Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Rachel Crosby and Briana Erickson go over the latest stories and provide three month updates on some of the victims.
Craig Drummond, an attorney at Drummond Law Firm in Las Vegas, discusses the Nevada Supreme Court decision on Humphries v. New York-New York Hotel & Casino and the impact it will have on litigation against Mandalay Bay on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto
Lawyer Robert Eglet explains the 5 types of victims that could receive compensation as a result of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
New video of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting from Forbes Riley on Facebook.
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Rachel Crosby, Colton Lochhead and Brian Joseph sit down to discuss the latest news on the Las Vegas Mass Shooting.
Where is Jesus Campos? MGM Resorts International seems to know. The whereabouts of the 24-year-old Mandalay Bay security guard, who first encountered mass shooter Stephen Paddock and was shot in the leg by the gunman, has been unknown since he failed to show up to five television interviews scheduled Thursday by the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America. MGM told the Review-Journal in a Tuesday email: “Jesus Campos wants to tell his story at a time and place of his choosing. He’s asked that everyone respect his request for privacy. We could not be more proud of Jesus.”
Lawyers representing shooting victim Rachel Sheppard explained the details of the lawsuit filed against MGM Resorts International, the estate of Stephen Paddock, a bump stock maker and the concert host at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.
Rachel Sheppard, whose lawyers filed a lawsuit against MGM Resorts International, the concert host and a bump stock maker, survived after being shot three times at the Route 91 Harvest festival. Her mother tells her story from the Las Vegas Regional Justice Center.
At a news briefing on Oct. 13 in Las Vegas, Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said there is no conspiracy with any parties involved where the timeline of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting is concerned.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department gets emotional as he talks about two officers, Brady Cook and Samuel Wittwer, who were injured in the line of duty during the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting on Oct. 1.
The maintenance worker caught in the initial hallway gunfire of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock said he shut off the elevators in Mandalay Bay and helped to direct police to Paddock’s room.
One week after the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Strip went dark for 11 minutes in honor of the victims. One of the victims, Brennan Stewart, recorded this song, “You Should Be Here,” before he died. This song was shared by the family and with permission of the writers, Cole Swindell and Ashley Gorley.
A Northern California truck company owner is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country festival. Friends and family of Kurt Von Tillow gathered near his Cameron Park County Club golf course home on Tuesday to mourn the loss. Von Tillow owned a trucking company, which neighbors said he would sometimes take routes out across the country to Connecticut to see his family. “I never, ever, ever saw him in a bad mood,” Brent Hutchings, a neighbor, told the Sacramento Bee. “Everyone loved him. He was the life of the party and he laughed at everything with this really distinctive boisterous laugh.”
Pati Mestas, 67, of Menifee, California, was killed as she stood near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival stage, doing one of her favorite things. “Pati loved country (music) concerts,” said Isa Bahu, a close friend of more than 10 years. “Brooks and Dunn one of the first (concerts) we went to, and it was one of the best concerts that we went to.”
In addition to going to country music concerts, Mestas loved spending time with her grandchildren. “She lived for those kids,” Bahu said. “She went too soon.”
Brett Schwanbeck, 61, was fatally shot Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Brett Schwanbeck was no stranger to the great outdoors. As a father he took his two sons on countless expeditions to camp, hunt, fish and ride dirt bikes. “He liked to be where no one else was at. He liked to get lost out in the middle of the woods,” his youngest son Shawn Schwanbeck told the Review-Journal Wednesday. “My dad was the funnest guy in the world to be around.”
Keri Galvan was enjoying the Route 91 Harvest Festival with her husband and their friends when she was cut down by gunfire. The 31-year-old from Thousand Oaks, California, left behind three children. Galvan’s sister and Las Vegas resident Lindsey Poole, described her as a devoted wife and mother. “Her days started and ended with doing everything in her power to be a wonderful mother,” Poole said in a post.
An Aliso Viejo, California, resident is among those killed in the attack on Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Victor Link, a 55-year-old originally from Shafter, California, was “the best dad any son could ever have,” Christian Link, who identified himself as Link’s son. Link was attending the festival with his fiance, Lynne Gonzales, and longtime friends, Rob and Lesley Wedlock, when he was shot and killed during the Jason Aldean concert on Sunday. “Victor was a loving fiance, proud father, loyal son, protective brother, supportive uncle and kind friend. We wish to express our gratitude to all that have helped contribute to Victor’s extraordinary life. Whether you were a relative, friend, or neighbor, you we’re all a part of making his life so meaningful,” a statement released by Link’s family said.
Joe Lombardo gives everyone an update on new details about the ongoing investigation on the Route 91 Music Festival shooting in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas resident Erick Silva, is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Silva, 21, was stationed in front of the stage at the festival Sunday as part of the show’s security detail. Silva worked security for the Las Vegas branch of CSC for about three years. Gina Argento says when the shooting started, he was among the first of the event’s first responders, helping concertgoers to flee until he, himself, was killed.
