Las Vegas shooting victim, Kelsey Meadows, Taft, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim, Kelsey Meadows, Taft, California

Kelsey Meadows, 28, of Taft, California, is among concertgoers killed at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Meadows was a substitute teacher at Taft Union High School District since 2012. Meadows graduated from Taft Union High School in 2007 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Fresno State University. “Kelsey was smart, compassionate and kind,” Mary Alice Finn, Taft High principal, said in a statement. “She had a sweet spirit and a love for children. Words cannot adequately capture the sorrow felt by her students, colleagues and friends in learning of her passing.”

Las Vegas shooting victim: Calla Medig, Edmonton, Canada
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Calla Medig, Edmonton, Canada

A 28-year-old Canadian who was recently promoted to a manager position at her job was among those killed in the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Calla Medig was set to return to Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday and start her role as a manager at Moxies Bar/Grill in the West Edmonton Mall on Thursday, said Scott Collingwood, the general manager. “She was fun-loving, responsible, dedicated, hardworking. I don’t know what to say about her, honestly. It’s just a huge loss for us,” Collingwood said. Collingwood said his staff is feeling the loss.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Lisa Romero-Muniz, New Mexico
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Lisa Romero-Muniz, New Mexico

A longtime employee of a New Mexico school district was among those killed in the mass shooting. Lisa Romero-Muniz, 48, had worked as a secretary for Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools since 2003. “She was not only an employee of our school district but was an incredible loving and sincere friend, mentor and advocate for our students in many of the schools in which she worked in,” interim superintendent Mike Hyatt said in a press conference. Hyatt described Romero-Muniz as a wife, mother and grandmother. She was working at Hiroshi Miyamura High School.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Denise Cohen, Santa Barbara, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Denise Cohen, Santa Barbara, California

A California woman who loved traveling and country music is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Denise Cohen, a 57-year-old Santa Barbara resident, attended the concert with 56-year-old Derrick “Bo” Taylor, her boyfriend. Cohen was a huge country music fan and loved attending concerts, her sister-in-law Kelli Gentile said Wednesday. “She loved concerts, period. She loved music, but I know she was thrilled beyond to be able to see Jason Aldean,” Gentile said.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Jack Beaton, Bakersfield, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Jack Beaton, Bakersfield, California

Jack Beaton, 54, of Bakersfield, California, was killed shielding his wife from gunfire at the Route 91 Harvest music festival. Jack Beaton laid atop Laurie as gunfire erupted outside Mandalay Bay in the Sunday night attack. “He enjoyed camping, often in Pismo Beach with friends and family…” wrote Karen Sallee, whose son was Beaton’s neighbor. She described him as kind and fun-loving, and said “he could be tough talking, but inside he was soft.”

Vegas Strong
 
Vegas Strong

Memorials are scattered around to the Las Vegas Strip to remember the victims of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Country Music Festival. #VegasStrong

Las Vegas shooting victim: Lisa Patterson, Lomita, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Lisa Patterson, Lomita, California

Lisa Patterson, a California mother of three, is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Lisa Patterson lived in Lomita and volunteered in the Palos Verdes Girls Softball League, according to KPBS in Los Angeles. “Lisa had an infectious energy and fierce love for her family, and we are beyond heartbroken for Bob and their three kids,” friend Andy Tamilin wrote on the GoFundMe page.

Man recounts driving wounded victims to safety during Las Vegas shooting
 
Man recounts driving wounded victims to safety during Las Vegas shooting

Raymond Page, a traffic systems technician with Clark County, says he loaded his truck with at least eight people that were wounded and drove them to nearby medics during Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas during an interview in Henderson, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto

Las Vegas shooting victim: Andrea Castilla, Huntington Beach, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Andrea Castilla, Huntington Beach, California

Not long before Castilla was shot and killed on Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, the 28-year-old told her brother that she wanted to serve cancer patients with her talents. For the Huntington Beach, California, resident, makeup was more than just a part of her job at Sephora. “That’s what made her really happy. Making people feel beautiful,” Athena Castilla said. “She just had such a great outlook on life.” Andrea was visiting Athena, who lives in Las Vegas, for her birthday on Friday. Andrea’s death has been made even more painful by the fact that her boyfriend was preparing to propose to her, Athena said.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Stacee Etcheber, San Francisco
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Stacee Etcheber, San Francisco

Stacee Etcheber, a mother and a hair stylist from Marin County, California, is among the victims killed at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, the San Francisco Police Department confirmed Tuesday. Etcheber was with her husband Vinnie, a San Francisco police officer, at the Las Vegas music festival, according to a statement from San Francisco Police Chief William Scott. Etcheber worked at the Ciao Bella Salon in Novato, California. She had more than 20 years’ experience as a master stylist, and a loyal clientele, according to a brief biography on the salon’s website.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Thomas Day Jr., Corona, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Thomas Day Jr., Corona, California

Construction estimator Thomas Day Jr. is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Day Jr. was attending the festival Sunday with his father and four daughters when he was fatally shot, said Bruce Abbey, vice president of Portrait Construction. “He would always stand up for you,” Abbey said. “He’ll be missed.”

Brennan Stewart performing “You Should Be Here”
 
Brennan Stewart performing “You Should Be Here”

Brennan Stewart, one of the victims in the Sunday, Oct. 1, shootings at the Route 91 Harvest festival at Mandalay Bay, sings “You Should Be Here” in a video distributed by his family.

Las Vegas police officer killed in mass shooting saluted
 
Las Vegas police officer killed in mass shooting saluted

Officers salute fallen Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer Charleston Hartfield, 34, killed while off-duty during the Route 91 festival and Mandalay Bay shooting incident.

Congresswoman Titus visits wounded couple
 
Congresswoman Titus visits wounded couple

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., stops by Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to visit Ontario Police Officer Michael Gracia and fiancee Summer Clyburn, who were both wounded in the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Angela Gomez, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Angela Gomez, California

Angela “Angie” Gomez, a 2015 graduate of Riverside Polytechnic High School in Riverside, Calif., has been identified as one of the 59 people killed in the shooting. Gomez was described by the high school’s staff as “fun-loving young lady with a great sense of humor.” She participated in the Riverside Children’s Theater, was involved in choir in both middle and high school and was a cheerleader for the high school, according to the school district. English teacher and cheer coach Lupe Avila set up a GoFundMe page for Gomez’s family. By 3 p.m., it had raised more than $20,000.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Susan Smith, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Susan Smith, California

An employee for a Southern California school district was among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Sunday. Susan Smith, 53, was attending the three-day concert series with two friends. Smith was an office manager at Vista Fundamental Elementary School in Simi Valley for the past three years. She was a school district employee for a total of 16 years.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Rhonda LeRocque, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Rhonda LeRocque, Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Rhonda LeRocque, 42, died at a Las Vegas hospital after being shot, her aunt Gloria Murdock said. LeRocque was attending the festival with her husband, 6-year-old daughter and father-in-law. Murdock said none of them were injured. “She was all things to all people. She emanated the word love,” Murdock said. “She was as close to perfect as you could get.”

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