Thursday’s headlines: crews battling fire at Moulin Rouge, Clark County School District receive unsubstantiated threats of school shooting, Las Vegas Strip shooter shoots jet fuel tanks
Firefighters are fighting a two-alarm blaze early Thursday morning. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
CEO of Dave and Buster’s Stephen King says it’s only a matter of time before virtual reality comes to its game floor. King said successful virtual reality games will likely be three to five minutes at a low price point. (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks
Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee will vie to become the UFC interim lightweight titleholder at UFC 216. Ferguson says he’s painted a picture for Lee and plans to do the complete opposite of what he’s shown him. He also says Lee is scared to face him.
UFC lightweight Kevin Lee is chasing his dream of becoming a champion in the promotion. To achieve everything he’s wanted, he’ll have to get through Tony Ferguson who has been on a 9-fight win streak.
Las Vegas Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock used his Mandalay Bay hotel room to spray massive aviation fuel tanks with bullets Sunday night, a knowledgeable source told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. One bullet penetrated one of the circular white tanks but did not cause a fire, sparing the nearby Route 91 Harvest country music festival from a potentially massive explosion, the source said Wednesday. The tanks are roughly 1,100 feet from the concert site, where Paddock killed 58 people and wounded almost 500.
Two paramedics with Community Ambulance, the medic team contracted for Route 91, share their stories responding to the shooting.
At UFC 216, flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson will put his belt on the line for the 11th time. If he’s successful in defending it, he’ll break Anderson Silva’s record for the most successful title defenses in UFC history.
A former UFC heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum is looking to get back on the title track. He hopes that a win over Derrick Lewis at UFC 216 will help that goal become closer.
Las Vegas local and UFC 216 competitor Evan Dunham discusses his upcoming fight against Beneil Dariush and how the city’s recent tragedy has affected him.
Bryan Salmond and Michael Gehlken talk about how the Raiders feel about EJ Manuel starting on Sunday as well as the injuries that are piling up on the roster.
Las Vegas Strip mass murderer Stephen Paddock used his Mandalay Bay hotel room to spray massive aviation fuel tanks with bullets Sunday night, a knowledgeable source told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The bullets left holes, but did not penetrate the two circular white tanks, sparing the nearby Route 91 Harvest country music festival from a potentially massive explosion, the source said Wednesday. The tanks are roughly 1,100 feet from the concert site, where Paddock killed 58 people and wounded almost 500.
Chief Medical Officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center, Dr. Mel Pohl, sits down with the Review-Journal to describe the side effects of an anti-anxiety medication called diazepam. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies talks about guard Jovan Mooring’s progression from last season to this season. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV linebacker Farrell Hester II talks about playing as an incoming freshman. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Joe Lombardo gives everyone an update on new details about the ongoing investigation on the Route 91 Music Festival shooting in Las Vegas.
UFC 216 will be the first major event to take place on the Strip following the mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas on Saturday. Some of the fighters competing on the card discuss their emotions on the tragedy ahead of the event.
Savannah Stallworth, daughter of former UNLV quarterback Steve Stallworth, came to the aid of Las Vegas concert shooting victims by driving them to a local hospital in the bed of her pickup truck. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
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.
UFC heavyweight and Houston native Derrick Lewis discusses what it was like to rescue people during Hurricane Harvey, why he had a short-lived retirement and what it’s like for him emotionally coming to Las Vegas after a tragedy struck the city.
Trooper Travis Smaka of the Nevada Highway Patrol remembers being flagged down by a pickup truck with the back loaded full of wounded victims and escorting them to University Medical Center the night of the mass shooting.
Zak Bagans hosts a candlelight vigil at the Haunted Museum
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.
All of the fighters involved in the main card of UFC 216 taking place on Oct. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas squared off at a media day on Wednesday.
Video taken during the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Music Festival near Mandalay Bay.
Raymond Page, a Clark County employee working near the Route 91 Harvest festival, captured 10 mins of video documenting Sunday’s deadly shooting near Mandalay Bay. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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.