2017 Las Vegas shooting
The 2017 Las Vegas shooting began on the 1st of October 2017, on the last night of a country music festival, and many people in the crowd first took the sound for fireworks. The gunfire came from a suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, and it became the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The case left questions that the people investigating it could only partly answer. How did one man bring so many weapons into a resort without raising alarm? How quickly did word of the first shots reach the police? What led a high-stakes gambler with almost no police record to choose this crowd? The trail leads from a casino floor to a courtroom in Washington, and it ends with a Supreme Court ruling in 2024.
Stephen Paddock was 64 years old and lived in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. He was a former auditor and real estate businessman. He had been divorced twice, had a long-term girlfriend, and had no known children.
His father, Benjamin Paddock, was a bank robber who appeared on the FBI's most-wanted list between 1969 and 1977. The son's own dealings with law enforcement amounted to nothing more than traffic citations.
Casino hosts in Las Vegas knew Paddock well, but other high-stakes players mostly did not. He played single-player video poker and wagered enough to earn comps, which are free perks such as rooms and meals. He reportedly kept to himself and drank heavily.
Paddock had lost a significant part of his wealth over the previous two years, yet he had paid off every gambling debt before the shooting. In the final year, his girlfriend noticed that he had become distant, and their relationship was no longer intimate.
A month before the attack, the couple stayed at the Mandalay Bay. According to the girlfriend, Paddock repeatedly studied the neighboring Las Vegas Village concert lot from different windows of their room.
His attention may have ranged wider. Since at least May 2017 he had researched large venues in cities such as Boston. He reserved a room overlooking the August 2017 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, but he never used it.
From the 17th of September, he stayed at The Ogden in Downtown Las Vegas, which overlooked the open-air Life is Beautiful festival. That festival ran from the 22nd to the 24th of September. His mid-September internet searches included "swat weapons", "ballistics chart 308", "SWAT Las Vegas", and "do police use explosives".
On the 25th of September 2017, Paddock arrived at the Mandalay Bay and took Room 32-135, a complimentary room on the 32nd floor. Four days later he also checked into the directly connected Room 32-134. Both suites overlook the concert site.
He spent much of his stay gambling, usually at night, and he made several trips to his home in Mesquite. He spoke with hotel employees more than ten times, twice on the day of the shooting. An MGM Resorts International spokesperson called every interaction "normal in nature".
Hotel bellmen helped him carry five suitcases to his room on the 25th, seven on the 26th, and two on the 28th. He brought more on the 30th and two more on the 1st of October. On the 30th, he placed "do not disturb" signs on both doors.
Twenty-four firearms were found in the suite, along with a large quantity of ammunition and numerous high-capacity magazines holding up to 100 rounds each. Fourteen were .223-caliber AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles, made by a range of manufacturers including Colt, Daniel Defense, FN Herstal, LWRC International, POF-USA, Christensen Arms, LMT, and Noveske.
The other ten included eight .308-caliber AR-10-type rifles, a .308-caliber Ruger American bolt-action rifle, and a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson Model 342 revolver. The AR-10 rifles carried telescopic sights and sat on bipods.
All 14 AR-15-style rifles had vertical forward grips and bump stocks. A bump stock uses a rifle's recoil to work the trigger, and these fired nine times per second. That rate is close to what an automatic firearm achieves.
Investigators counted 1,058 rounds fired from 15 of the guns. Twelve AR-15-style rifles accounted for 1,049, two AR-10-style rifles for eight, and the revolver for the single round Paddock used to kill himself.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found that the guns in the suite, and more at his homes, had been bought legally in Nevada, California, Texas, and Utah. In the month before the shooting, Paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition from a gun dealer who had none in stock. He then bought it from a private seller at a gun show in Phoenix, Arizona.
The trunk of his Hyundai Tucson held ammonium nitrate, which is often used in improvised explosive devices. It also held 1,600 rounds of ammunition and 50 lb of Tannerite, a binary explosive used to make targets for gun ranges. Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said Paddock had "nefarious intent" with the material, but he did not appear to have assembled an explosive device.
The Las Vegas Village was a 15 acre lot for outdoor performances, owned by MGM Resorts International and sitting diagonally across the intersection from the 43-story Mandalay Bay. The Route 91 Harvest country music festival had played there every year since 2014. The 2017 edition ran from the 29th of September to the 1st of October, and over 22,000 people attended on the last day. Singer Jason Aldean was giving the closing performance when the shooting began.
