The Las Vegas Victims’ Fund campaign on GoFundMe created a new record on the site. The campaign holds more than $11.6 million. Last year, the largest GoFundMe campaign was supporting victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando Florida, which raised just over $7.8 million. “We have a very generous spirit of giving in the community, and that was seen following the Oct. 1 tragedy,” said Julie Murray, principal and CEO of the Las Vegas-based Moonridge Group.
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Todd Prince and Jason Bracelin discuss the latest news surrounding the Mandalay Bay and a website selling Las Vegas benefit concert tickets.
The Oct. 1 mass shooting that occurred at the Mandalay Bay raised questions about how the hotel would weather the stigma of the shooting. (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ed Graney talks about the NFR opening ceremony in which the victims of the October 1 shooting were honored.
The Love Store will open a new location this week next to the downtown Community Healing Garden dedicated to the Las Vegas shooting. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Love Store, a retailer whose products include vibrators and lingerie, will open a new location this week next to the downtown healing garden dedicated to the Las Vegas shooting. The store, located near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Third Street, will staff 30 employees, Wheeler said. This is the fifth Love Store, with three around the valley and one in Victorville, California. Officials approved the architectural plans for the store in July, according to city records. Love Store received a certificate of occupancy on Oct. 11. Some who work in the arts district disagree with having a store that sells sex-related items next to a memorial for shooting victims. Las Vegas Valley artist Nancy Good, who’s held exhibits in the arts district, said the combination will turn into a punchline.
Elaine Wilson talks to Jessie Bekker and Jason Bracelin about the Las Vegas concert that will benefit victims as well as what an autopsy could reveal about Stephen Paddock.
Elaine Wilson talks to Anita Hassan about the survivors database on reviewjournal.com.
A group of about 50 survivors of the Oct. 1 Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting delivered a recurring message Tuesday: “What about us?” The Las Vegas Victims Fund committee held a town hall meeting Tuesday morning to solicit input on the draft protocols it released Nov. 16, outlining who should receive donations following the Oct. 1 shooting. As proposed, families of those who were killed in the shooting and people who sustained permanent brain damage and/or permanent paralysis resulting in continuous home medical assistance would receive the highest level of payment out of the fund, the draft guidelines propose. People who were physically injured and admitted to a hospital within 48 hours of the shooting for at least one night between Oct. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018 would receive the next level of funding, according to the draft.
Wherever there is a mass casualty crime, you’ll probably find Jeff Dion on the scene just about immediately after—just as he was in Las Vegas Oct. 5, four days after the Oct. 1 shooting. Dion, deputy director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, has helped communities to deal with the logistical aftershocks of crimes including shootings and intentional motor vehicle attacks since 2012. Read more at reviewjournal.com (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Victims of the Las Vegas shooting: by the numbers 67: The age of the oldest victim, a grandmother of nine 33: Victims from California 33: Victims who were parents 16: Victims in their 20s 7: Victims who lived in Nevada 6: Victims who had jobs working with children 5: Victims who were college students 4: Victims from Canada 4: Victims who worked in law enforcement 2: Victims who were retired 58: Lives taken too soon
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, 87 children are coping with the loss of a parent. Of the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, 33 were parents. The youngest child to lose a parent was just six weeks old when his mom, Rocio Guillen-Rocha, was killed. Losing a parent in such a public and traumatic way can send a child into a tailspin, UNLV clinical psychologist Michelle Paul says.
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, 87 children are coping with the loss of a parent. Of the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, 33 were parents. The youngest child to lose a parent was just six weeks old when his mom, Rocio Guillen-Rocha, was killed. Losing a parent in such a public and traumatic way can send a child into a tailspin, UNLV clinical psychologist Michelle Paul says.
Rochelle Richards, Nicole Raz and David Ferrara discuss the latest storylines about the Las Vegas Shooting on October 1, including an update on lawsuits as well as the Las Vegas Victims’ fund.
Craig Drummond, an attorney at Drummond Law Firm in Las Vegas, discusses the Nevada Supreme Court decision on Humphries v. New York-New York Hotel & Casino and the impact it will have on litigation against Mandalay Bay on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Jeff German and Eli Segall sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas mass shooting.
Lawyer Robert Eglet explains the 5 types of victims that could receive compensation as a result of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mandalay Bay is adding to its security even as it cuts hours of other employees. People seeking to get on the elevators must now show their room key. The new policy applies to Delano as well, they said. The change comes after the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 and injured more than 500. Several major hotels on the Strip already had similar practices in place before the shooting.
Boyd Gaming Corp. is informing guests at all its properties that hotel personnel will enter a room if a “Do Not Disturb” sign is left on a door for more than 48 hours. The change comes after Mandalay Bay guest Stephen Paddock kept housekeeping out of his room for about three days, enabling him to convert the suite into his personal armory with 23 guns “That is a policy that applies to all of our properties,” Boyd spokesman David Strow said. The Boyd policy was changed from three days to two days last month, Strow said.
An artist in Ohio has drawn portraits of the 58 victims of the Las Vegas shooting. Ron Moore Jr. flew to Nevada Monday to hand-deliver the last three portraits, including one of Metropolitan Police Department officer Charleston Hartfield. Over 25 days, Moore dedicated nearly 175 hours to drawing portraits of the victims. Moore was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2004. He prayed that if God would give him the ability to draw again, he would use his talent to bless others. Moore also surprised Las Vegas police with a painting of an eagle. The painting and Hartfield’s portrait will remain on display inside the Las Vegas police headquarters’ main lobby.
The last patient hospitalized locally as a result of the Oct. 1 Strip shooting has been discharged. The patient, who was not identified, was discharged Saturday, almost six weeks after the attack, from St. Rose Dominican Hospital.
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Brian Joseph and Briana Erickson sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas mass shooting.
Jeff Dion, deputy executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, said he is working to make sure people who get funds from state programs will not be considered to be double dipping if and when they receive funds from the Las Vegas Victims Fund. (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Wade Millward and Henry Brean sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
RTC Traffic Operations Supervisor David Crisler relives the morning after the Las Vegas shooting, when RTC had to assist police in shutting down roads in the aftermath. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Forbes Riley recalls the night of October 1 when she was having dinner in the Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. Riley started filming as the shooting occurred on the concert grounds below. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers Travis Smaka and Adam Whitmarsh share their experience on how it was to respond to the mass shooting on Oct. 1.
A court order is preventing vendors from retrieving their equipment and items they were selling at the Route 91 Harvest festival, the site of the shooting on Oct. 1.
Attorneys plan to inspect the Route 91 Harvest concert venue where 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the Oct. 1 shooting. Experts plan to photograph and diagram the concert grounds. The inspection could pave the way for vendors to retrieve their belongings from the site by the end of the week A Clark County judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent MGM Resorts International from destroying any evidence related to the shooting, including gunman Stephen Paddock’s suite at the Mandalay Bay
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Jamie Munks, Wade Millward and Brian Joseph sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
