Las Vegas honors Strip shooting victims — PHOTOS, VIDEO
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Melissa Morelli, left, and Gigi Bastian tearfully speak during a candlelight vigil ceremony, near East Sahara Avenue and South Las Vegas Boulevard, about the people they lost in the shooting that claimed 59 lives on Oct. 1 in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Gabriella Benavidez Las Vegas Review-Journal @latina_ish
Participants take part in a candlelight vigil condemning the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at the intersection Las Vegas Boulevard South and West Sunset Road. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
The High Roller is lit in red, white and blue in solidarity and support of the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, outside The Linq hotel/casino, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
People gather at a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Participants take part in a candlelight vigil condemning the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at the intersection Las Vegas Boulevard South and West Sunset Road. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
Attendees of a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival share a hug on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Attendees packed the UNLV Student Union courtyard during a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Grief counselors were available for attendees of a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Raenna Harper, middle, gets a hug during a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the UNLV Student Union courtyard in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Attendees of a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival share a moment of silence on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Attendees of a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival share a moment of silence on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Attendees of a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival share a moment of silence on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Attendees of a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival share a moment of silence on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Jessica Brady, left, hugs Daniel Cordova during a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Antonio Ruedas, left, and Katherine Thomas hold signs during a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Diego Saravia leads a prayer session during a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Vigil attendees lock arms in prayer on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Kelly Lopez, middle, leads a prayer session during a vigil for the shooting victims of the Route 91 country music festival on Monday, October 2, 2017, at the Student Union courtyard, at UNLV, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at the outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Dannah Lamb, right, kisses her daughter Charlotte’s head during a candlelight vigil honoring the victims of the shooting that occurred Oct. 1, near East Sahara Avenue and South Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Gabriella Benavidez Las Vegas Review-Journal @latina_ish
Candles being placed as part of the vigil, near East Sahara Avenue and South Las Vegas Boulevard, that honors the victims of the shooting that occurred Oct. 1 in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Gabriella Benavidez Las Vegas Review-Journal @latina_ish
The FBI continues to investigate the scene along Las Vegas Boulevard on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
A Metro officer keeps watch at the scene along Las Vegas Boulevard outside Mandalay Bay on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
Metro police block the roads at the scene along Las Vegas Boulevard and Reno Avenue on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
Broken windows at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, after a Strip shooting left 59 dead and over 527 injured Sunday night. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @VegasPhotograph
The Mandalay Bay marquee shows a request for blood donations Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, after a Strip shooting left 59 dead and over 527 injured in Las Vegas Sunday night. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @VegasPhotograph
A broken window on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, after a Strip shooting left 58 dead and over 518 injured in Las Vegas Sunday night. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @VegasPhotograph
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, from left, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, and U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., during a press conference on the mass shooting, at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The FBI continues to investigate the scene along Las Vegas Boulevard on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
Jocelyn Morales, 12, and Monica Lopez-Morales, 43, of Las Vegas gather during a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
People gather at a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Alberto Henriques, 56, of Las Vegas holds a candle during a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
The Mandalay Bay is seen in the distance during a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
People gather at a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Participants take part in a candlelight vigil condemning the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at the intersection Las Vegas Boulevard South and West Sunset Road. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
Participants take part in a candlelight vigil condemning the mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at the intersection Las Vegas Boulevard South and West Sunset Road. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph mass shooting
People gather at a vigil near the Town Square Las Vegas in remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting victims in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. The shooting took place Sunday night and killed at least 58 people and injured over 500 others. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Jon Dimaya, nurse at Sunrise Hospital, holds a sign that reads "We are Las Vegas, We are Strong, We are Battle Born” on Las Vegas Boulevard near Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. At least 58 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor country music concert late Sunday. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Kathy Boggio-Mocnik of Aliso Viejo, Calif., returns to Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 where at least 58 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor country music concert late Sunday. Mocnik attended the concert and witnessed the fatal shooting. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Taylor Cerrillo carries a pack of donated water to a University Medical Center parking lot in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. UMC set up a blood donation area to assist with victims injured in the shooting at Mandalay Bay. Before noon so many people signed up to donate that volunteer personal had to turn people away. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Police hold white sheets up as a coroner and medical examiner trailer backs into the Clark County Coroner’s office in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