Shortly before 10:00 p.m., hotel security guard Jesus Campos went to the 32nd floor to check an open-door alert. A door to the floor would not open. Once Campos got onto the floor, he found an L-shaped bracket screwed into the door and its frame.
He reported the discovery to his dispatch center. Then he heard what he took for drilling in Room 32-135 and went to investigate.
About 10:05 p.m., one of roughly 35 bullets fired through the door of the suite struck Campos in the right thigh. He told the hotel by radio and cellphone that he had been shot, though he believed a BB or pellet gun was responsible. Maintenance worker Stephen Schuck, who had come to fix the barricaded door, met the wounded guard. Campos told him to take cover. Schuck radioed hotel dispatchers and told them to call the police. Neither the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department nor MGM Resorts has confirmed when that information reached the police.
Paddock used a hammer to break two windows in each of his suites. At 10:05 p.m., he began shooting through them at the crowd about 490 yd away. He opened with a few single shots, then fired bursts that usually ran from 80 to 100 rounds.
A security fence hindered concertgoers trying to leave the concrete lot. The gunfire continued for ten minutes with momentary pauses, ending by 10:15 p.m. During the pauses, while he reloaded and while he dealt with Campos, most of the crowd managed to flee.
Paddock also fired eight bullets at a large jet fuel tank at McCarran International Airport, 2000 ft away. Two hit the outside of the tank, and one went through. The fuel did not explode, because jet fuel is mostly kerosene, which rarely ignites when struck by a bullet.
Officers at first could not tell whether the shots came from the Mandalay Bay, the nearby Luxor hotel, or the festival grounds. There were also reports of additional shooters at other hotels on the Strip. Eventually they saw multiple muzzle flashes from the middle of the hotel's northern side.
At 10:12 p.m., two officers on the 31st floor reported gunfire on the floor above them. Officers reached the 32nd floor at 10:17 p.m. and met Campos a minute later. He pointed them to Paddock's room and helped evacuate others, and was then told to seek medical attention.
Between 10:26 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., eight more officers arrived, and some of them manually breached the door that Paddock had screwed shut. The gunfire had stopped. Using a master key from Campos, police cleared the hallway room by room and finished evacuating guests at 10:55 p.m.
At 11:20 p.m., police breached Room 32-135 with explosives and found Paddock dead on the floor from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the mouth. While entering Room 32-134, an officer accidentally fired a three-round burst that hit no one. At 11:27 p.m., officers announced over the radio that a suspect was down.
McCarran Airport, next to the scene, closed for several hours. About 300 people fleeing the shooting entered the airport grounds, which led officials to shut all four runways. More than 25 flights were rerouted so that no aircraft would be hit by gunfire, and others were canceled. Operations resumed at 12:40 a.m. on the 2nd of October.
About 2:45 p.m. PDT that same day, a state of emergency was declared in Clark County.
Sixty-one people died in all, counting Paddock. The first 58 victims were 36 women and 22 men, and every one died of gunshot wounds. The oldest was 67 and the youngest was 20. Thirty-four were from California, six from Nevada, and four from Canada, with the rest from other states.
Thirty-one were pronounced dead at the scene. Twenty-seven died of their wounds at hospitals, the last on the 3rd of October, two days after the shooting. Two of them were off-duty police department employees attending the festival. Paddock's suicide was the only death inside the Mandalay Bay.
Two more deaths came later. A 57-year-old California woman, paralyzed in the shooting, died on the 15th of November 2019. A 49-year-old Nevada woman died of complications from a leg wound on the 26th of May 2020. The police department first declined to count either woman, then included both on the 1st of October 2020.
In 2023, a probate case divided Paddock's estate among the families of 61 victims. The attorney declined to say who the 61st person was. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that this was a survivor who died by suicide after the shooting.
The total exceeded the 49 killed at the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.
