about two things. another act being committed by this person or copy cat. gillian: steve, thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. really appreciate it. john: thanks, steve. gillian: bring in daniel linski, former superintendent and chief of the boston police department. looking at what we know so far, not many specifics when it comes to the identity of this suspect. we heard just a moment ago that law enforcement has been very tight-lipped. it is possible that at this point they know more about his identity than they are sharing publicly, perhaps even a name. what do you assess the odds at there? all of that is likely. they may be running tips at least on the ground. we had some individuals we were looking at on the marathon trying to match up video to see if this was them or not. we had surveillance set up at m.i.t. and they had nothing to
it s not a targeted crime event. this was somebody looking to get attention for a cause, and very quickly the fbi stepped over and they took the lead but we ran it with fbi state police in boston, all three of us doing it together. no particular unit was in charge. on paper, the fbi was and i hope is happening here. good relationships between the agencies, going to get the mission done and hold this individual accountable. john: and we know nothing about the individual, don t know if they were ideologically driven or if they were just out of their mind. we have no idea at this point. it could be a deranged individual. it could be a targeted criminal attack. maybe a personal vendetta and you want to cover it up by doing the smoke screen and event. we won t know until the evidence is collected and the facts identify what happened and why it happened here. gillian: could be a disgruntled former employee for all we know. daniel, it baffles me in the
do with it. just because they have a potential subject, they will make sure the information is right and mature, to make sure the evidence backs up to bring the person to custody and any motive for the public or notice what is going on. sometimes they need to keep things in the dark so they have a tactical advantage and get all their information and ducks in a row before they move too quickly. however, once they are sure they have the subject in custody and the public is no longer in danger, they will make the announcement, they want to release the tension and fear, three days before the marathon bombing anniversary date, religious holiday weekend, clearly safety and security are on people s minds and are going to be first and foremost in people s minds with the event that occurred today. john: daniel, got an update on the number of casualties. new york university medical center says the number of
hotel security will be revisited across the globe after this event. and we hope and pray that others don t see this as an opportunity for copycat opportunities. we do indeed, daniel. i want to also bring to you what we just learned at the top of the hour from the police chief there in las vegas is they learned that the shooter, stephen paddock, 64 years old, now dead, checked into the mandalay bay resort september 28th. what likely is the process the f.b.i., as he said is vital in the assistance of this investigation? what likely are they doing now? pulling all the cameras from this resort? what is the process like? they will be looking at cameras, access control. every time he went into his room. who he was with, who he arrived, who he had conversation with. if he was truly in on his own. they will be able to identify that pretty quickly. they ll rebuild the history. what was going on in his life
i know your jurisdiction in las vegas but he lived in mesquite, nevada. do police there have any record of criminal activity? i m told they do not, either. they have not had any criminal activity in mesquite. like i said, we check local, state and federal systems and we don t find anything anywhere. bill: sir, our best to you. thoughts and prayers and everything else we can send your way. we need it all. bill: this is just the beginning of this. thank you very much for your time, sir. the undersheriff in las vegas. we ll bring in daniel linski. he was an incident commander for the boston bombing and former chief of police. he was at a conference for security and law enforcement at mandalay bay recently. daniel, what can you tell us about this particular building?