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April 25, 2024

Vegas Mass Shooting

Oct. 1 survivor Terri Davis at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.
County plans Oct. 1 memorial for and by the community
July 13, 2022
“One of the things that we felt were important was the ability to participate,” said Tennille Pereira, director of the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center and chairperson of the ...
Family, friends and just passer-byers look on at the 58 crosses Greg Zanis placed near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign Tues. Oct. 1, 2019, in honor of those that lost their lives on this day, two years ago, during the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting.
22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came from
May 27, 2022
The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18, authorities say, when they bought the weapons used in ...
Debris is strewn through the scene of a mass shooting at a music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Nevada court sides with gunmakers in Las Vegas shooting lawsuit
Dec. 3, 2021
Nevada's Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon malfunctions.
Greg Rodrigues, father of Stacee Etcheber, one of the 58 killed on Oct. 1, 2017, wipes away tears during a fourth annual Oct. 1 sunrise remembrance ceremony at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.
‘In our memories forever’: Las Vegas marks 4th anniversary of Oct. 1 mass shooting
Oct. 1, 2021
Dee Ann Hyatt returns to Las Vegas every Oct. 1, no matter how painful the memories. Hyatt, 65, was one of six family members at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Oct. 1, 2017, when a gunman opened fire from a hotel tower onto the Strip venue. A total of 58 people ...
In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo, people pray at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims in Las Vegas, on the anniversary of the mass shooting two years earlier. People who died, will be remembered Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, during the fourth anniversary of the Las Vegas massacre that became the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Fourth year since Las Vegas massacre stirs emotions and ceremonies
Oct. 1, 2021
“It’s always emotional. There are so many people who think we should be over it," Jill Winter said. "This is not something you ever get over. It’s forever changed us.”
Joe and Tracey Robbins stand by a memorial to their son, Quinton, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, at Heritage Park in Henderson. Quinton, 20, a city of Henderson employee and basketball coach at Basic High School, was one of the 58 people killed in the mass shooting Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas.
Family carries on legacy of son, a mass shooting victim, by 'playing' it forward
Oct. 1, 2021
Joe Robbins begins most days with a walk around Heritage Park in Henderson. Even in the heat of the Southern Nevada summer, Robbins is up at ...
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak gives a hug to Joe Robbins, father of shooting victim Quinton Robbins, speaks during a 1 October Sunrise Remembrance ceremony at the Clark County Government Center Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Quinton Robbins, 20, of Henderson was one of the 58 people killed in the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Also on stage are Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.
Las Vegas to mark 4th anniversary of Oct. 1 tragedy
Sept. 30, 2021
The mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip killed 58 and wounded hundreds of others, two of whom later died from their injuries ...
People visit a memorial garden for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas massacre memorial panel focusing on victim stories
Aug. 27, 2021
More than 65% of the 6,066 responses to a previous questionnaire during a two-week period in March called it extremely or very important to have the memorial at the open-air Las Vegas Strip ...
Debris litters the festival grounds across the street from Mandalay Bay, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, following a mass shooting in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International, which owns the site, said it is donating part of the property for a permanent memorial.
Las Vegas mass shooting memorial to be at festival site
Aug. 2, 2021
It’s still not entirely clear what the memorial for the shooting victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, massacre will look like, but now the committee working on it knows ...
Iowa man arrested after firearms found in Chicago hotel room overlooking July 4 festivities
July 6, 2021
An Iowa man has been arrested after a rifle and ammunition were found near a window inside his hotel room in downtown Chicago on ...
In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah.
Supreme Court won't take Maryland bump stock ban case
May 3, 2021
The Supreme Court is declining to take up a challenge to Maryland’s ban on bump stocks and other devices that make guns fire faster. The high court on Monday turned away a challenge to the ban, which ...
A woman embraces Greg Zanis, who has placed 58 crosses near the Welcome to Las Vegas sign Tues. Oct. 1, 2019, in honor of those that lost their lives on this day, two years ago, during the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting.
County considers fund for permanent Vegas mass shooting memorial
April 28, 2021
Clark County is moving toward establishing a fund for the creation and maintenance of a permanent memorial for the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting.
In this Oct. 16, 2017, file photo, pictures and notes adorn a wall at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden in Las Vegas. The garden was built as a memorial for the victims of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage
March 25, 2021
The suspect in the shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket was convicted of assaulting a high school classmate but still got a gun. The man accused ...
Debris litters a festival grounds across the street from Mandalay Bay, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Las Vegas. Authorities said Stephen Paddock broke the windows of his hotel suite and began firing with a cache of weapons, killing dozens and injuring hundreds at a music festival at the grounds.
Online results favor shooting memorial at concert site
March 24, 2021
Online opinions favored putting a permanent memorial to the 2017 Las Vegas Strip massacre at the outdoor concert site where 58 people were killed in ...
People pray at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in Las Vegas, on the anniversary of the mass shooting two years earlier.
Thousands of ideas offered for Vegas mass shooting memorial
March 12, 2021
More than 5,100 responses have come in to a panel planning a permanent memorial to the 2017 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip that became the deadliest ...