Vegas Mass Shooting

Christopher DeVargas / Las Vegas Sun

People gather in the rotunda at the Clark County Government Center to see the final renderings and design of a permanent memorial that will soon be constructed at the site of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.

Vegas Strong Fund taking over completion of 1 October Memorial in Las Vegas

Apr 2, 2024 (12:02 p.m.)

By Grace Da Rocha

The Clark County Commission today approved the nonprofit Vegas Strong Fund to raise money for, design and build the 1 October Memorial.

Sister of Oct. 1 victim ‘gives some love’ with donation at remembrance blood drive

September 30, 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

This week, in the days leading up to the six-year anniversary of the tragedy, Mynda Smith decided her continued healing from that tragic night needed to include donating blood. She participated in the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center Remembrance Blood Drive downtown.
Events to mark six-year anniversary of Las Vegas Oct. 1 massacre

September 27, 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

The Las Vegas community will come together this week to remember the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Strip that killed 58 people that night and wounded 800 in what is still the largest mass shooting ...
Clark County receives $35,000 donation for 1 October Memorial

September 19, 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

The Clark County Commission has received a $35,000 donation to help build the 1 October Memorial. At their meeting today, commissioners accepted the donation from the ...
Commission OKs design for Las Vegas mass shooting memorial

September 5, 2023

By Grace Da Rocha

The design for an Oct. 1 memorial cleared its final hurdle today after the Clark County Commission’s unanimous vote to select a proposal from JCJ Architecture. Commissioners voted 6-0 to ...
The aftermath of mass shootings infiltrates every corner of survivors’ lives

July 4, 2023

By Claire Savage, Associated Press/Report for America

More than a year after 11-year-old Mayah Zamora was airlifted out of Uvalde, Texas, where she was critically injured in the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers, the family is still reeling. Knocks on the door startle Mayah into a panic. The family is skipping Fourth of July celebrations to ...
Why so many mass killings? Families, experts seek answers

May 8, 2023

By Stefanie Dazio and Larry Fenn, Associated Press

More than five years after his son was gunned down in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Richard Berger still asks why. Why Stephen Berger was killed the day after celebrating his 44th birthday. Why the gunman rained bullets over the Las Vegas Strip in 2017, turning a country music festival into ...
Las Vegas Oct. 1 aid group to receive Congressional award for efforts

April 22, 2023

By Teresa Moss

The Vegas Strong Resiliency Center will receive a Congressional award next week for its work in providing resources to shooting survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival, according to a news release ...
Slain Vegas shooting victims’ kin to split shooter’s estate

April 20, 2023

By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Fifty-eight people died the night of the shooting, and authorities said two died months later from their wounds. More than 850 people were injured.
New FBI docs: Las Vegas mass shooter was angry at casinos

March 30, 2023

By Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter, Associated Press

The high-stakes gambler who opened fire on a concert crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 and injuring hundreds more, was angry over how the casinos were treating him despite his high-roller status, according to FBI documents made public this week. The cache of new documents offers the strongest indication yet of why gunman ...
MGM Resorts sells land that was site of Las Vegas massacre

December 30, 2022

Associated Press

MGM Resorts International has closed on the sale of land on the Las Vegas Strip that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the company announced ...
Las Vegans remember victims of mass shooting on 5th anniversary

October 1, 2022

By Katie Ann McCarver

The Oct. 1 shooting remains the deadliest in modern U.S. history, with two additional victims dying of their injuries as recently as 2020.
Commemoration events set to mark 5 years since Oct. 1 mass shooting on Las Vegas Strip

September 30, 2022

By Grace Da Rocha

It’s been nearly five years since the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, but it continues to be important to “recognize the strength and resiliency that we continue to demonstrate as a community in response to the tragedy with every passing year,” Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson said.
Harrowing film tells of Las Vegas shooting, aftermath

September 27, 2022

By David Bauder, Associated Press

A pair of cowboy boots that Ashley Hoff never thought she would see again helped unlock a powerful story about the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The resulting film, “11 Minutes,” is an inside account of the 2017 massacre at a country music festival in Las Vegas and, more importantly, about how it ...
Gun advocates fight for bump stocks in latest court hearing

September 13, 2022

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

A federal appeals court was told Tuesday that there is no basis in federal law for a Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to fire multiple rounds from ...

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