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Man who fled Las Vegas shooting is killed by hit-and-run driver

Roy McClellan, who had worked odd jobs, had good days and he had bad days before the festival, his wife said. But the shooting’s aftermath was a blow, worsening his existing troubles. Then, on Nov. 17, she learned he’d been killed. A driver on State Route 160 in Pahrump hit him and sped away.

California gunman targeted neighbor and son, says report

A neighbor’s account indicates that a Northern California shooter who killed five people this week may have targeted an elementary school as part of his long-running feud with neighbors.

Tale of 2 shootings: Facts in Texas, hints in Las Vegas

While each passing hour seems to provide new information about the seething veteran who shot up a Baptist church in Texas on Sunday, the gunman responsible for the Las Vegas massacre remains a mystery nearly five weeks later.

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Texas church gunman sent hostile text messages before attack

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the man who opened fire on a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs had mental health problems, violent tendencies and a connection to the community “that would come to light” over the coming days.

Las Vegas visitors, residents stunned by news of Texas shooting

Seeking closure, 38-year-old California resident James Marrs was returning to Las Vegas for the first time since the Oct. 1 country music festival shooting. Marrs had been driving for about two hours when the news alert flashed on his phone screen: “Deadly shooting at Texas church.”

3 disasters in 3 months for Las Vegas paramedic

In the last three months alone, AMR operations supervisor Brett Dragun responded to Hurricane Harvey in Texas in August, the shooting on Oct. 1 and the California wildfires.

Nevada congressional Democrats call for ‘bump stock’ hearing

On one-month anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting, lawmakers remember victims and demand a hearing on the use of legality of “bump stocks,” devices that enable semi-automatic weapons to accelerate fire to near automatic rates.

 
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.

Massachusetts woman killed in Las Vegas shooting remembered

Hundreds of people have gathered to remember a 42-year-old Massachusetts woman who was among the 58 people killed in the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival.

Mandalay Bay security guard skips TV interviews after Las Vegas shooting

Union official tells Review-Journal that the security guard who first encountered mass shooter Stephen Paddock was preparing to give interviews on Thursday when he left his Las Vegas hotel, possibly to seek medical attention.