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First victim of Las Vegas shooting identified by his family First identified victims of Las Vegas shooting from Tennessee and Canada
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The first victim of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas has been named by his family. A registered nurse from Tennessee and a mechanic’s apprentice from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, were among the first identified victims of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Sonny Melton was a registered nurse from west Tennessee, according to social media and reported by news station WSMV. Sonny Melton, 29, who lived in Big Sandy, Tennessee, and worked at a nearby hospital, was the first victim publicly identified. Family members confirmed to news station WSMV that he was killed in the gunfire.
His wife Heather Melton told WZTV that her husband shielded her from bullets on the ground when the shooting began. “He saved my life and lost his,” she said. His wife, Heather Melton, told WZTV that her husband shielded her from bullets on the ground when the shooting began. “He saved my life and lost his,” she said.
A friend of the couple told the Paris (Tennessee) Post Intelligencer that the two got married about a year ago.A friend of the couple told the Paris (Tennessee) Post Intelligencer that the two got married about a year ago.
“I want everyone to know what a kind-hearted loving man he was but at this point I can barely breathe,” Heather Melton wrote to USA Today. “I want everyone to know what a kindhearted loving man he was but at this point I can barely breathe,” Heather Melton wrote to USA Today.
The couple both worked at Henry County Medical Center in Tennessee, he as a registered nurse, she as an orthopedic surgeon. “The thoughts and prayers of the entire HCMC family are with Sonny and Heather’s families,” the center’s CEO, Thomas Gee, said in a statement. The couple both worked at Henry County medical center in Tennessee, he as a registered nurse, she as an orthopedic surgeon. “The thoughts and prayers of the entire HCMC family are with Sonny and Heather’s families,” the center’s chief executive, Thomas Gee, said in a statement.
At least 58 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in US history on Sunday night, when a gunman opened fire on an open-air music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a 23-year-old British Columbia man, Jordan McIldoon, was also among the dead, according to his parents. Another concertgoer posted on Facebook on Sunday night that McIldoon “died in [her] arms”.
More details soon ... “We only had one child,” McIldoon’s parents told CBC. “We just don’t know what to do.”
At least 58 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in US history, when a gunman opened fire on an open-air music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip.