“We stayed at the Luxor, which is connected to Mandalay Bay, and did a lot of things there. It is wide open, a massive place,” he said, adding that he visits Las Vegas about three times a year with family and friends.
Muterspaw returned Thursday from his most recent trip to Las Vegas.
“Vegas is a safe place, there’s police all over the place,” he said. “But when you get someone like this with an assault rifle who has the high ground, there is nothing that you can do.”
Muterspaw said that as a police officer he understands the mass confusion created as gunshots ring out.
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“People didn’t know which way to run. They didn’t know who was shooting or where,” Muterspaw said.
The deadly shooting will not deter him for returning to his favorite vacation spot, he said.
“It is not going to keep me from what I want to do,” Muterspaw said.
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