Members of the First African-Methodist Episcopal Church came together Sunday to celebrate life and honor the victims of last Sunday’s deadly mass shooting that killed 58 people. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A historically white male-dominated profession, the gender gap remains a defining factor for law enforcement in the Las Vegas Valley. As of July 2017, Metro records show women accounted for roughly 12 percent of the department’s 3,706 commissioned officers, which include detectives, public information officers and corrections officers. This means, according to Metro’s most recent demographic reports, the department is made up of 3,242 male officers and just 464 women officers. Jasmen Jackson speaks. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hundreds of volunteers have built a community healing garden in downtown Las Vegas. In just four days, a vacant lot transformed into a small park. 58 trees were planted — one for each victim. Flowers planted in a heart shape encircle “the healing tree.” A remembrance wall holds photos and mementos. Now friends, family, and loved ones have a place to come to. The healing garden is on a half-acre piece of property the city owned at 1015 S. Casino Center Blvd.
A team of Review-Journal reporters were in Mesquite looking into Stephen Paddock’s past on Friday. They report on what they found during their interviews at businesses and with Mesquite officials.
The mass shooting from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas has bone-chilling parallels to the 1966 University of Texas tower slaughter.
51 years ago a sniper used the advantage of height to rain bullets down on people below.
Charles Whitman killed 15 people and injured 31 from the 28th floor at the University of Texas, Austin.
It was the first modern mass shooting in the United States.
The Las Vegas massacre is the first mass shooting by a gunman from an elevated position since then.
Authorities now have to worry about how to deal with potential copycat shooters.
“This is a game-changer in the modern era… We have to be concerned about it. We have to create an entire new strategy.” David Shepherd, retired FBI agent
Friday’s headlines: Tannerite found in Paddock’s home similar to compound used in NYC bombing, SUV wanted after Las Vegas shooting found, crosses and vigil at Welcome to Las Vegas sign (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Janene and Paul Paulidor came to Las Vegas to celebrate their 31st anniversary. “It was hard to celebrate knowing that people lost their lives and such a tragic event occurred,” Janene said.
(Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Club Tattoo is offering $50 Vegas-themed tattoos through October 9. All proceeds will be donated to the Las Vegas Victims Fund. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Firefighters are fighting a two-alarm blaze early Thursday morning. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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.
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)
Raymond Page, a Clark County traffic technician, loaded wounded people into his Clark County truck and drove them to a nearby ambulance. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
President Donald Trump arrives in Las Vegas following mass shooting. Briana Erickson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wednesday’s latest news regarding Las Vegas mass shooting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas police release multiple bodycam videos from Sunday’s Strip shooting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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.
Officers salute fallen Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer Charleston Hartfield, 34, killed while off-duty during the Route 91 festival and Mandalay Bay shooting incident.
Witness video provided by Lily Lustig from the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo addresses reports disclosing photos from inside the shooter’s hotel room. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sheriff Joe Lombardo addresses media with most recent updates on investigation surrounding a mass shooting on the Strip. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., stops by Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to visit Ontario Police Officer Michael Gracia and fiancee Summer Clyburn, who were both wounded in the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Hannah Ahlers, a 34-year-old mother of three from Murrietta, California, was one of the 59 victims killed after a gunman open fired on a crowded country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Ahlers had come to Las Vegas for the festival with her husband, Brian, and three other couples. Hannah and Brian had three children, ages 3, 11 and 14, and her father-in-law, Dave Ahlers, described her as a “loving, caring and devoted mother” Dave said Hannah was always the person who would go out of her way to help family and friends dealing with issues, saying she was a “young Mary Tyler Moore.”
Rhonda LeRocque, 42, died at a Las Vegas hospital after being shot, her aunt Gloria Murdock said. LeRocque was attending the festival with her husband, 6-year-old daughter and father-in-law. Murdock said none of them were injured. “She was all things to all people. She emanated the word love,” Murdock said. “She was as close to perfect as you could get.”
Firefighter praises selflessness of off-duty colleagues during Las Vegas shooting
Anthony Robone describes treating his brother Nicholas Robone during the chaotic scene at Route 91 festival in Las Vegas. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Charleston Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer and recently published author of a memoir about life on the force, was killed Sunday night in the mass shooting on the Strip. Hartfield, a 34-year-old military veteran known as Charles, Chucky or “ChuckyHart,” also coached youth football Hartfield was a sergeant 1st class in the Nevada Army National Guard, assigned to the 100th Quartermaster Company, based in Las Vegas. Brig. Gen. William Burks, adjutant general of the Nevada National Guard, called him “the epitome of a citizen-soldier.”
Assistant Sheriff Todd Fasulo, Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak, Rep. Dina Titus D-Nev, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev, and Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison hold a media briefing to recap the day of response to the Las Vegas Strip shooting.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported at least 59 dead, more than 525 injured. Police found 23 guns in the shooter’s Mandalay Bay hotel room, 19 more in his Mesquite residence. Blood donations centers have asked those wishing to donate to wait until Tuesday afternoon at the soonest. Metro is still investigating any potential motives the shooter might have had.
About 50 people, mostly airmen, gathered in a chapel on Nellis Air Force Base for a candlelight vigil Monday in the aftermath of Sunday night’s massacre.
Light peered through stained glass windows and the sound of fighter jets occasionally buzzed overhead as Lt. Col. Dwayne Jones addressed the congregation.
Jones said his main message was to find positivity and not let evil overcome good.