Before a lengthy search begins for a firm to design the mass shooting memorial, a concern has been raised that one group could be excluded: artists.
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Las Vegas will pause to remember the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history during events to observe the third anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2017, attack.
Victims of the October 1, 2017, shooting will be memorialized in a combination of socially distanced and virtual events as the third anniversary of the shooting approaches.
Listen to the entirety of the Review-Journal’s five-part podcast series “Critical Condition: Accounts from One October,” available now.
In part two, “Trouble on the Mind,” officers Richard Cole and Brandon Engstrom have rushed to the hospital with a 30-year-old woman who was shot in the head.
When two Las Vegas police officers met Jovanna Calzadillas on Oct. 1, 2017, she was a lifeless body in the arms of her husband. The rush to save her was on.
For two consecutive years, Greg Zanis planted 58 handmade white crosses at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign. But this year, because of safety concerns, the memorial will move downtown.