The Oct. 1 attack on the Route 91 Harvest festival left 59 people dead, including the gunman, and wounded an additional 546. It also sent thousands of terrified concertgoers — some hurt or covered in other people’s blood — fleeing in all directions, triggering phantom reports of additional shootings at other locations.
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By Rachel Crosby, Henry Brean, Anita Hassan, Jamie Munks and Jessie Bekker / RJ
The nation awoke Monday to the numbing news that the worst mass shooting in modern American history had ravaged the Las Vegas Strip. It was a deadly ambush in a city built as an open invitation to the world.
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