Lawyer on Vegas shooting victim’s lawsuit: This is about accountability
 
Lawyer on Vegas shooting victim’s lawsuit: This is about accountability

Lawyers representing shooting victim Rachel Sheppard explained the details of the lawsuit filed against MGM Resorts International, the estate of Stephen Paddock, a bump stock maker and the concert host at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.

Sheriff Lombardo says there is no conspiracy with shooting timeline
 
Sheriff Lombardo says there is no conspiracy with shooting timeline

At a news briefing on Oct. 13 in Las Vegas, Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said there is no conspiracy with any parties involved where the timeline of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting is concerned.

Vegas shooting victim sings “You should be here”
 
Vegas shooting victim sings “You should be here”

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.

Parents recount horrifying scene, emotions during escape
 
Parents recount horrifying scene, emotions during escape

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.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Pati Mestas, Menifee, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Pati Mestas, Menifee, California

Pati Mestas, 67, of Menifee, California, was killed as she stood near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival stage, doing one of her favorite things. “Pati loved country (music) concerts,” said Isa Bahu, a close friend of more than 10 years. “Brooks and Dunn one of the first (concerts) we went to, and it was one of the best concerts that we went to.”
In addition to going to country music concerts, Mestas loved spending time with her grandchildren. “She lived for those kids,” Bahu said. “She went too soon.”

Las Vegas shooting victim: Brett Schwanbeck, Bullhead City, Arizona
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Brett Schwanbeck, Bullhead City, Arizona

Brett Schwanbeck, 61, was fatally shot Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Brett Schwanbeck was no stranger to the great outdoors. As a father he took his two sons on countless expeditions to camp, hunt, fish and ride dirt bikes. “He liked to be where no one else was at. He liked to get lost out in the middle of the woods,” his youngest son Shawn Schwanbeck told the Review-Journal Wednesday. “My dad was the funnest guy in the world to be around.”

Las Vegas shooting victim: Keri Lynn Galvan, 31, Thousand Oaks, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Keri Lynn Galvan, 31, Thousand Oaks, California

Keri Galvan was enjoying the Route 91 Harvest Festival with her husband and their friends when she was cut down by gunfire. The 31-year-old from Thousand Oaks, California, left behind three children. Galvan’s sister and Las Vegas resident Lindsey Poole, described her as a devoted wife and mother. “Her days started and ended with doing everything in her power to be a wonderful mother,” Poole said in a post.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Erick Silva, Las Vegas
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Erick Silva, Las Vegas

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.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Tara Roe Smith, Okotoks, Alberta
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Tara Roe Smith, Okotoks, Alberta

Tara Roe Smith, a model, mother and wife from Canada was one of the 58 killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest music festival. Statements from a modeling agency and a school where she worked in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, mourned Roe Smith. Sophia Models International, where she modeled for 10 years, described her as “a friendly face and had a very caring spirit” in a statement on their Facebook page posted late Tuesday. A GoFundMe has been created to help support Roe Smith’s husband, Zach, and their two young sons. In one day, the campaign raised more than $120,000.

Cell Phone Video of Vegas Mass Shooting
 
Cell Phone Video of Vegas Mass Shooting

Video taken during the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Music Festival near Mandalay Bay.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Jennifer Parks, Palmdale, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Jennifer Parks, Palmdale, California

Walking into Jennifer Parks’ kindergarten classroom, it was easy to tell Palmdale, California, teacher cared about her pupils. Parks was a little more than a month into her third year of teaching when she was shot and killed Sunday. Parks, who was in her early 30s, received a master’s degree in education in May. “She’s one of those kind of people you meet her and she is so enthusiastic about everything she is doing. Teaching is one of those things she was cut out to do.” said Westside Union School District Superintendent Regina Rossall.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Jennifer Irvine, San Diego
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Jennifer Irvine, San Diego

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.

Las Vegas shooting victim: Austin Davis, Colton, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Austin Davis, Colton, California

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.

Las Vegas shooting victim: John Phippen, Santa Clarita, California
 
Las Vegas shooting victim: John Phippen, Santa Clarita, California

John Phippen, a 56-year-old father of six from Santa Clarita, California, was among those killed in the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting. A GoFundMe page was created for the Phippen family by longtime neighbors and friends, Leah and Paul Nagyivanyi. Phippen and his son Travis were attending the concert together. Travis Phippen was shot in the arm during the Sunday night attack. On the GoFundMe page, Leah Nagyivanyi wrote: “If you didn’t know John you surely missed out. He was a simple man who enjoyed the simple things in life and having fun doing them.”

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.”

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.

Memorial video of Las Vegas shooting victims
 
Memorial video of Las Vegas shooting victims

Las Vegas police said Monday that at least 59 people died in the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival on Sunday night. Take time to remember some of the victims who are pictured here. (Zac Pacleb/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Las Vegas Mass Shooting
 
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Associated Press reports ISIS has claimed responsibility the mass shooting in Las Vegas where 50 people were killed and more than 400 wounded, and said the attacker had converted to Islam a few months ago. Shooter is identified as Stephen Paddock, 64 year old Mesquite, Nevada resident. Police say he killed himself after Police stormed his 32nd floor hotel room inside Mandalay Bay. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said authorities believe it was a “lone wolf” attack. And the U.S. Homeland Security Department said there was no “specific credible threat” involving other public venues in the U.S. AP reports the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack and said the gunman was “a soldier” who had converted to Islam months ago. But it provided no evidence, and federal authorities said they were still investigating. Reuters America reports that Senior U.S. Official discounts Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for Vegas mass shooting. SWAT teams using explosives stormed the gunman’s hotel room in the sleek, gold-colored glass skyscraper and found he had killed himself, authorities said. He had as many as 10 guns with him, including rifles, they said.

Five things you need to know about Sunday night shooting at Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas
 
Five things you need to know about Sunday night shooting at Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas

Families seeking information on the welfare of loved ones? This special number has been set up to help friends and families seeking information: 1-866-535-5654. Is this the worst mass shooting ever in the United States? Yes, there are 50 fatalities and 400 injured. It represents the largest number of shooting fatalities ever reported in the United States. 49 people were killed in the Pulse shooting in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. What can you tell me about the shooter?
Shooter is identified as Stephen Paddock, 64 year old Mesquite, Nevada resident. Police say he killed himself after Police stormed his 32nd floor hotel room inside Mandalay Bay. What is the Route 91 Harvest Festival? It is a Country Music festival that ran from September 29-October 1. Among the headliners: Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Maren Morris, and Lee Brice. The event was held across the street from Mandalay Bay on Las Vegas Boulevard. How can you help? Metro Police says you can make a blood donation at the Labor Health and Welfare clinic at 7135 West Sahara, Las Vegas.

Pray for Las Vegas
 
Pray for Las Vegas

Pictures from Las Vegas Review-Journal show the emotional impact for Las Vegas residents, tourists, first responders following the worst mass shooting in United States History. The shooting occurred as Jason Aldean was performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas strip. Aldean posted this picture on Instagram Pray for Las Vegas. Aldean was joined by many others across social media expressing concern for the city and victims.