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Beyond the Las Vegas Shooting Victims\u2019 Names: What We Know<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The evening had begun in celebration. Thousands gathered for another night of song at the long-anticipated country music festival. Some had driven or flown to Las Vegas for the three days of shows from faraway places \u2014 Tennessee, California, Alaska. And in the days and weeks before the festival, some had excitedly posted messages on social media, counting down until its start.<\/span><\/p>\n

But when the gunfire \u2014 sudden and rapid \u2014 finally ceased on Sunday night, at least 59 people had been killed and hundreds more were injured. The attack at a music festival in Las Vegas was one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n

The authorities have not yet identified all of the people who perished, but relatives, colleagues and friends have shared memories of some of them. Here are the stories of the people who died. This article will be updated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian Murfitt<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian Murfitt, 35, had been working 16-hour days all summer as a commercial salmon fisherman in his home state of Alaska. It was time for a break.<\/span><\/p>\n

He gathered up two of his childhood friends and booked tickets for a country music festival, just as he had done last year, according to his sister, Shannon Gothard.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe had such a great time when he went before, and he wanted to treat himself for a successful fishing season,\u201d Ms. Gothard said from Anchorage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Murfitt was an Alaskan to the core. Since he was a toddler, he loved playing hockey, she said; he could fix almost anything mechanical; he was devoted to his dog, Paxson, a Western Siberian Laika.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Gothard said the family had pieced together her brother\u2019s last minutes from Brian MacKinnon, a friend who was with him at the concert on Sunday night. \u201cHe was just having a good time, enjoying himself and got shot in the neck,\u201d she said of her brother. A woman standing next to Mr. Murfitt was shot in the head, Mr. MacKinnon told the family. He watched as medics tried to resuscitate Mr. Murfitt, though the medics told Mr. MacKinnon to leave the scene for his own safety.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, he died in my arms,\u201d Mr. MacKinnon wrote on Facebook. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what else to say at this time. I\u2019m really sorry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sonny Melton<\/span><\/p>\n

When Sonny Melton and his wife, Heather Gulish Melton, heard the sound of gunshots in Las Vegas on Sunday night, he grabbed her and began to run.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI felt him get shot in the back,\u201d Ms. Gulish Melton told WCYB, a television station in northeast Tennessee. \u201cI want everyone to know what a kindhearted, loving man he was, but at this point, I can barely breathe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Melton, 29, was described in Facebook tributes as a kind spirit, a registered nurse who worked for much of 2016 in the surgical unit at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a very kind, compassionate, genuine person who lived life to the fullest, and he took great care of our patients,\u201d said Amy Garner, a spokeswoman for the hospital. Union University, a college in Jackson, Tenn., said Mr. Melton was a 2015 graduate of the school and worked in the emergency department at Henry County Medical Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House spokeswoman, said Mr. Melton and his wife had been married only a year and had traveled from Tennessee for the music festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the bullets began raining down from above, Sonny shielded her from danger, selflessly giving up his life to save hers,\u201d Ms. Sanders said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Smith, 53, was a lover of country music, a devoted mother to a son and daughter, a wife and a popular office manager at an elementary school in Simi Valley, Calif.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA wonderful person,\u201d said her father, Tom Rementer, through tears.<\/span><\/p>\n

She had gone to Las Vegas with friends, where she was killed during the attack near the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, said Jake Smith, a spokeswoman for the district. Her friends survived the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan McIldoon<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan McIldoon, a 23-year-old mechanic from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, was among the dead, a family member said. His parents described him to CBC News in Canada as outdoorsy, about to begin trade school, and on the trip to Las Vegas with his girlfriend. They were expecting him to return home on Monday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe only had one child,\u201d they told CBC News. \u201cWe just don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Romero-Muniz<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Lisa Romero-Muniz\u2019s husband, Chris, forgot their wedding anniversary. This year he was determined to make it up to her.<\/span><\/p>\n

So he made a grand gesture, planning a four-day weekend in Las Vegas and buying tickets to see her favorite country singer, Jason Aldean. Mr. Muniz, who worked long hours at a refinery, and Ms. Romero-Muniz, a high school secretary in Gallup, N.M., left on Thursday for Las Vegas, more than a six-hour drive away.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was beyond excited,\u201d said Rosie Fernandez, her friend and supervisor at the high school where they worked. \u201cFor her husband to remember her anniversary and do all of that, this was a big thing for her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Romero-Muniz\u2019s death, confirmed by officials at the school where she worked, left her colleagues and community shaken, her co-workers said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born and raised in the small city of Gallup, she was a mother of three grown children and a secretary at Miyamura High School, where she was responsible for disciplining students who got into trouble. Ms. Romero-Muniz had a warm personality and a big laugh, always teasing her co-workers, Ms. Fernandez said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were known as the two loudmouths of the office,\u201d Ms. Fernandez said. \u201cShe knew 90 percent of the kids at this school. She would talk to them like she was talking to her own children. I\u2019d hear her saying, \u2018I know you can do better than this.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday morning, administrators put up posters around the school so that students could write on them how they were feeling. A candlelight memorial is planned for Monday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Klymchuk<\/span><\/p>\n

Another Canadian was among the dead. Jessica Klymchuk, 28, from the province of Alberta, had been visiting Las Vegas with her boyfriend, The Globe and Mail reported. She was a school librarian, a bus driver and the mother of four children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quinton Robbins<\/span><\/p>\n

An aunt of Quinton Robbins, 20, who worked as a recreation assistant for the city of Henderson, Nev., wrote on Facebook that her nephew was among the dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say enough good about this sweet soul,\u201d the aunt, Kilee Wells Sanders, wrote of Mr. Robbins. \u201cEveryone who met him loved him. His contagious laugh and smile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She also asked for prayers for Mr. Robbins\u2019 family, adding: \u201cPlease also respect their privacy as this is a devastating loss that is incredibly painful for the families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachael Parker<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachael Parker, a police records technician from Manhattan Beach, Calif., was shot while attending Sunday\u2019s concert in Las Vegas, and later died in the hospital, the Manhattan Beach Police Department confirmed in a statement on Monday. Ms. Parker, who worked at the department for 10 years, was off duty when she was shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandy Casey<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the course of a carefree weekend in Las Vegas, they kept bumping into one another around the festival: at least a half dozen teachers, principals and school psychologists who worked for the Manhattan Beach School District in Southern California, taking a brief escape from their responsibilities to listen to live music.<\/span><\/p>\n

The school district said on Monday that Sandy Casey, 35, a special-education teacher originally from Vermont, was killed in the shootings. The other staff members from the district were physically unharmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Casey taught middle school and had worked for the district for nine years, an energetic person who delighted in her students, said Mike Matthews, the superintendent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a person who brings light wherever she is,\u201d he said. \u201cShe has a classroom full of light and hope and caring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Casey\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Chris Willemse, an instructional assistant for the district, was with Ms. Casey in Las Vegas. He wrote on Facebook: \u201cAs I sit and mourn such a beautiful life gone too fast, all I can say is look up and watch the birds fly high and free today, as that\u2019s where I feel you smiling down upon all of us. I love you baby girl! Love you to pieces!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/02\/us\/vegas-victims-names.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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