All fighters involved with UFC 217 hit the scales for the official weigh-in. All 6 fighters competing in title fights made weight. Not one athlete missed weight.
Friday’s headlines: Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock lost money in 2 years preceding shooting, Small plane crashes at northwest Las Vegas golf course, Henderson man shoots, kills son, police say (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Long lines and eager customers waited outside the Apple store inside the Fashion Show Mall as the iPhone X made its debut Friday morning. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Raymond Page, a traffic systems technician with Clark County, says he loaded his truck with at least eight people that were wounded and drove them to nearby medics during Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas during an interview in Henderson, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto
Denise Salmon Burditus, 50, died in her husband Tony’s arms Sunday night after a gunman armed with an arsenal of rifles opened fire on the crowd of 22,000 from a 32nd-floor window at the Mandalay Bay. The high school sweethearts had been married for 32 years in a relationship that Tony said “only grew stronger” over the years. They had two kids and four grandchildren, with a fifth on the way. Tony said he and Denise regularly traveled the country with the grandchildren. Tony described Denise as a person who “always had a smile on her face.”
Local police and religious leaders met with the community to grieve over the attack on Sunday. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
Bailey Schweitzer, A lifelong resident of Bakersfield, California, is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Schweitzer, 20, was a receptionist at the Infinity Communications consulting company, office manager Amie Campbell confirmed Tuesday. “She tried to make everybody’s day brighter,” Campbell said. “She was a spirit that we’re never going to have at Infinity again.”
Not long before Castilla was shot and killed on Sunday in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, the 28-year-old told her brother that she wanted to serve cancer patients with her talents. For the Huntington Beach, California, resident, makeup was more than just a part of her job at Sephora. “That’s what made her really happy. Making people feel beautiful,” Athena Castilla said. “She just had such a great outlook on life.” Andrea was visiting Athena, who lives in Las Vegas, for her birthday on Friday. Andrea’s death has been made even more painful by the fact that her boyfriend was preparing to propose to her, Athena said.
Stacee Etcheber, a mother and a hair stylist from Marin County, California, is among the victims killed at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, the San Francisco Police Department confirmed Tuesday. Etcheber was with her husband Vinnie, a San Francisco police officer, at the Las Vegas music festival, according to a statement from San Francisco Police Chief William Scott. Etcheber worked at the Ciao Bella Salon in Novato, California. She had more than 20 years’ experience as a master stylist, and a loyal clientele, according to a brief biography on the salon’s website.
Construction estimator Thomas Day Jr. is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Day Jr. was attending the festival Sunday with his father and four daughters when he was fatally shot, said Bruce Abbey, vice president of Portrait Construction. “He would always stand up for you,” Abbey said. “He’ll be missed.”
Pennsylvania youth sports coach Bill Wolfe Jr. is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, authorities in his hometown confirmed Tuesday. Wolfe, a youth sports coach and 42-year-old father of two, was celebrating his 20th anniversary with his wife, Robyn, when the shooting happened. Wolfe was a Little League coach and coached the Shippensburg youth wrestling program for children in kindergarten through sixth grade, said Tony Yaniello, head coach of Shippensburg High School’s varsity wrestling team. “Some people simply live in the community, Bill lived for his community,” Yaniello told the Review-Journal.
Michelle Vo, killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, was remembered Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 32-year-old Eagle Rock, California, woman was “an ambitious hard worker, known for her charisma and fierce independence,” according to the statement read on the House floor by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif. A native of San Jose, California, Vo moved south after college to work in financial services for the Pasadena branch of New York Life Insurance Co. She was also a member of the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce.
Derrick “Bo” Taylor, a California correctional lieutenant who led inmates fighting wildfires, is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest county music festival. Taylor, was a 29-year veteran of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and celebrated his 52nd birthday on Sept. 25, confirmed department spokesman Bill Sessa. “The relationships between the officers and the inmate firefighters is much more personal,” Sessa said Taylor headed up the Ventura Conservation Camp in Camarillo. Taylor led a staff of nine, a group responsible for more than 100 inmates in coordination with Cal Fire, the state’s firefighting arm.
