Nowadays a cordless sawzall will access just about anything.
Different Tim – I was saying the same thing back in the 80 when they were building “McMansions” in the development across the street. The outside walls were a sandwich of drywall, a sheet of stryrofoam, sheetrock and vinyl siding. A kid could almost ride his bicycle thru the wall! Later on people who moved in could hear everything going on inside the house and out!
TRF – thats all that is. Its drywall with a fiberglass coating so it doesn’t absorb moisture. Every once in a while you’ll see plywood applied first but usually it’s omitted due to costs. The metal framing is one screw on each side top and bottom. One or two good hits with a hammer and that studs free. Interior studs are generally thin gauge metal and we would usually kick them apart when doing demo.
If the officer had a kid inside being shot, I’m thinking he would have taken the door down with his car.
When you need a cop in seconds they are only 36 minutes away.
Fire alarms should unlock those doors to let the firemen inside. Someone could have tripped a Pull Station.