About 867 people were injured, and at least 413 of them suffered gunshot or shrapnel wounds. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center treated the most, with 199 patients, of whom 150 arrived within about 40 minutes. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada treated 104. Six victims sought care in Southern California, four at UC Irvine Medical Center and two at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
University Medical Center is the city's Level I trauma center, but two problems limited how many patients it received. Most victims travelled in private vehicles, and the most direct route, Interstate 15, was closed to the public. An hour after the shooting, emergency services were also wrongly told that the center was full. The confusion lasted for hours, and most patients went to Sunrise, a Level II trauma center.
Many of the wounded needed transfusions, which totaled 499 blood components in the first 24 hours. The morning after, lines to donate in Las Vegas stretched for blocks, with waits of six hours or more. Local donors gave 800 units in the following days, and the American Red Cross reported a 53% rise in donations over two days. Later reports found that more than 15% of the blood donated in Las Vegas went unused, which raised questions about mass appeals for blood after shootings.
Brittany Speer, an EMT at UCLA, set up a triage area and treated victims while the shooter was still active. The University of California Police Department gave her a Medal of Courage, and she is the only civilian in medical services to receive it.
Trooper Ross Woodward, a British soldier from the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, was off duty at a nearby hotel. His Queen's Commendation for Bravery citation said he "consciously, deliberately and repeatedly advanced towards danger, moving people to safety and treating casualties".
U.S. Army soldier Matthew Cobos shielded and treated injured concertgoers, and photographer David Becker captured an image of him protecting a young woman. The picture went viral, and the Army identified him. He received the 2018 Single Act of Heroism Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
Sgt. Chasen Brown of the Utah Army National Guard saved at least half a dozen people. For 60-90 minutes after the shooting stopped, he kept assessing and aiding casualties, and he received the Medal of Valor.
Officer Thomas McGrath of the San Diego Police Department, one of eleven department members vacationing in Las Vegas, was presented with a Lifesaving Medal by Jonathan Smith. Smith survived a gunshot wound to the neck because of McGrath's quick actions.
Officials from the FBI and the ATF came to help, and the Clark County Commission declared "the 1st of October" the official name for the investigations. In the suite, investigators found hidden surveillance cameras inside and outside the room, apparently so Paddock could watch for anyone approaching. The cameras were not recording.
A handwritten note showed that Paddock had calculated distance, wind, and trajectory from his 32nd-floor window to the crowd below. Searchers also found a "bulletproof vest" and breathing apparatus that he never used.
At a press conference on the 4th of October, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said there was evidence, which he declined to discuss, that Paddock meant to escape and may have had help from an accomplice.
The account of how Paddock shot Campos changed several times. The first police statement wrongly said Campos arrived after Paddock began firing into the crowd. A second statement wrongly said he was shot six minutes before the crowd was fired upon. That claim rested on a 9:59 p.m. entry in a hotel security log, which the third statement explained as the moment Campos met the barricaded door.
Police called these "minute changes" common in complex investigations. Lombardo rejected the idea of a conspiracy between police, the FBI, and MGM Resorts, saying "Nobody is attempting to hide anything in reference to this investigation."
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released a preliminary report on the 18th of January 2018. Police believed Paddock acted alone and found no links to hate groups, terrorist groups, or ideologies. He recorded no reason for his actions.
On the 2nd of February 2018, unlicensed ammunition seller Douglas Haig was charged in federal court after his fingerprints turned up on unfired armor-piercing ammunition in Paddock's suite. He pleaded guilty to illegally manufacturing ammunition and was sentenced in June 2020 to thirteen months in prison.
On the 3rd of August 2018, Lombardo presented the final report after a 10-month investigation. It found no evidence of a conspiracy or a second gunman. He said, "What we have been able to answer are the questions of who, what, when, where and how... what we have not been able to definitively answer is why Stephen Paddock committed this act."
A report from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in January 2019 reached a similar conclusion, saying "there was no single or clear motivating factor".
While investigators worked, false stories spread online. A 4chan /pol/ thread misidentified the shooter and called him a registered Democrat. It briefly appeared in the "Top Stories" section of a Google Search for the suspect's name, and The Gateway Pundit shared it for a time.
The website Your News Wire claimed a second gunman fired from the hotel's fourth floor. Two of Facebook's top trending pages carried Sputnik items, including a false claim that the FBI had tied the shooter to a terrorist group. Sputnik later removed them with an apology. Stories linking the shooter to the Antifa movement were also discredited.
