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Women become friends, support system after Las Vegas shooting

Five women, some of whom barely knew one another before the Route 91 Harvest festival, have formed a sort of makeshift support group to help one another through different stages of post-traumatic stress.

Police investigating shooting in central Las Vegas

Metro officers responded on reports of the shooting about 8:20 p.m. to the 2800 block of North Pecos Road, near Las Vegas Boulevard North, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Peter Kisfalvi said.

Jet fuel tank targeted by Las Vegas shooter will soon be inspected

The giant jet fuel tank struck by rifle fire during the deadly Strip mass shooting has been drained and McCarran International Airport officials are close to hiring a safety expert to inspect it.

School police use Taser to subdue Las Vegas High student

The unidentified 16-year-old boy faces charges of disturbance and battery of a public official after the incident, which marked the first time district police have used the weapon since they began carrying them in 2015.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim’s surgeon was former neighbor

After Dr. Timothy Dickhudt, a University Medical Center trauma surgeon, operated on Philip Aurich after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, he discovered that their families had connections in his native Minnesota.