Tag: Dan Bilzerian

Bilzerian, who has been a sworn commissioned reserve police officer for the last five years, was captured on video running as gunfire erupted overhead, sprinting first toward a parked police truck and then to a cement barrier directly facing the hotel where the gunman was located. “All I wanted to do was get my hands on a gun and shoot the mother f----- shooting at me,” Bilzerian told The Hill in an interview recounting the harrowing minutes during which he fled the stage and went looking for a weapon. Bilzerian said he first ran from the stage toward a police truck parked nearby as concertgoers scrambled for cover and bullets rang out overhead. Cellphone video footage recorded by a friend shows Bilzerian rummaging through the police truck looking for a weapon as the sound of automatic gunfire relentlessly cracked nearby. As he was running for a different cover location, Bilzerian said he decided to reverse course and run back toward the police truck near where the young woman was shot to see if he could find the keys. The driver recognized the social media celebrity and invited him to get in. Bilzerian said while he was driving in the van he was on the phone asking the police department where he is commissioned as a reserve officer how he could help. Asked why he didn’t stay with the wounded woman, he responded, “When I couldn’t get the gun or the keys — I’m not a medic. What I know how to do is shoot, so I wanted to get a gun and shoot the mother f----- responsible for this.