The Islamic State group claimed Paddock as its "soldier" under the name Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki. It offered no evidence, it had made false claims of responsibility before, and the FBI found no such link.
Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic accused Google and Facebook of failing to keep such stories from the public. Facebook said its algorithms were built to catch false stories but failed this time.
Some survivors were accused of being crisis actors, and some received death threats on social media. YouTube said it changed its search algorithm to favor news sources it judged more authoritative, after outlets reported that searches returned conspiracy videos. Political scientist Joseph Uscinski argued that removing such material can ironically feed conspiracy theories by making a cover-up seem real.
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval called the shooting "a tragic and heinous act of violence that has shaken the Nevada family". Jason Aldean posted condolences on Instagram and noted that everyone working with him at the show had survived. On the 2nd of October, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation honoring the victims and their families, and on the 4th of October he visited victims and first responders.
On the 7th of October, a unity prayer walk and ceremony in Las Vegas honored the dead, with speakers including Vice President Mike Pence and Mayor Carolyn Goodman. On the evening of the 15th of October, thousands joined a commemorative 3 mi walk between Circus Circus and the Mandalay Bay.
The expansion Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL honored the victims and response personnel before their first home game, on the 10th of October. Later in the season the team retired the number 58, the first retired number in its history, for the 58 people who died immediately or within days.
The Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon on the 12th of November was the largest event in the city since the shooting. It drew heavy security, including counter-sniper posts, 350 police officers, and barriers made from dump trucks and buses.
The Mandalay Bay renumbered its floors so that none is labeled 32. Rooms 32-135 and 32-134 were sealed off from guests.
The fate of the Las Vegas Village stayed undecided until September 2019, when MGM Resorts announced plans for a community center that would host sporting events. In 2021, it donated 2 acres of the land for a permanent memorial to the victims and survivors. It sold the remaining 13 acres in 2022 to Three Affiliated Tribes for an undisclosed sum.
In March 2019, Las Vegas police officer Cordell Hendrex was fired for inaction. He had stayed on the floor below Paddock without responding right away to the gunfire. An arbitrator's ruling reinstated him a year later.
In November 2018, some people who had been at the festival were also present at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. A mass shooting there left thirteen dead, including the gunman. One person said that as many as 60 Las Vegas survivors may have been in the bar, and one of them was confirmed to have died there.
In 2019, the 1st of October Memorial Committee formed to create a permanent tribute. Its jury reviewed the submissions and chose five finalists: Aaron Neubert Architects with studioSTIGSGAARD, JCJ Architecture, OLIN, Paul Murdoch Architects, and SWA.
Congress felt the pressure first. The shooting drew support for legislation banning bump stocks from many Democrats and some Republicans. House leaders said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which had originally approved the devices, should decide on regulation. The National Rifle Association backed administrative regulation, and firearms retailers reported rising consumer interest in bump stocks.
On the 6th of November 2017, Massachusetts became the first state to ban the sale, possession, or use of bump stocks. In December 2018, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker signed a regulation banning them nationwide, effective March 2019. It ended new sales and required owners to surrender or destroy existing devices.
Eighteen Democratic senators introduced the Keep Americans Safe Act, which would have banned magazines holding more than ten rounds. Firearms manufacturers' stock prices rose the day after the shooting, as they have after similar events. Investors expected sales to climb, but firearm sales did not increase.
In November 2017, a lawsuit on behalf of 450 victims accused the Mandalay Bay of negligence for letting Paddock bring so many weapons into the building. In July 2018, MGM Resorts countersued hundreds of victims. It claimed "no liability of any kind" under a 2002 federal law passed after the September 11 attacks.
On the 3rd of October 2019, MGM Resorts settled with the victims for $800 million, and a judge approved the deal on the 30th of September 2020.
The bump stock ban faced its own challenge. In 2019, a Texas gun store owner, backed by the NRA, appealed the national ban, arguing that rifles with bump stocks should not count as machine guns. On the 14th of June 2024, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, overturning the ban.
Three dissenting justices wrote that semi-automatic guns with bump stocks should count as machine guns, because a single pull of the trigger releases multiple bullets without manual reloading. Justice Samuel Alito joined the majority but added a separate statement that Congress was free to respond by amending the law.
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What was the 2017 Las Vegas shooting?
