Sheriff Joe Lombardo addresses reports disclosing photos from inside the shooter’s hotel room. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sheriff Joe Lombardo addresses media with most recent updates on investigation surrounding a mass shooting on the Strip. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., stops by Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to visit Ontario Police Officer Michael Gracia and fiancee Summer Clyburn, who were both wounded in the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Angela “Angie” Gomez, a 2015 graduate of Riverside Polytechnic High School in Riverside, Calif., has been identified as one of the 59 people killed in the shooting. Gomez was described by the high school’s staff as “fun-loving young lady with a great sense of humor.” She participated in the Riverside Children’s Theater, was involved in choir in both middle and high school and was a cheerleader for the high school, according to the school district. English teacher and cheer coach Lupe Avila set up a GoFundMe page for Gomez’s family. By 3 p.m., it had raised more than $20,000.
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.
Rhonda LeRocque, 42, died at a Las Vegas hospital after being shot, her aunt Gloria Murdock said. LeRocque was attending the festival with her husband, 6-year-old daughter and father-in-law. Murdock said none of them were injured. “She was all things to all people. She emanated the word love,” Murdock said. “She was as close to perfect as you could get.”
Firefighter praises selflessness of off-duty colleagues during Las Vegas shooting
Anthony Robone describes treating his brother Nicholas Robone during the chaotic scene at Route 91 festival in Las Vegas. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Charleston Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer and recently published author of a memoir about life on the force, was killed Sunday night in the mass shooting on the Strip. Hartfield, a 34-year-old military veteran known as Charles, Chucky or “ChuckyHart,” also coached youth football Hartfield was a sergeant 1st class in the Nevada Army National Guard, assigned to the 100th Quartermaster Company, based in Las Vegas. Brig. Gen. William Burks, adjutant general of the Nevada National Guard, called him “the epitome of a citizen-soldier.”
Elaine Wilson provides the latest details following the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo, Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak, Rep. Dina Titus D-Nev, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev, and Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison hold a media briefing to recap the day of response to the Las Vegas Strip shooting.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported at least 59 dead, more than 525 injured. Police found 23 guns in the shooter’s Mandalay Bay hotel room, 19 more in his Mesquite residence. Blood donations centers have asked those wishing to donate to wait until Tuesday afternoon at the soonest. Metro is still investigating any potential motives the shooter might have had.
About 50 people, mostly airmen, gathered in a chapel on Nellis Air Force Base for a candlelight vigil Monday in the aftermath of Sunday night’s massacre.
Light peered through stained glass windows and the sound of fighter jets occasionally buzzed overhead as Lt. Col. Dwayne Jones addressed the congregation.
Jones said his main message was to find positivity and not let evil overcome good.
The gunman who opened fire and killed at least 58 people was a 64-year-old Mesquite resident Stephen Paddock was in a 32nd-floor room of the Mandalay Bay, where he checked in on September 28 As officers entered his room, Paddock shot and killed himself, police said early Monday. Sheriff Joe Lombardo said officers found 23 rifles in the man’s room. Paddock’s brother, Eric, said, “It’s like an asteroid just fell on top of our family.”
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)
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Michael Gehlken talks about the details of Derek Carr’s back injury as well as the Raiders response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Sonny Melton was killed in the hail of gunfire that rained down from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. He and his wife, Heather, work at Henry County Medical Center and had taken time off from work specifically to attend the three-day country music concert Sonny was in his early 30s and had graduated from nursing school about three years ago. Medical center CEO said: “He was an excellent person. Everyone liked him. He was a very caring individual.”
Rachel Crosby discusses what she saw during the Las Vegas Strip shooting, from the first-responders to the scenes at hospitals.
In the wake of the Las Vegas Strip shooting, the Las Vegas sports community made statements in reaction to the tragedy.
Wade Millward reports from Mesquite where police found weapons and ammo in the shooter’s home.
Review-Journal columnist John Katsilometes talks about several shows canceling performances tonight in the wake of the Las Vegas Strip shooting.
Local residents of Mesquite, Nevada express shock and surprise at news of shooting at Mandalay Bay.
Gary Mocnik of Calif., talks about what he witnessed during the shooting at Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
Staff from the University Medical Center talk about the victims they have taken in from the deadly shooting at the Mandalay Bay hotel.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
A Basic High School graduate has been identified as one of the victims of the mass shooting on the Strip Sunday night. In a Facebook post, a woman who identified herself as Quinton Robbins’ aunt announced that he had been shot. Early Monday morning, she posted that he had passed away. Robbins’ Facebook profile says that he graduated from Basic High and studied at UNLV.
A Las Vegas police officer killed Sunday night in the mass shooting on the Strip has been identified by those who knew him as Charleston Hartfield Hartfield posted an image of the Route 91 country music festival on his Facebook page Sunday evening, hours before a gunman shot into the concert crowd Troy Rhett, Hartfield’s friend, said he sent Hartfield a text message late Sunday night, “hoping he would text me back.” “I figured he was probably busy helping others,” Rhett said. “I don’t know a better man than Charles.”
Las Vegas Metro Police have set up a family reunion center at Metro Plaza, 400 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Families needing information on the welfare of loved ones should call 866-535-5654. Facebook has set up a Crisis Alert page where people can mark themselves as safe. To donate blood, visit and/or call United Blood Services and University Medical Center
Harry Liu, from San Francisco, recounts driving victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting to Sunrise hospital.
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters describe the scene after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history on the Las Vegas Strip.