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Acts of Heroism Saved Lives During Las Vegas Massacre

'It takes the worst of America to also see the best of America'

(Newser) - As investigators try to piece together a motive behind Sunday night's massacre in Las Vegas , stories of heroism are emerging. Rusty Dees says that after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, concertgoers tried to take care of each other amid the panic...

CBS Legal Exec Fired Over Comments About Vegas Massacre

She said she had no sympathy for victims

(Newser) - A CBS legal executive who said she was "not even sympathetic" to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre has quickly found herself without a job. The Daily Caller first reported Hayley Geftman-Gold's comment, posted to Facebook on a discussion thread that has since been deleted: "...

This We Know About Vegas Gunman: He Loved to Gamble
This We Know About Vegas
Gunman: He Loved to Gamble
the rundown
Oct 2, 2017 2:40 PM CDT

This We Know About Vegas Gunman: He Loved to Gamble

Stephen Paddock often played for big stakes, says his brother

(Newser) - As the world struggles to understand why Stephen Paddock unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in US history on his Las Vegas victims, one fact is becoming clear: The 64-year-old loved to gamble, and for big stakes. Whether that has anything to do with the shooting, however, remains very much unclear....

After Vegas Massacre, a Fierce Debate on Guns
Vegas Gunman's
Plan Was
'Nightmare'
for Cops
OPINION
Oct 2, 2017 1:50 PM CDT

Vegas Gunman's Plan Was 'Nightmare' for Cops

A roundup of editorials and columns in the wake of the massacre

(Newser) - In the wake of the massacre in Las Vegas , an outpouring of prayers, condolences —and opinions. Here's what some editorial boards and columnists are arguing:
  • This was a "nightmare scenario," writes Phillip Carter at Slate , and he outlines three reasons why. One: "The geometry of
...

Wife of Vegas Victim: 'He Saved My Life and Lost His'

'I'm in complete disbelief and despair,' says Heather Gulish Melton of husband Sonny

(Newser) - One of the first victims to be identified from the Las Vegas mass shooting is a male nurse from Tennessee who had gone to the country music festival with his wife. What's more, his wife credits him with saving her life. "At this point, I'm in complete...

Smoke Alarm Led Police to Vegas Shooter

Gunman's weapons apparently set off the detector in the Mandalay Bay resort

(Newser) - It's a sign of just how much firepower Stephen Paddock had in his Vegas hotel room: Police were able to zero in on him because his weapons set off the room's smoke alarm, reports the Washington Post . Given that the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino has more than...

Trump Denounces &#39;Act of Pure Evil&#39;
Trump Denounces
'Act of Pure Evil'
Oct 2, 2017 10:30 AM CDT

Trump Denounces 'Act of Pure Evil'

President will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday called the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night an "act of pure evil" and said he would visit the city to meet with victims and first responders on Wednesday, reports CNN . In a brief news conference, Trump also praised the response by police and...

What We Know About Gunman Stephen Paddock

Authorities haven't declared a motive for Vegas shooter; brother 'dumbfounded'

(Newser) - The media is scrambling to get information about the 64-year-old identified as the gunman in what's now the worst mass shooting in American history. As of Monday morning, however, details about Stephen Paddock and any possible motive were scant. A brother who lives near Orlando, Fla., says he's...

Las Vegas Shooter Checked Into Hotel on Thursday

Cops: nothing 'derogatory' in shooter Stephen Paddock's background

(Newser) - It's now the deadliest mass shooting in US history, and the current count of those injured is staggering, too: 400, per Las Vegas police. In a Monday morning news conference, Sheriff Joe Lombardo confirmed that more than 50 are dead and provided more details about shooter Stephen Paddock, whom...

Vegas Attack Is Deadliest Mass Shooting Ever in US

Death toll of 50 eclipses that of Pulse nightclub in Orlando

(Newser) - With at least 50 dead, Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas becomes the deadliest such shooting in US history, reports NBC News . Authorities still haven't speculated on a motive for 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock, who is dead. The death toll now eclipses that of the shooting at...

Video Shows Moment Singer Realized Gunman Was Shooting

Jason Aldean was performing in Las Vegas when assault occurred

(Newser) - Country singer Jason Aldean was in the midst of his performance—he was the closing act of a weekend country music festival on the Vegas Strip—when the staccato gunfire erupted Sunday night. A video on Twitter shows the moment: Aldean continues to sing, then can be seen running from...

Vegas Cop Killers Wore Adult Diapers

Jerad, Amanda Miller planned for a long firefight in Walmart

(Newser) - The couple who killed two Las Vegas police officers and one civilian before dying themselves earlier this month apparently planned for a much longer rampage. When Jerad and Amanda Miller entered a Walmart after executing the police officers at a pizza restaurant, they had five guns, armor-piercing rounds, and military...

Dead Rapper May Have Been Target in Vegas Shooting

'Kenny Clutch' shot while driving Maserati

(Newser) - A local rapper was killed in the Las Vegas drive-by shooting that also left two innocent bystanders dead yesterday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Kenneth Cherry, known as Kenny Clutch, was fatally shot while driving the Maserati that subsequently smashed into a taxi. The 27-year-old rapper, as well as the...

Vegas Shooter Killed His Brother in 1976

Johnny Wicks also implicated in rape, robbery, domestic abuse

(Newser) - The man who killed a court officer, wounded a US marshal, and died himself in a hail of police bullets in Las Vegas on Monday was no stranger to the criminal justice system. The most egregious of Johnny Wicks’ transgressions was a 1976 conviction for the murder of his own...

Vegas Shooter Enraged Over Social Security Cutback

Claimed he'd been racially discriminated against

(Newser) - Police have identified the culprit in yesterday’s Las Vegas courthouse shootout as Johnny Lee Wicks, a black 66-year-old retiree who, they believe, was enraged over a recent Social Security dispute. When Wicks moved from California to Nevada in January 2008, his Social Security check shrank, because he lost a...

Officer Dead After Shootout at Vegas Federal Building

Suspect killed, marshal seriously wounded

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire in the lobby of a federal building in downtown Las Vegas today, killing a court officer and wounding a second before he was shot to death. The victims included a 65-year-old court security officer, who was killed, and a 48-year-old deputy US marshal, who is in...

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