Boyd Gaming Corp. is informing guests at all its properties that hotel personnel will enter a room if a “Do Not Disturb” sign is left on a door for more than 48 hours. The change comes after Mandalay Bay guest Stephen Paddock kept housekeeping out of his room for about three days, enabling him to convert the suite into his personal armory with 23 guns “That is a policy that applies to all of our properties,” Boyd spokesman David Strow said. The Boyd policy was changed from three days to two days last month, Strow said.
An artist in Ohio has drawn portraits of the 58 victims of the Las Vegas shooting. Ron Moore Jr. flew to Nevada Monday to hand-deliver the last three portraits, including one of Metropolitan Police Department officer Charleston Hartfield. Over 25 days, Moore dedicated nearly 175 hours to drawing portraits of the victims. Moore was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2004. He prayed that if God would give him the ability to draw again, he would use his talent to bless others. Moore also surprised Las Vegas police with a painting of an eagle. The painting and Hartfield’s portrait will remain on display inside the Las Vegas police headquarters’ main lobby.
The last patient hospitalized locally as a result of the Oct. 1 Strip shooting has been discharged. The patient, who was not identified, was discharged Saturday, almost six weeks after the attack, from St. Rose Dominican Hospital.
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Brian Joseph and Briana Erickson sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas mass shooting.
Jeff Dion, deputy executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, said he is working to make sure people who get funds from state programs will not be considered to be double dipping if and when they receive funds from the Las Vegas Victims Fund. (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Wade Millward and Henry Brean sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
RTC Traffic Operations Supervisor David Crisler relives the morning after the Las Vegas shooting, when RTC had to assist police in shutting down roads in the aftermath. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Forbes Riley recalls the night of October 1 when she was having dinner in the Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. Riley started filming as the shooting occurred on the concert grounds below. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers Travis Smaka and Adam Whitmarsh share their experience on how it was to respond to the mass shooting on Oct. 1.
A court order is preventing vendors from retrieving their equipment and items they were selling at the Route 91 Harvest festival, the site of the shooting on Oct. 1.
Attorneys plan to inspect the Route 91 Harvest concert venue where 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the Oct. 1 shooting. Experts plan to photograph and diagram the concert grounds. The inspection could pave the way for vendors to retrieve their belongings from the site by the end of the week A Clark County judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent MGM Resorts International from destroying any evidence related to the shooting, including gunman Stephen Paddock’s suite at the Mandalay Bay
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Jamie Munks, Wade Millward and Brian Joseph sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
The operator of the hotel closest to the Route 91 Harvest Festival grounds not operated by MGM Resorts International said the Tropicana Las Vegas experienced a 35 percent cancellation rate on bookings in the days immediately following the Oct. 1 mass shooting. But Jay Snowden, president and chief operating officer of Penn National Gaming, said there were no group cancellations and that the downturn in bookings appears to be a short-term situation that is gradually going away. Penn was the first gaming company to publicly quantify the extent of cancellations in relation to the shooting. MGM Resorts reports quarterly earnings on Nov. 8.
58 rocks, one for each Oct. 1 victim, painted by Maxine Dolan and husband Don Dolan were placed at the Healing Garden in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.
Maxine and Don Dolan handpainted 58 rocks to honor the victims of the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip and placed them at the Healing Garden in downtown Las Vegas.
Andrew Gudmunson wants to get better so he can get back home. Home is 1,400 miles away in Minot, North Dakota — a place he’s been away from for more than three weeks since he was injured in the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. Gudmunson, who said he’s focused on his recovery, shared his story via social media In the message, he said a combination of actions by his girlfriend, McKenna Larson, and three strangers helped him survive the bullet that hit him on the left side of his abdomen, went through his body, and exited through his right side. “The scope of the outpouring of support really become overwhelming and leaves me feeling extremely grateful,” Gudmunson said.
If Marilou Danley is still a person of interest in the Las Vegas shooting investigation, law enforcement officials aren’t saying. Since her Oct. 3 return to the United States, authorities also were keeping the whereabouts of the shooter’s live-in girlfriend close to the vest. Las Vegas police said Danley was met by FBI agents for questioning when she landed at Los Angeles International Airport.
The mother of a Las Vegas police officer killed in the Route 91 shooting died this weekend after falling while riding an escalator. Sheryl Stiles was in town to attend the Friday services for her only son, Charleston Hartfield, the Metropolitan Police Department officer killed in the Oct. 1 shooting. Cecil Ralston, Sheryl’s cousin, said she fell while riding an escalator at a Las Vegas hotel. “No one expected anything like this to happen,” Ralston said.
Five graffiti artists worked for about 17 straight hours from Sunday through Monday morning to create the 200-foot-long mural at the corner of Westcliff and Antelope Way. The hearts are different colors, each containing a victim’s name with a halo resting over it. The effort was organized by Kitos Lucero, a lifelong Las Vegas resident who has been creating murals for children diagnosed with cancer. “My inspiration was to give something. There had to be something I could give to the families who lost their loved ones,” Lucero said.
New video of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting from Forbes Riley on Facebook.
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Rachel Crosby, Colton Lochhead and Brian Joseph sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
Funeral procession transporting Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield to his final resting place on Friday travels down the Las Vegas Strip. Hartfield was one of the 58 people killed in the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in the Las Vegas.
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It was entirely predictable that democrats would use the horrific Las Vegas Strip shooting to push for gun control. What’s shocking is how far they want to go.
Dr. Gabriel C. Leger, of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, offers insights into what a neuropathological examination of a brain entails and what it could reveal.
Dr. Timothy Dickhudt was only at work for 15 minutes October 1 when he took a gunshot victim into surgery. Little did he know the patient he was treating had connections with his home state and his family. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Where is Jesus Campos? MGM Resorts International seems to know. The whereabouts of the 24-year-old Mandalay Bay security guard, who first encountered mass shooter Stephen Paddock and was shot in the leg by the gunman, has been unknown since he failed to show up to five television interviews scheduled Thursday by the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America. MGM told the Review-Journal in a Tuesday email: “Jesus Campos wants to tell his story at a time and place of his choosing. He’s asked that everyone respect his request for privacy. We could not be more proud of Jesus.”
The Oakland Raiders reached out to first responders from the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas, flew about 30 of them to the game against the Chargers, gave them VIP field access and seats, and had owner Mark Davis meet with them.
Family and friends gathered at Black Rock Park in Santa Clara City, Utah on Saturday, Oct. 14 to celebrate the life of Cameron Robinson. Robinson was one of the 58 people killed in the Oct. 1 shooting on the Strip. (Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Volunteers presented a 2-mile-long lei at the Las Vegas sign, Mandalay Bay and Downtown’s Healing Garden on Oct. 14. The lei was made in Hawaii and shipped to Las Vegas and was organized by Maui restaurant-owner Ron Panzo. Panzo has organized several other lei-making projects, including one for victims of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting and the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. (Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal)