A shooting during the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nev., late Sunday night (Oct. 1) claimed the lives of more than 50 people — 59, to be exact. Fifty-nine country music-loving people who gathered on the Las Vegas Strip to enjoy the company of friends and hear plenty of live music.
Among those who died when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock began firing on the Route 91 Harvest Festival crowd from a hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino are someone’s parents, children, brothers, sisters, significant others and friends. They were veterans, teachers, off-duty police officers, lawyers … and they were all taken far too soon.
The photo gallery above contains the names and stories of the victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. As more victims are identified, the gallery will be updated with their details. In addition to these 59, more than 500 people were injured in the shooting.
In the wake of the shooting, a GoFundMe campaign has been set up for the victims and their families.
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