Mash that guard was responding to the complaints in the hotel as security should. He wasn't just roaming that floor he was directed there as the guy below on the 31st floor called with complaint of shooting directly above him.
Maybe smoke detectors did go off but I guarantee that's not why they went there. I doubt that's even why they were alerted honestly, and I still feel the windows being busted had to have an alarm. Hell mine in my house do for the kids safety and we are ground level.
The security guard was followed up 20-30 seconds later by the police, and handed them his master key to get people out of their rooms..........kind of odd since that puts them in the way of a shooter who clearly like shooting at people.
On a side note, I really respect and appreciate this sheriff. Dude takes no shit from the media, clarifies mistaken comments, and leaves no room for doubt it's up to the media to take his comments and report them right.
In saying that yesterday 2 seconds after he gave the timeline they posted on the station as he is talking that it took 75 minutes to get to the shooter. That's false, it took them 12 minutes and when they got there he was no longer shooting.
The room was barricaded and they were clearing the floor and then had to equip the door with explosives to get in the room.
I doubt you'l find many businesses that pay to have an alarm on a 32nd floor window. Most peo0le don' even do it for their 2nd floor windows on their house.