拉斯維加斯槍擊案:警察被曝嚇到無法動彈

2019-07-05 14:30:01 來源：環(huán)球時報編輯：

“我就站在大廳正中央愣住了，我也記不清到底楞了多久。”“我不知道接下來該做什么。”

這兩天，拉斯維加斯槍擊案重回美國民眾的視野。不是因為兇手，也不是因為受害者，而是因為當時本有可能阻止這場慘劇卻被槍聲嚇呆無法行動的一個警察。

圖 viabaltimorepostexaminer

Las Vegas police confirmed that the department fired a veteran officer who froze in the hallway of a Las Vegas Strip hotel during a 2017 mass shooting as a gunman on the floor above opened fire on a country music festival。 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield confirmed Tuesday night that Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired March 20。

拉斯維加斯警方證實其解雇了一名資深警官。2017年槍擊案中一名持槍歹徒在拉斯維加斯大道的一家酒店向場外鄉(xiāng)村音樂節(jié)掃射，而該警官在酒店走廊嚇到無法動彈。拉斯維加斯大都會警察局發(fā)言人拉里·哈德菲爾德警官周二晚上證實，這個名為科德爾·亨德里克斯的警官已于3月20日被解雇。

▲Las Vegas police fire officer who says he “froze” in hotel hallway during massacre(via CBS)

各大媒體紛紛在標題中強調“froze”一詞。

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其實，這件事最早是在六月初由巴爾的摩Post-Examiner爆料的。

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科德爾當時是第一批抵達現(xiàn)場的警官之一。以下節(jié)選的是他在警方報告中詳細描述的事發(fā)經(jīng)過：

The sound of the shots were so very loud and reverberated through the hall like thunder all around and above us。 Above us! I could tell that it was coming from the floor above us on 32。

響亮的槍聲回蕩在大廳里，就像環(huán)繞周圍和頭頂上的雷聲一樣。就在我們頭頂上方!我能聽出來那是從我們上面的32層傳來的。

I then told everyone to get back and we retreated a few doors from the end of the hall。

然后我告訴大家退后，我們從大廳的盡頭撤退了有幾扇門的距離。

I know I hesitated and remember being terrified with fear and I think that I froze right there in the middle of the hall for how long I can’t say。

我知道我猶豫了，我記得當時被嚇壞了，我就站在大廳正中央愣住了，我也記不清到底楞住了多久。

I do know that at 2212 hours I got on the radio and told dispatch that I was inside the Mandalay I Bay on the 31st floor and that I could hear the automatic fire coming from the floor above us。

我記得自己在22時12分接通了無線電，告訴調度我在曼德勒海灣酒店的31層，我能清楚地聽到樓上傳來的自動射擊聲。

I once again hesitated as the shots were still being fired from the 32nd

I did not know what to do next。

我再一次猶豫不決了，因為槍聲還是從32層傳來，我不知道接下來該做什么。

At 2215 hours the last shots were fired， and we made our way back to the end of the hall to the stairway。

22時15分是最后一陣槍響，我們回到大廳的盡頭，走到樓梯口。

I could feel my mouth was extremely dry and cotton mouth and I had no spit， I also felt myself starting to get tunnel vision and I can remember concentrating on tactical breathing to calm myself。

我感到口干舌燥，眼前開始變得模糊，我記得我努力調整呼吸好讓自己平靜下來。

▲Las Vegas Metro Police： Officer Cordell Hendrex who failed to take action during Massacre no longer employed(via baltimorepostexaminer)