The Vegas Tragedy

Everyone who lives in Las Vegas have all feared something like this would happen.

One Evil Man decided on Sunday night to do the indescribable by firing into a crowd of 22,000 concert goers on The Las Vegas Strip.

Whether he had help is yet to be determined, but he is the Single Shooter from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. 

That night these people lost their lives at the hand of EVIL!

​Decedent ​DOB ​Gender ​Ahlers, Hannah Lassette ​6/2/1983 ​Female ​Alvarado, Heather Lorraine ​9/20/1982​​ ​Female ​Anderson, Dorene ​4/16/1968 ​Female ​Barnette, Carrie Rae ​12/16/1982 ​Female ​Beaton, Jack Reginald ​12/10/1962 ​Male ​Berger, Stephen Richard ​9/30/1973 ​Male ​Bowers, Candice Ryan ​8/10/1977 ​Female Burditus, Denise​ ​6/5/1967 ​Female ​Casey, Sandra ​11/1/1982 ​Female ​Castilla, Andrea Lee Anna ​9/29/1989 ​Female ​Cohen, Denise ​8/2/1959 ​Female ​Davis, Austin William ​6/20/1988 ​Male ​Day Jr., Thomas ​10/29/1962 ​Male ​Duarte, Christiana ​8/7/1995 ​​Female ​Etcheber, Stacee Ann ​2/26/1967 ​Female ​Fraser, Brian S. ​8/20/1978 ​Male ​Galvan, Keri ​8/20/1986 ​Female ​Gardner, Dana Leann ​7/6/1965 ​Female ​Gomez, Angela C.  ​12/26/1996 ​Female ​Guillen, Rocio ​12/20/1976 ​Female ​Hartfield, Charleston ​5/16/1983 ​Male ​Hazencomb, Christopher ​9/27/1973 ​Male ​Irvine, Jennifer Topaz ​6/6/1975 ​Female ​Kimura, Teresa Nicol ​3/24/1979 ​Female ​Klymchuk, Jessica ​5/1/1983 ​Female ​Kreibaum, Carly Anne ​12/9/1983 ​Female ​LeRocque, Rhonda M. ​8/29/1975 ​Female ​Link, Victor L.  ​9/7/1962  ​Male ​Mclldoon, Jordan ​10/6/1993 ​Male ​Meadows, Kelsey Breanne ​6/26/1989 ​Female ​

​ ​Decedent ​D​OB G​ender Medig, Calla-Mar​ie 8/8/1989 Female ​​​Melton, James 8/2/1988 Male ​Mestas, Patricia ​7/25/1950 ​Female ​Meyer, Austin Cooper ​​9/18/1993 ​Male ​​Murfitt, Adrian Allan 7/5/1982 Male ​​Parker, Rachael Kathleen 12/16/1983 ​Female ​Parks, Jennifer 1/18/1981 ​Female ​Parsons, Carolyn Lee ​12/28/1985 ​Female ​Patterson, Lisa Marie ​6/26/1971 ​Female ​Phippen, John Joseph ​​10/25/1960 ​​Male ​Ramirez, Melissa V. ​11/29/1990 ​Female Rivera, Jordyn N. ​7/22/1996 ​Female ​​Robbins, Quinton ​3/21/1997 ​Male ​Robinson, Cameron​ 1/1/1989 ​Male ​​Roe, Tara Ann 9/1/1983 ​​Female Romero-Muniz, Lisa ​​5/19/1969 ​Female ​Roybal, Christopher Louis 10/9/1988 ​​Male ​Schwanbeck, Brett 1/31/1956 Male​ ​Schweitzer, Bailey ​4/5/1997 ​Female ​Shipp, Laura Anne ​5/9/1967 ​Female ​Silva, Erick​ 8/19/1996 Male ​Smith, Susan ​8/24/1964 ​Female Stewart, Brennan Lee 2/19/1987 ​Male ​Taylor, Derrick Dean ​9/25/1961 Male ​Tonks, Neysa C. 7/27/1971 Female ​​Vo, Michelle ​1/10/1985 Female Von Tillow, Kurt Allen 12/4/1961 ​Male ​Wolfe Jr., William W. ​​10/15/1974 ​Male ​

For all those who try to find a Government Conspiracy, STOP!  You are INSULATING those of us who call Las Vegas home and those of us who knew someone at the concert.

We were offered tickets to the concert early in the day on Sunday but chose to not go due to the long walk from the parking area to the venue.  Sunday night at 10pm we realized that it was "Not our time to die" and Thanked God we stayed home.

This week it is hard to talk to friends, co-workers or the person behind the counter at 7-11 and not run into someone who was either at the concert or knew someone who did attend. 

For those who do not live here, Las Vegas is like any Hometown, USA.   We have churches, grocery stores, city parks and yes, we also have casinos.  A Majority of Las Vegas Residents RARELY visit the Las Vegas Strip.  My Wife and I go down perhaps more than some as we attended five or six Las Vegas Shows or Concerts a month. 

Las Vegas will NEVER forget what happened this past Sunday, but we also Will Not let it define our city.  With thousands and thousands of cameras on the strip and inside the casinos, Las Vegas is perhaps the SAFEST place in America.   Less than TWO MINUTES after the first shot, there were Las Vegas Metro Police on scene.   Less than FIVE MINUTES later there were HUNDREDS of First Responders on site Saving Lives!  Less than Thirty Minutes later, there were over TWO THOUSAND Police, Firefighters and EMT's risking Their Lives to take the injured to the Hospital and treat over 500 on the concert grounds.  This all going on while there was still no definitive word on what happened to the shooter. 

I am PROUD to call Las Vegas home.  When you come to my city to visit you will find everyone from the Skycaps, Cab Drivers, the Casino Workers and the Residents you will run into on the street, some of the Friendliest People in the World. 

We DEPEND on YOU, our Visitors.  And we want you to DEPEND on US as well!