Tara Roe Smith, a model, mother and wife from Canada was one of the 58 killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest music festival. Statements from a modeling agency and a school where she worked in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, mourned Roe Smith. Sophia Models International, where she modeled for 10 years, described her as “a friendly face and had a very caring spirit” in a statement on their Facebook page posted late Tuesday. A GoFundMe has been created to help support Roe Smith’s husband, Zach, and their two young sons. In one day, the campaign raised more than $120,000.
Video taken during the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Music Festival near Mandalay Bay.
Walking into Jennifer Parks’ kindergarten classroom, it was easy to tell Palmdale, California, teacher cared about her pupils. Parks was a little more than a month into her third year of teaching when she was shot and killed Sunday. Parks, who was in her early 30s, received a master’s degree in education in May. “She’s one of those kind of people you meet her and she is so enthusiastic about everything she is doing. Teaching is one of those things she was cut out to do.” said Westside Union School District Superintendent Regina Rossall.
Jennifer Irvine, a 42-year-old family law and criminal defense attorney who ran her own law firm in San Diego, had a great career ahead of her, her publicist, Jay Jones said Wednesday. It was cut short when she died Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. “She was always enthusiastic and wonderful. She was optimistic about life,” Jones said. Outside of work, Irvine held a black belt in taekwondo, practiced hot yoga, and snowboarded, her LinkedIn said.
Laura Shipp, 50, of Las Vegas, got separated from her son, who is described as the “light of her life,” when the shooting began at Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Her son, 23-year-old Corey Shipp, a Marine Reservist, spent Sunday night and the early Monday morning hours trying to find her. “She was a single mother from the day he was born,” said Steve Shipp, her brother, who confirmed her death Wednesday afternoon. “The two of them just had each other. They were very close.” Steve Shipp, who drove into Las Vegas from California, said his top priority is supporting his nephew and his family through the days ahead.
California resident Austin Davis is among those killed in this week’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
The local plumbers and pipefitters union in Colton, California, confirmed Davis’ death, but out of respect for the family declined to give any statements when reached by phone on Wednesday. “Austin, Davis, UA member of local 364, died in the terrible Las Vegas shooting,” the United Association Local 364 union wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning. “In his memory, we post these photos.” A GoFundMe page for a memorial fund had raised over $14,000 of a $20,000 goal as of noon on Wednesday.
John Phippen, a 56-year-old father of six from Santa Clarita, California, was among those killed in the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting. A GoFundMe page was created for the Phippen family by longtime neighbors and friends, Leah and Paul Nagyivanyi. Phippen and his son Travis were attending the concert together. Travis Phippen was shot in the arm during the Sunday night attack. On the GoFundMe page, Leah Nagyivanyi wrote: “If you didn’t know John you surely missed out. He was a simple man who enjoyed the simple things in life and having fun doing them.”
Kelsey Meadows, 28, of Taft, California, is among concertgoers killed at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. Meadows was a substitute teacher at Taft Union High School District since 2012. Meadows graduated from Taft Union High School in 2007 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Fresno State University. “Kelsey was smart, compassionate and kind,” Mary Alice Finn, Taft High principal, said in a statement. “She had a sweet spirit and a love for children. Words cannot adequately capture the sorrow felt by her students, colleagues and friends in learning of her passing.”
A 28-year-old Canadian who was recently promoted to a manager position at her job was among those killed in the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Calla Medig was set to return to Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday and start her role as a manager at Moxies Bar/Grill in the West Edmonton Mall on Thursday, said Scott Collingwood, the general manager. “She was fun-loving, responsible, dedicated, hardworking. I don’t know what to say about her, honestly. It’s just a huge loss for us,” Collingwood said. Collingwood said his staff is feeling the loss.
A longtime employee of a New Mexico school district was among those killed in the mass shooting. Lisa Romero-Muniz, 48, had worked as a secretary for Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools since 2003. “She was not only an employee of our school district but was an incredible loving and sincere friend, mentor and advocate for our students in many of the schools in which she worked in,” interim superintendent Mike Hyatt said in a press conference. Hyatt described Romero-Muniz as a wife, mother and grandmother. She was working at Hiroshi Miyamura High School.
A California woman who loved traveling and country music is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Denise Cohen, a 57-year-old Santa Barbara resident, attended the concert with 56-year-old Derrick “Bo” Taylor, her boyfriend. Cohen was a huge country music fan and loved attending concerts, her sister-in-law Kelli Gentile said Wednesday. “She loved concerts, period. She loved music, but I know she was thrilled beyond to be able to see Jason Aldean,” Gentile said.