The University Medical Center blood donation area in their parking lot in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. UMC set up a blood donation area to assist with victims injured in the shooting at Mandalay Bay. Before noon so many people signed up to donate that volunteer personal had to turn people away. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae
Mesquite gun store Guns and Guitars on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 where Mandalay Bay gunman Stephen Paddock had been known to shop. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
Mesquite Police Department Public Information Officer Quinn Everett speaks with the press a few blocks from the home of Stephen Paddock the man who went on a shooting spree from the Mandalay hotel casino on Monday, October 2, 2017. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
The back yard of the Sun City home of Stephen Paddock in Mesquite, Nevada on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 one day after he shot over 500 people at the Route 91 Harvest festival from the thirty second floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel casino. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
People line up to donate blood at United Blood Services in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following a shooting on the Strip that left 59 dead and over 500 injured Sunday night. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Stephanie Ferris donates blood at United Blood Services in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following a shooting on the Strip that left 59 dead and over 500 injured Sunday night. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
People fill United Blood Services in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, as they wait to donate blood following a shooting on the Strip that left 59 dead and over 500 injured Sunday night. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Brittany Hutchinson, left, and Nick Hrustyk wait to donate blood at United Blood Services in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following a shooting on the Strip that left 59 dead and over 500 injured Sunday night. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Judith Gonzalez, left and Emily Sandoval bring food donations to those that are waiting to donate blood at United Blood Services in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, following a shooting on the Strip that left 59 dead and over 500 injured Sunday night. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Rahel Mehari, right, placers her hand on Jackson’s, who preferred to only give that name, shoulder during a vigil at Las Vegas City Hall in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Hiruy Mehari, far left, places his hand on Rahel Mehari’s sholder as she confronts her friend Jackson, who preferred to only give that name, during a vigil at Las Vegas City Hall in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
People gather for a vigil for victims of Las Vegas shooting massacre at Las Vegas City Hall in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Joseph Howard raises his arms and joins a group in song during a vigil at Las Vegas City Hall in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Dawntaya Cooley wipes tears from the side of her face during a vigil at Las Vegas City Hall in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Oscar Ibarra of Victory Outreach Las Vegas leads a group in song during a vigil at Las Vegas City Hall in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Ibarra lead the song with a new guitar he bought that day for the vigil. Bridget Bennett Las Vegas Review-Journal @BridgetKBennett
Terminal 1 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo discusses the mass shooting during a press conference at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas police officers patrol Terminal 1 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Terminal 1 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gov. Brian Sandoval, left, and Clark County County Sheriff Joe Lombardo during a press conference on the mass shooting, at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gov. Brian Sandoval, center, with other state dignitaries, discusses the mass shooting during a press conference at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Terminal 1 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Metro, left/front, works to keep Las Vegas Boulevard south of Tropicana Avenue clear on Monday, October 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Metro blocks the entrance to Las Vegas Boulevard at Tropicana Avenue on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Metro blocks the entrance to Las Vegas Boulevard at Tropicana Avenue on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
A large group of balloons supporting the victims of Sunday night’s mass shooting were placed on Las Vegas Boulevard and West Reno Avenue across from the Mandalay Bay hotel/casino on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in one of the hotel’s rooms shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Signs praying for victims and praising first responders could be seen throughout the Strip on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Metro officers console each other while directing traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard and West Reno Avenue across from the Mandalay Bay hotel/casino on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in one of the hotel’s rooms shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Metro blocks the entrance to Las Vegas Boulevard at Tropicana Avenue on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Signs asking for blood donations could be seen throughout the Strip on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Martin Malmberg, middle/left, talks and prays with crowds of onlookers near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue on Monday, October 2, 2017, after a gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
Police tape blocks a section of West Reno Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard on Monday, October 2, 2017, outside the Mandalay Bay hotel/casino, in Las Vegas. A gunman in a Mandalay Bay hotel room shot into a crowd of thousands at an outdoor country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 525. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
In front of Las Vegas City Hall, sorrowful singing grew into triumphant chants of “Hallelujah” and “Jesus.”
Silverado High School student Ethan Dimayo stood alongside his younger brothers holding a sign that read “We Are Strong, We Are Battle Born.”
In the central valley, at the International Church of Las Vegas, faith and community leaders from several different backgrounds comforted a crowd of about 150.
Many attendees sniffled between sermons and speeches from Clark County Commissioners Chris Giunchigliani and Steve Sisolak. One woman sat on the far end of a back-of-the-room bench, a stack of balled-up tissues to her right.
“I think there’s great value in being with community at these times,” said Wendy Kraft, 57, an involved member of the Jewish community. “I’m saddened to my core. … I feel so very helpless.”
About 50 people, mostly airmen, gathered in a chapel on Nellis Air Force Base for a candlelight vigil.
Light peered through stained glass windows and the sound of fighter jets occasionally buzzed overhead as Lt. Col. Dwayne Jones addressed the congregation.
Jones said his main message was to find positivity and not let evil overcome good.
