Las Vegas shooting victim: Susan Smith, California

By Michael Scott Davidson Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 2, 2017 - 2:35 pm

Updated October 3, 2017 - 2:56 pm

An employee for a Southern California school district was among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Sunday.

Susan Smith, 53, was attending the three-day concert series with two friends, Simi Valley Unified School District spokeswoman Jake Finch said.

Smith was an office manager at Vista Fundamental Elementary School in Simi Valley for the past three years. She was a school district employee for a total of 16 years, Finch said.

Contact Michael Scott Davidson at sdavidson@reviewjournal.com or 702-477- 3861. Follow @davidsonlvrj on Twitter.

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