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Las Vegas casinos focus on protecting profits, not spotting threats, experts say

In the shadow of the worst mass shooting in modern history, Las Vegas is hosting the world’s largest gaming convention with nearly 150 panels. But of the handful of speakers slated to address security concerns at the Global Gaming Expo this week, nearly all are focused on protecting casinos from dangers such as cyber threats, frivolous lawsuits and scams.

 
Drug given to Paddock calms some, provokes others, experts say

Diazepam, the anti-anxiety medicine prescribed for Las Vegas gunman less than four months before the mass shooting, has a deserved reputation as a Jekyll-and-Hyde drug, calming some and causing others to become more aggressive.

Las Vegas police officer hailed as hero after Strip shooting

Casey Clarkson, a 32-year-old Las Vegas police officer who was injured at the Route 91 country music festival, was seated Wednesday next to first lady Melania Trump at a news conference inside police headquarters.

 
First Route 91 emergency responders recount triage

Before the 32nd-floor window of Mandalay Bay was obliterated, the night hadn’t been particularly eventful for Glen Simpson, an emergency medical responder. That was before 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired an automatic-style rifle into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers Sunday.

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The inevitable moment Las Vegas dreaded

We knew the day would come. It was inevitable. But most of us thought the horror wreaked Sunday would come from overseas, not some gambling geezer living in a retirement community in Mesquite.

Titus, Democrats introduce bill to ban sale of bump stocks

As President Donald Trump met with the victims and heroes of Sunday’s mass shooting, Rep. Dina Titus “personally delivered” to White House staff a letter inviting him to meet with the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, a group established by the Democratic Caucus after the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Carrie Parsons, Seattle

A Seattle resident is among those fatally wounded in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival Sunday, the Washington Post has reported.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Nicol Kimura, Placentia, California

Nicol Kimura and her close group of friends from Southern California had been looking forward to the Route 91 country music festival since buying their tickets nearly a year ago.

County studies distribution of donated money for Las Vegas shooting

Clark County commissioners and staff will meet with representatives of a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit Thursday to determine how best to deliver donated money to victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting, County Manager Yolanda King said.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Pati Mestas, Menifee, California

Brooks and Dunn was her favorite country music act. But Jason Aldean — who was performing when Sunday’s shooting on the Las Vegas Strip began — was a close second.

 
Las Vegas shooting victim: Brett Schwanbeck, Bullhead City, Arizona

Schwanbeck, a long-haul trucker from Bullhead City, Arizona, was fatally shot Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Van Hoosen said he died from a head wound Tuesday afternoon at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.

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