Las Vegas

  • Tourniquets, Once Out of Favor, Helped Save Lives in Vegas Shootings
    Tourniquets, Once Out of Favor, Helped Save Lives in Vegas Shootings
    October 13, 2017 | By Reuters
    When the sniper’s bullet shattered Paola Bautista’s arm, her sister and a stranger in the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival got her to cover. Then they focused on the bleeding. Daisy Bautista stuffed a sock into the hole in her sister’s arm, and the man who was helping them pulled a belt tight […]
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  • Las Vegas Police Chief Says Response to Gunman Came ‘as Quick as Possible’
    Las Vegas Police Chief Says Response to Gunman Came ‘as Quick as Possible’
    October 12, 2017 | By Reuters
    Las Vegas police are getting closer to finding an explanation for why a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the city’s police chief said on Wednesday, as he defended the speed of the department’s response to the massacre. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo, who oversees the police department, told the […]
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  • Police, FBI Seek Public’s Help in Finding Motive Behind Las Vegas Massacre
    Police, FBI Seek Public’s Help in Finding Motive Behind Las Vegas Massacre
    October 7, 2017 | By Reuters
    LAS VEGAS—Police and FBI agents, chasing down more than 1,000 dead-end leads since a gunman killed 58 people in Las Vegas, are seeking more help from the public in solving the central mystery of their investigation—the shooter’s motive. Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said investigators remain largely in the dark about what drove retired real […]
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  • NRA Backs ‘Bump Stocks’ Regulations After Las Vegas Massacre
    NRA Backs ‘Bump Stocks’ Regulations After Las Vegas Massacre
    October 6, 2017 | By Reuters
    LAS VEGAS—The U.S. gun lobby, which has seldom embraced new firearms-control measures, expressed a willingness to support a restriction on the rifle accessory that enabled a Las Vegas gunman to strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire as if from an automatic weapon. The gunman Stephen Paddock, police said, fitted 12 of his weapons […]
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  • White House Welcomes Conversation on Banning ‘Bump Stocks’
    White House Welcomes Conversation on Banning ‘Bump Stocks’
    October 5, 2017 | By Jasper Fakkert
    WASHINGTON—White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Thursday that the Trump administration welcomes efforts by lawmakers to look into bump stocks and related devices. “We know that members of both parties and multiple organizations are planning to take a look at bump stocks and related devices. We certainly welcome that, we’d like to be […]
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  • Las Vegas Gunman Stockpiled Weapons over Decades, Planned Attack
    Las Vegas Gunman Stockpiled Weapons over Decades, Planned Attack
    October 5, 2017 | By Reuters
    LAS VEGAS—The Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history stockpiled weapons and ammunition over decades, and meticulously planned the attack, authorities believe. But what led Stephen Paddock, 64, to unleash the carnage he did remains largely a mystery. “What we know is that Stephen […]
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  • Las Vegas Gunman’s Girlfriend Says No Advance Knowledge of Massacre
    Las Vegas Gunman’s Girlfriend Says No Advance Knowledge of Massacre
    October 4, 2017 | By Reuters
    LAS VEGAS—The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was questioned by the FBI on Wednesday and said she had no idea he was “planning violence against anyone.” Marilou Danley, who returned late on Tuesday from a family visit to the […]
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