The 2017 Las Vegas shooting was a mass shooting on the 1st of October 2017, in which Stephen Paddock fired on the Route 91 Harvest music festival crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. It is the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
How many people were killed and injured in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting?
Sixty victims died, and about 867 people were injured, at least 413 of them by gunshot wounds or shrapnel. Counting Paddock, who died by suicide, the death total was 61.
How long did the 2017 Las Vegas shooting last?
The gunfire lasted about ten minutes, from 10:05 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on the 1st of October 2017, with brief pauses. Police found Paddock dead in his suite at 11:20 p.m. after breaching the room with explosives.
What weapons were used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting?
Twenty-four firearms were found in the suite, including 14 AR-15-style rifles fitted with bump stocks. Paddock fired 1,058 rounds from 15 of the guns, and all the firearms were bought legally.
What was the motive for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting?
The motive remains officially undetermined. The August 2018 police report found no conspiracy or second gunman, and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit said in January 2019 that there was no single or clear motivating factor.
What happened to bump stocks after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting?
The U.S. Justice Department banned bump stocks in December 2018, with the ban effective in March 2019. The Supreme Court overturned the ban on the 14th of June 2024.
How much did MGM Resorts pay victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting?
MGM Resorts reached an $800 million settlement with victims on the 3rd of October 2019. A judge approved it on the 30th of September 2020.
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- 111No Evidence Linking Vegas Shooter to AntifaSaranac Hale Spencer — FactCheck.org — October 5, 2017
- 112Stephen Paddock: Isis gives Las Vegas gunman jihadi name in new claim amid widespread scepticism over terror linksLizzie Dearden — October 3, 2017
- 113Newsجراء هجوم لأحد جنود الخلافة: 60 قتيلاً وأكثر من 500 مصاب من الصليبيين في (لاس فيغاس) بأمريكا4 October 2017
- 114Did some media play into ISIS's hands? Some conservative outlets hyped the terror group's claim that it was responsible for the Las Vegas shootingJason Schwartz — Politico — October 2, 2017
- 115NewsBehind ISIS' bizarre claim on the Las Vegas massacreOctober 6, 2017
- 116NewsFBI: Las Vegas shooting has no connection with international terrorist groupRebecca Savransky — October 2, 2017
- 117Facebook and Google promote politicized fake news about Las Vegas shooterSam Levin — October 2, 2017
- 118Facebook and Google pledged to stop fake news. So why did they promote Las Vegas-shooting hoaxes?David Pierson — October 2, 2017
- 119Google and Facebook Failed UsAlexis C. Madrigal — October 2, 2017
- 120News'I hope someone truly shoots you': online conspiracy theorists harass Vegas victimsSam Levin — October 26, 2017
- 121NewsDan Bilzerian recounts frantic search for gun, help during Vegas shootingJohn Solomon — 2017-10-05
- 122What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shootingAvi Selk The Washington Post — 2017-10-04
- 123'Taking them down fuels it more': why conspiracy theories are unstoppableSam Levin — February 28, 2018
- 124YouTube changes search to combat Las Vegas conspiracy videosHeather Kelly — CNN — October 5, 2017
- 125YouTube alters algorithm after searches for Las Vegas shooting turn up conspiracy theoriesJessica Guynn — October 5, 2017
- 126A tragic & heinous act of violence has shaken the #Nevada family. Our prayers are w/ the victims & all affected by this act of cowardice.Brian Sandoval — October 2, 2017
- 127Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and More React to Vegas ShootingStephanie Petit — October 2, 2017
- 128NewsGun control: Trump says lawmakers will discuss issue 'as time goes by'Lauren Gambino — October 3, 2017
