Social media users have been pointing out that Maui Police Chief John Pelletier previously served as incident commander during another mass casualty event The ‘coincidence’ was highlighted by several social media users, who were skeptical of Pelletier’s previous work on the mass shooting at Mandalay Bay in 2017 that left 58 people dead,
and his current overseeing of the response to the deadly Maui wildfire that’s killed at least 99 people so far.
InfoWars reports: Footage of Pelletier explaining why rescue crews have recovered so few bodies circulated over the weekend.
Anyone recognize this man? Maui Police Chief John Pelletier was also incident commander for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
They’ll tell you this is just a coincidence.
pic.twitter.com/paI4Qu0ph6— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) August 14, 2023
Coincidentally the Maui police chief John Pelletier was also the incident commander during the Las Vegas mass shooting. Some of you might remember me reporting live from Mandalay Bay during that time period. #MauiFires #Lahaina #Hawaii pic.twitter.com/YMgW4n85PT
— Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News 🙌 (@unhealthytruth) August 14, 2023
Meet Police Chief, John Pelletier.
He is the current police chief in Maui.
He was the police captain in Vegas in 2017.Take a moment to think about that…
Then ask yourself, what are the odds? pic.twitter.com/Drzkzrv0HH— Jason Bassler (@JasonBassler1) August 14, 2023
Maui Police Chief John Pelletier Was Las Vegas Mass Shooting Commander. If this guy ever becomes police chief in your town it’s time to move. More like, Time to Run. #CrisisActor #MauiPoliceChief #LasVegasShooting pic.twitter.com/0ecTfl0uen
— Dr Sherri Tenpenny (@BusyDrT) August 15, 2023
What a career to go from being the incident commander during the Las Vegas shooting to police chief during the devastating Maui fires pic.twitter.com/oSktR8zBeE
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) August 15, 2023
I don’t believe in coincidences like this….
I said it before and I’ll say it again…our government was 1000% behind the Las Vegas shooting and the subsequent over up and I can prove it. This is what they do…https://t.co/mOVUHo1REN https://t.co/n4iP2NQ8CO
— Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸 (@iheartmindy) August 14, 2023
Maui has the largest emergency alert siren system in the entire world and for some reason they didn’t activate the alarms?
Schools were closed and while parents were at work kids were at home and died.
The water system completely failed so people couldn’t keep the fires…
— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) August 15, 2023
As incident commander during the Vegas mass casualty event, Pelletier would have been the lead person in charge of coordinating first responders at the scene of the shooting.
USA Today on Tuesday dedicated an article to highlighting the bizarre coincidence, pointing out Pelletier became the Maui police chief after two decades with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.