"Members of a Washington DC Swat team who the BBC has learned were ordered not to respond to Monday's Navy Yard shootings have yet to be contacted by the authorities."
The Capitol Police tactical response team was told by a supervisor to leave the scene instead of aiding municipal officers, sources told the BBC."
Meanwhile, the department has installed a new leader of the elite unit. No
reason has been given for the decision."The Capitol Police tactical response team was told by a supervisor to leave the scene instead of aiding municipal officers, sources told the BBC."
Gunman Aaron Alexis killed 12 people."
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Members of the Containment and Emergency Response Team (Cert) are typically debriefed "right away, at the very least the following day" after an incident, a Capitol Police source said."
"[They] haven't even been given the courtesy of a debrief… They have not even been given an answer as to why the decision was made that they should not respond," the source added."
Another Capitol Police source close to the incident told the BBC: "No-one's talked to these officers since this happened."
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When the Capitol Police team radioed their superiors, they were told by a watch commander to leave the scene, the BBC was told."
On Thursday, FBI Director James B Comey Jr told ABC News it took roughly half an hour for armed police to arrive and engage Alexis. All 12 victims were killed within that time."
Capitol Police sources suggest "lives may have been saved" if the Cert team had been allowed to intervene."
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All victims were killed in hallways or their offices, not in the building's atrium as media outlets previously reported."
Via Instapundit, BBC News
