When he exited the elevator, Schuck heard what sounded like a 'jackhammer.'
'I had no idea what was going on at the time,' Schuck told 'Nightline.' He had been relayed Campos' report that an L-bracket was blocking an exit door and went to check it out. He inadvertently became a hero by pinpointing the exact location of the shooter.Īt 10:08 p.m., Stephen Schuck, a Mandalay Bay maintenance engineer, got off an elevator on the 32nd floor. Had that not occurred, Campos would not have stumbled upon the massacre at the precise moment it was commencing. The original alarm call turned out to be a nanny who had left her room door ajar.
'Hey, there's shots fired in 32-135,' he reported.
I went to lift up my pant leg and I saw the blood coming down.'įinding cover in an alcove, Campos radioed for help at 10:06 p.m. 'I had to take a moment to realize what was going on. 'I was struck and I went to get cover,' Campos said.
