Las Vegas Metro officer Brady Cook was shot while responding to the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting on the Strip on his second day of field training. (Elizabeth Brumley Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Samanta Arjune had an extra ticket to the Route 91 Harvest festival country music concert on the Strip Oct. 1., and invited her brother Malcolm Bissember. They thought the gunfire was fireworks. When they realized it was gunfire, they started to run.
In the aftermath of the deadly shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival some tourists have canceled reservations to shooting businesses in Las Vegas but some businesses have noticed an increase of interest in self defense. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters that Stephen Paddock checked into his hotel room 3 days earlier than previously reported and that Paddock had shot a security guard prior to the mass shooting starting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Cori Langdon, 58, recounts driving her taxi cab near Mandalay Bay the night of last week’s mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival during an interview at Desert Cab Inc. in Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. Five people piled themselves into Langdon’s cab in search of safety from the gunfire. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto
Officials say they have thousands of items–from lawn chairs to cell phones–at the Family Assistance Center for victims to pick up. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Dogs from around the country are stationed at the Family Assistance Center at the Las Vegas Convention Center to help victims cope with the mass shooting on October 1. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
To honor the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, the street marquees along Las Vegas Boulevard went dark for 11 minutes. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One week after the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Strip went dark for 11 minutes in honor of the victims. One of the victims, Brennan Stewart, recorded this song, “You Should Be Here,” before he died. This song was shared by the family and with permission of the writers, Cole Swindell and Ashley Gorley.
At a Sunday night event geared toward millennials, Pastor Benny Perez told a a crowded rented retail space at 918 S. Main St. that God does not exist to inflict pain on humanity. The tragedy happened because “there is evil in the world.” (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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)
Members of the First African-Methodist Episcopal Church came together Sunday to celebrate life and honor the victims of last Sunday’s deadly mass shooting that killed 58 people. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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)
After defeating Thales Leites at UFC 216, Brad Tavares discusses what’s next and reflects on what the last week of preparation for his fight was like after the shooting took place in Las Vegas.
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
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)
Bryan Salmond and Raiders beat writer Michael Gehlken discuss how EJ Manuel will be the quarterback on Sunday and Derek Carr showing up for practice.
Las Vegas Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock used his Mandalay Bay hotel room to spray massive aviation fuel tanks with bullets Sunday night, a knowledgeable source told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. One bullet penetrated one of the circular white tanks but did not cause a fire, sparing the nearby Route 91 Harvest country music festival from a potentially massive explosion, the source said Wednesday. The tanks are roughly 1,100 feet from the concert site, where Paddock killed 58 people and wounded almost 500.
Las Vegas local and UFC 216 competitor Evan Dunham discusses his upcoming fight against Beneil Dariush and how the city’s recent tragedy has affected him.
Chief Medical Officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center, Dr. Mel Pohl, sits down with the Review-Journal to describe the side effects of an anti-anxiety medication called diazepam. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV linebacker Farrell Hester II talks about playing as an incoming freshman. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas resident Erick Silva, is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Silva, 21, was stationed in front of the stage at the festival Sunday as part of the show’s security detail. Silva worked security for the Las Vegas branch of CSC for about three years. Gina Argento says when the shooting started, he was among the first of the event’s first responders, helping concertgoers to flee until he, himself, was killed.
Jennifer Irvine, a 42-year-old family law and criminal defense attorney who ran her own law firm in San Diego, had a great career ahead of her, her publicist, Jay Jones said Wednesday. It was cut short when she died Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. “She was always enthusiastic and wonderful. She was optimistic about life,” Jones said. Outside of work, Irvine held a black belt in taekwondo, practiced hot yoga, and snowboarded, her LinkedIn said.
Laura Shipp, 50, of Las Vegas, got separated from her son, who is described as the “light of her life,” when the shooting began at Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Her son, 23-year-old Corey Shipp, a Marine Reservist, spent Sunday night and the early Monday morning hours trying to find her. “She was a single mother from the day he was born,” said Steve Shipp, her brother, who confirmed her death Wednesday afternoon. “The two of them just had each other. They were very close.” Steve Shipp, who drove into Las Vegas from California, said his top priority is supporting his nephew and his family through the days ahead.
California resident Austin Davis is among those killed in this week’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
The local plumbers and pipefitters union in Colton, California, confirmed Davis’ death, but out of respect for the family declined to give any statements when reached by phone on Wednesday. “Austin, Davis, UA member of local 364, died in the terrible Las Vegas shooting,” the United Association Local 364 union wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning. “In his memory, we post these photos.” A GoFundMe page for a memorial fund had raised over $14,000 of a $20,000 goal as of noon on Wednesday.
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.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez praises Las Vegas’ response to Sunday’s mass shooting during a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police release multiple bodycam videos from Sunday’s Strip shooting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal