Rev. Barry Vaughn, with the Christ Church Episcopal, gave a litany against gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip that took the lives of 58 people. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People talk about coming to visit a memorial to the victims of the Oct.1 mass shooting massacre in Las Vegas.
Dan and Susan Watkins of Aliso Viejo, California, witnessed profound acts of selflessness as they attempted to escape the terror of the Route 91 Harvest festival. “I hope that the people who lost people can know that when their loved ones were there, they were with a family of people that are amazing. And they are a member of that family,” Dan Watkins said.
58 doves were released following a prayer unity walk and Vice President Pence’s visit to city hall. Briana Erickson/ Las Vegas Review-Journal
Vice President Mike Pence visits Las Vegas City Hall after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Briana Erickson/ Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sunday’s headlines: Family of victim killed in Las Vegas shooting wants to freeze gunman’s assets, LVCVA wants naming rights for new 51s ballpark, first responders to get free UFC 216 tickets. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
More than 800 volunteers helped build the community healing garden to honor the Las Vegas shooting victims. Gilbert Manzano/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hundreds of volunteers have built a community healing garden in downtown Las Vegas. In just four days, a vacant lot transformed into a small park. 58 trees were planted — one for each victim. Flowers planted in a heart shape encircle “the healing tree.” A remembrance wall holds photos and mementos. Now friends, family, and loved ones have a place to come to. The healing garden is on a half-acre piece of property the city owned at 1015 S. Casino Center Blvd.
Saturday’s headlines: UNLV professor tells class “people will die” after Trump election, Stephen Paddock’s father wanted to open a church in Las Vegas, Community healing garden opens in downtown Las Vegas
Jewish congregants gathered Friday night to observe Sabbath, celebrate Sukkot and honor the 58 victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting. (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ayzayah Hartfield, son of Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield who was killed in the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, rallied for an away game at Basic High School in Henderson Saturday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A team of Review-Journal reporters were in Mesquite looking into Stephen Paddock’s past on Friday. They report on what they found during their interviews at businesses and with Mesquite officials.
Mesquite Mayor Allan Litman talks to the RJ about the Route 91 massacre and the Mesquite resident who committed the crime.
Las Vegas girl talks about mass shooting from her hospital bed
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New video shows a Las Vegas taxi driver transporting six victims from Sunday’s mass shooting to the hospital.
Winifredo Maquindang of Yellow Checker Star Transportation was staged at Mandalay Bay when he first heard shots being fired. He quickly entered his cab and shut the door.
Minutes later, victims fleeing the concert site poured into the roadway. A man pleaded Maquindang to drive to the corner to pick up a man who was shot.
The video shows him approaching Sunrise Hospital, where staff were already stationed outside the emergency department, ready to help.
Yellow Checker Star, which provided the video, said it is partnering with Miracle Flights to provide free transportation to medical facilities for anyone affected by the shooting.
Off-duty Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield was killed Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 in the mass shooting on the Strip. On Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 at Police Memorial Park, thousands gathered to remember him.
The mass shooting from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas has bone-chilling parallels to the 1966 University of Texas tower slaughter.
51 years ago a sniper used the advantage of height to rain bullets down on people below.
Charles Whitman killed 15 people and injured 31 from the 28th floor at the University of Texas, Austin.
It was the first modern mass shooting in the United States.
The Las Vegas massacre is the first mass shooting by a gunman from an elevated position since then.
Authorities now have to worry about how to deal with potential copycat shooters.
“This is a game-changer in the modern era… We have to be concerned about it. We have to create an entire new strategy.” David Shepherd, retired FBI agent
Austin Meyer was in Las Vegas celebrating his 24th birthday at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Sunday when he was killed in the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, a spokeswoman for Truckee Meadows Community College confirmed Thursday. In an interview with a California TV station, his sister Veronica described him as “ambitious, smart and hard working.” Meyer recently moved from the Monterey Peninsula to Reno and enrolled in the college’s two-year transportation technologies program,KSBW reported. His fiancee, Dana Getreu, is a student at the nearby University of Nevada, Reno.
Candice Bowers, a single mother of three, was among those killed during the attack at the Route 91 Harvest country festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Bowers, a 40-year-old from Garden Grove, California, adored country music, according to a statement released by her family on Wednesday. “Candice was a superhero,” family members said. “Over the course of her life she was able to overcome substantial obstacles and become the single mother of three amazing, kind, intelligent, beautiful children
Chris Hazencomb, of Camarillo, California, spent his 44th birthday with his mother. Four days later he was killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Maryanne Hazencomb had her son taken off life support Monday. He was at the concert with a longtime friend from Las Vegas, his mother said. “He evidently saved her from getting hit so she could raise her two boys with her husband,” Hazencomb said.
Four days after the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, a UNLV professor of history, Tessa Winkelmann, said she had predicted “people would die” once Donald Trump was elected president.
There are 58 crosses at the iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign. The crosses honor the victims of the mass shooting Oct. 1. A retired carpenter from Chicago, Greg Zanis, brought the crosses to the Strip. Zanis has erected more than 20,000 crosses over the past two decades, including after Columbine, Sandy Hook, and the Orlando nightclub shooting. The tribute is expected to remain for 40 days before being given to families of the victims.
Friday’s headlines: Tannerite found in Paddock’s home similar to compound used in NYC bombing, SUV wanted after Las Vegas shooting found, crosses and vigil at Welcome to Las Vegas sign (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Stephen Benning, Ph. D., assistant professor of psychology at UNLV, discusses whether Stephen Paddock fits the psychopath definition during an interview at his office, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph
An explosive possessed by Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock may have been used in an NYC bombing.
Authorities say they recovered the compound known as Tannerite from Paddock’s home in Mesquite and his car parked at Mandalay Bay.
Police have not said why the 64-year-old possessed Tannerite, which is unregulated.
Authorities also found ammonium nitrate in his vehicle.
It can also be used to build bombs.
Tannerite apparently was used in a September 2016 bombing in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood that injured 31 people.
Authorities later arrested Ahmed Rahami in connection with that bombing.
A California special education teacher was among those killed during a mass shooting at the Route 91 country music festival Sunday night, the Manhattan Beach Unified School District reports. Sandra Casey was a special education teacher at Manhattan Beach Middle School for nine years, according to a statement from the school district. Other employees of the middle school and school district attended the music festival but were not injured.
Shooting victim Doug Cotter, shown shot in the arm in frantic Las Vegas shooting video, is stable. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Just six weeks ago, Rocio Guillen Rocha gave birth to her fourth child — a baby boy named Austin. Guillen Rocha was still on maternity leave from her job as an assistant manager at a California Pizza Kitchen. Although she escaped the scene with fiancé, Chris Jaksha, Guillen Rocha later died from a gunshot wound suffered in the attack. The 40-year-old from Corona, California, had four children: 18-year-old Marcus, 13-year-old Christopher, 1-year-old Sofia and 1-month-old Austin. Guillen Rocha was raised in Anaheim and attended Katella High School, where she ran track and cross country.