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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.”

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