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| Identities of Las Vegas shooting victims begin to emerge | |
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| 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. | 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, 29, who lived in Big Sandy, Tennessee, and worked at a nearby hospital, was the first victim publicly identified. Family members confirmed to the news station WSMV that he was killed in the gunfire. | 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 the news station WSMV that he was killed in the gunfire. |
| His wife, Heather Melton, told WZTV that her husband had 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 had 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 had gotten married about a year ago. | A friend of the couple told the Paris (Tennessee) Post-Intelligencer that the two had gotten married about a year ago. |
| “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. | “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 chief executive, 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. |
| 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 had “died in [her] arms”. | 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 had “died in [her] arms”. |
| “We only had one child,” McIldoon’s parents told CBC. “We just don’t know what to do.” | “We only had one child,” McIldoon’s parents told CBC. “We just don’t know what to do.” |
| The music festival attracted more than 20,000 spectators from all over the country and beyond. As more victims begin to be identified, they will probably hail from a long list of different cities and towns. | The music festival attracted more than 20,000 spectators from all over the country and beyond. As more victims begin to be identified, they will probably hail from a long list of different cities and towns. |
| Local outlets in Bakersfield, California, have confirmed with family members that 20-year-old Bailey Schweitzer was killed in the attack. | |
| Further downstate, San Bernardino County officials announced in an email to staff that Dana Gardner, a longtime county employee, had died this morning from gunshot wounds sustained in the onslaught. Five other county employees who were also at the concert are said to have been injured. | |
| Jessica Klymchuk, an Edmonton, Alberta, woman, has also been confirmed dead in the shooting. In a statement, Alberta’s premier, Rachel Notley, called the incident an “act of violence that is almost beyond comprehension in a time of peace”. | Jessica Klymchuk, an Edmonton, Alberta, woman, has also been confirmed dead in the shooting. In a statement, Alberta’s premier, Rachel Notley, called the incident an “act of violence that is almost beyond comprehension in a time of peace”. |
| The first Las Vegas resident identified as a victim was 20-year-old Quinton Robbins, a student at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. On Facebook, a woman who identified herself as Robbins’s aunt wrote: “He was the most kind and loving soul. Everyone who met him loved him. His contagious laugh and smile. He was truly an amazing person.” | |
| A Tewksbury, Massachusetts, woman, Rhonda LeRocque, and a Martinsville, West Virginia woman, Denise Burditus, have also been reported as victims of the mass killing as more names emerged throughout the day. | |
| Burditus’s husband, who was also at the concert, wrote on Facebook: “It saddens me to say that I lost my wife of 32 years, a mother of two, soon to be grandmother of five this evening in the Las Vegas shooting,” Tony Burditus wrote. “Denise passed in my arms. I LOVE YOU BABE.” | |
| The city of Manhattan Beach, California, lost both a middle school teacher, 35-year-old Sandy Casey, and a 10-year veteran civilian employee of its police department, Rachael Parker. | |
| At least 59 people were killed in what is now 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. |