General Manager Elion Prodani prepares a whole fish by Chef Mark LoRusso at Costa di Mare inside Wynn Las Vegas. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Caesars Entertainment Corp. has created armed emergency response teams. They are composed of former military and law enforcement officials. “These teams provide valuable additional security capabilities,” Caesars spokeswoman Jennifer Forkish said. Caesars is hiring Security Saturation Team supervisors, managers and officers, according to LinkedIn. The company did not say how many people it plans to hire for the units. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bishop Gorman forward Ashtyn Fink talks about the differences of playing club and high school soccer.
On the night of Oct. 1 Todd Wienke shielded his girlfriend Oshia Collins-Waters as gunfire rained down. He was hit three times, but survived and made a strong recovery. Todd and Oshia returned to Vegas for their wedding to make better memories of Oct. 1.
Country singer Sam Riddle performs “Vegas Strong” at the wedding of Todd Wienke and Oshia Collins-Waters on Oct.1, 2018, as 14 other Route 91 survivors join them for the dance.
Barbers discuss the growing industry at the 2018 LV Barber Expo on Sunday, Sept. 30 at South Point. (Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas commemorates Oct. 1, one year after the mass shooting that killed 58 people on the Strip across from Mandalay Bay at the Route 91 Harvest festival.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez announces Armani Rogers’ injury on Monday. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Chef Stephen LaSala presents a whole suckling pig that will be part of The Beast Feast at Searsucker inside Caesars Palace. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hundreds gathered for a music and prayer on the front steps of Las Vegas City Hall to remember victims of the October 1 shooting.
Members of the Vegas Golden Knights NHL team showed up for a community blood drive on the first anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting, Oct. 1, 2018. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Community Ambulance in Henderson and Vegas Golden Knights players honored medical team members for their courage under fire, exceptional care for patients and resilience in the wake of the Oct. 1 Strip shooting. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A blood drive was held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on the one year anniversary of the Oct. 1 shooting. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Video with Christy Wood, principal at Lamb of God Lutheran School on the 1 October chapel and students’ donation to Lutheran Church Charities comfort dogs.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez talks about the importance of taking momentum into the new stadium in 2020. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center supported their staff on the Oct. 1 shooting anniversary with a visit from PJ the therapy dog.
Local shooting survivors Jackie Baren, left, and Robert Baren stand outside the East entrance/exit gate of the festival grounds on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 in Las Vegas remembering their escape from the gunfire. Todd Prince/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Chris Lisle, visiting from Nashville, Tennessee, was not at the shooting but said he designed Jason Aldean’s show, as a concert production designer.
“I wasn’t physically here, but all my friends were,” Lisle said. “It hurt. It hurt bad. It still hurts, a lot.”
Lisle left 58 roses along the South gate of the festival grounds in memory of the 58 who were murdered.
A dedication ceremony was held at St. Rose to unveil a memorial and to read the names of those who died on October 1, a year ago. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas residents remember how they learned about the Oct. 1 shooting. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Governor Brian Sandoval, Sheriff Joe Lombardo and Mynda Smith, the sister of Neysa Tonks, one of the 58 who perished on 1 October speak to attendees of a sunrise remembrance ceremony at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater.
Daisy Badger discussed the importance of donating blood on the anniversary of the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
Vitalent hosts a blood drive at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, the first anniversary of the Las Vegas shootings. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Myanda Smith, sister of Las Vegas shooting victim Neysa Tonks, speaks at the sunrise remembrance ceremony at the Clark County Government Center in downtown Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval speaks to the crowd at the Oct. 1 sunrise remembrance ceremony at the Clark County Government Center in downtown Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A service held Sept. 30 to commemorate the anniversary of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip
Wyatt Matheson is often referred to as the “Vegas Strong Baby” after his mother, Markie Coffer, attended the 2017 Route 91 Country Music Festival with his father, Travis Matheson, while nine-months pregnant. The couple was able to safely escape the shooting to a hospital where Wyatt was born two days later. This upcoming week Wyatt will turn one. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ahead of the Raiders game against the Browns, owner Mark Davis meets with LV Metro PD officers and LV Fire and Rescue who were invited to the game.