- 129NewsLas Vegas shooting: Trump dubs killer 'sick and demented'October 3, 2017
- 130NewsLas Vegas shooting suspect's girlfriend is a 'person of interest' – as it happenedJudy Tong et al. — October 3, 2017
- 131NewsTrump Visits Shooting Victims, First Responders in Las VegasScott Horsley — October 4, 2017
- 132NewsVice President Mike Pence in Las Vegas: 'We are united in our grief'Kurtis Lee et al. — October 7, 2017
- 133NewsThousands walk on Strip to remember Las Vegas shooting victimsJamie Munks — October 16, 2017
- 134Heavy security blankets Las Vegas Marathon in wake of shootingMatt Rehbein — November 12, 2017
- 135NewsGolden Knights opt for #VegasStrong on boards over ads in home openerNHL Enterprises, L.P. — October 10, 2017
- 136Golden Knights retire jersey No. 58 to honor shooting victimsJesse Granger — Greenspun Media Group — March 31, 2018
- 1382021 Room 32-135 Mandalay Bay no more room accessAugust 25, 2021
- 139NewsSite of Las Vegas shooting faces a cloudy futureEli Segall — October 20, 2017
- 141MGM Resorts sells most of Oct. 1 site to tribal interestJohn Katsilometes — December 30, 2022
- 142MGM donates land for Route 91 memorial to be built at site of shootingRio Lacanlale — August 2, 2021
- 143NewsThe Police Officer Who "Froze" For 5 Minutes In A Hallway During The Las Vegas Massacre Has Been FiredSalvador Hernandez — July 3, 2019
- 144NewsVegas Officer Fired for Inaction in 2017 Massacre ReinstatedMarch 13, 2020
- 145NewsLas Vegas shooting highlights wide gaps in gun lawsBob Egelko — October 8, 2017
- 146NewsProposed bans on bump stocks have stalled in CongressRebecca Shabad — November 6, 2017
- 147NewsAfter Las Vegas mass shooting, 'bump stock' is hot at gun storesCNBC — October 5, 2017
- 148NewsMassachusetts becomes first state to ban bump stocks since Vegas massacreLauren del Valle — November 6, 2017
- 149NewsTrump administration moves to ban bump stocksMichael Balsamo — December 18, 2018
- 150NewsBill to ban high-capacity gun magazines introduced in SenateAlex Murtha — October 10, 2017
- 151NewsGun-maker stocks rally after mass shooting in Las VegasTomi Kilgore — October 2, 2017
- 152NewsLas Vegas Horror Drives All-Too-Predictable Gun Stock RallyPolly Mosendz et al. — October 2, 2017
- 153NewsGun sales usually skyrocket after mass shootings. But not this timeAlvin Chang — Vox Media — March 7, 2018
- 154NewsGun Sales in America Have Stopped Spiking After Mass ShootingsMira Rojanasakul — November 7, 2017
- 155NewsLawsuit filed on behalf of 450 Las Vegas shooting victimsDavid Ferrara — November 20, 2017
- 156NewsMGM Resorts Sues 1,000 Victims of Las Vegas Shooting, Seeking to Avoid LiabilityRichard A. Oppel Jr. — July 17, 2018
- 157NewsMGM sues Vegas shooting victims in push to avoid liabilityRegina Garcia Cano — July 18, 2018
- 158NewsLas Vegas shooting victims reach $735m settlement from MGM ResortsOctober 3, 2019
- 159NewsA judge has approved an $800 million settlement for victims of the Las Vegas shootingAndy Rose et al. — CNN — September 30, 2020
- 160NewsSupreme Court invalidates Trump-era bump stock banZach Shonfeld — 14 June 2024
- 161NewsSome Thousand Oaks victims survived mass shooting in Las Vegas, reports sayBrett Molina — November 8, 2018
- 162NewsSome Thousand Oaks Shooting Survivors Also Witnessed Las Vegas MassacreMarina Fang — November 8, 2018
- 163Vegas survivor dies in California attackNovember 9, 2018
- 164OLIN and SWA are among shortlisted firms to design memorial in Las Vegas commemorating victims of mass shootingCharles Gebbia — 2023-06-07
- 166UCLA EMT honored for helping victims of Las Vegas shootingCarlos Granda — December 22, 2017
- 167Soldier awarded for massacre braveryNovember 25, 2018
- 169Army identifies soldier in viral photo shielding woman during Las Vegas shootingKyle Rempfer — October 6, 2017
- 172Petty Officer Awarded First Coast Guard Medal Since 2016 for Heroism in Vegas ShootingAmy Bushatz — 28 March 2019
- 174Hero of Las Vegas mass shooting honored at R.I. State Police ceremonyBrian Amaral — May 16, 2019
- 175Five SDPD officers awarded 'Medal For Valor' for bravery during Las Vegas ShootingRina Nakano — August 30, 2019