Adrian Murfitt, 35, is among the 59 people killed by the gunman who rained bullets onto Route 91 Harvest festival country music concert goers Sunday night. His sister, Shannon Gothard, said her brother died in his friend’s arms. A commercial fisherman, Murfitt ended his months-long fishing season in August and returned home to Anchorage, Alaska, ready for a vacation. “He had a really successful season this year and decided to go to Vegas to the concert to celebrate and treat himself,” Gothard said. Murfitt worked his first season as a commercial fisherman in high scHomhool when a teacher offered to bring him along. Gothard said she was amazed by how slim, muscular and tan the months on the boat made him.
Southern California native Melissa Ramirez is among the victims killed in Sunday’s shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, her alma mater confirmed on Tuesday. Ramirez graduated from California State University, Bakersfield, in 2014, with a degree in business administration. According to Ramirez’s Facebook page, which had been turned into a remembrance page, she was from Littlerock, California, and lived in North Hollywood.
Brian Fraser, who lived in Pomona, California, was among those killed Sunday night in the mass shooting attack at the Route 91 Harvest county music festival. Fraser worked at Greenpath, a lending partner for Southern California real estate agents. Fraser was also a coach with The Duncan Group, a mortgage sales training and consulting company. Willy Escobar knew Brian Fraser for about a year. “He was a very, very giving guy. He always spoke about his family, and always had time to help out. He was just a very selfless kind of person,” Escobar told the Review-Journal Tuesday.
Christiana Duarte, a recent University of Arizona graduate is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, a family friend said Tuesday. Duarte, 22, was about to start a marketing job with the Los Angeles Kings hockey team “She’s such a value to this world, and this is just a tremendous loss. The things she could have accomplished,” Danette Meyers said. Duarte was the daughter of L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Michael Duarte and sister of Chicago White Sox minor league baseball player Mikey Duarte.
Steve Berger was in Las Vegas celebrating his 44th birthday, which was Saturday, when he was killed in the attack at the Route 91 Harvest music festival Sunday. Steve Berger was betting on the Wisconsin-Northwestern football game the last time his father, Richard, spoke with him. The Wisconsin native had always been a Badgers fan. “I said ‘Steve, be careful,’” Richard Berger said Tuesday. “That’s the last time I ever talked to him.” “He was so devoted to his family and his children,” Berger said. Steve Berger loved to work, his father said, but was an avid fisherman.
Dorene Anderson traveled to the Route 91 Harvest country music festival from Anchorage, Alaska. The 49-year-old was one of the concertgoers who was killed in the shooting Sunday night. In a Facebook posting, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation — for which Anderson’s husband, John, works as research and rural development director — shared a message from her family “Due to this horrific and terrible situation, our family is dealing with a great loss. She (Dorene) was the most amazing wife, mother and person this world ever had. “
Heather Warino Alvarado, a 35-year-old mother of three, is among those killed in the attack on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Alvarado lived in Cedar City, Utah and came to Las Vegas to attend the three-day festival with family. Her husband, firefighter Albert Alvarado, released a statement through the Cedar City Police Department said that the couple loved traveling with her children “She always saw the good in others,” the statement read. “She spent her whole life serving others in her family and community”
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez praises Las Vegas’ response to Sunday’s mass shooting during a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bryan Salmond and Michael Gehlken discuss the Raiders and their preparation for the upcoming game with EJ Manuel in as their starting quarterback.
Las Vegas police release multiple bodycam videos from Sunday’s Strip shooting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A brief explanation of the timeline of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting at the Route 91 Country Music Festival.
Vegas Golden Knights players Deryk Engelland, Nate Schmidt discuss Sunday’s Las Vegas mass shooting after practice on October 3, 2017. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
6 p.m. press conference about the deadly shooting that occurred on the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Country Music Festival.
Brennan Stewart, one of the victims in the Sunday, Oct. 1, shootings at the Route 91 Harvest festival at Mandalay Bay, sings “You Should Be Here” in a video distributed by his family.
Ben Gotz talks to Mojave coach and players following the Rattlers overtime win over Sunrise Mountain.
Golden Knights forward Erik Haula talks about being on the Strip during Sunday’s mass shooting following practice Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Video taken by Cori Langdon at Mandalay Bay while driving away from the shooting and picking up passengers.