It saddens me so much, reading into such horrifying stories nowadays. My heart aches with sadness and tears just threatens listen / viewing videos or reading such news nowadays. Apparently it is such a norm nowadays for such happenings. Where are the days of wonderful peace and love? Why is everyone burning with hatred for each other - without much valid reason? We are all humans.... each and everyone of us. Irregardless of which country we originate from or what language we speak. Why do we have to resolved to such horrifying violence? Is mankind really that blood thirsty for war? Do people really love watching violence and destruction and all the devastation our children and their children have to grow up to? I really pray for world peace.... to everyone... irregardless of their skin colour, their belief and their language. I pray we will one day be able to just accept each other for who we are and what we are instead of demanding others to be like ourselves. Original Article : Las Vegas Shooting (clickable link)
Las Vegas shooting: First victims of country music concert massacre identified
THE wife of one of the victims of the Las Vegas massacre that left more than 50 people dead has revealed he saved her life.
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THE first victims of the horrific Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured have been identified.
Sonny Melton, 29, Jordan McIldoon, 23, Quinton Robbins, 20, and Denise Gesford Chambers were killed when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 people at a country music concert.
Melton was watching country music star Jason Aldean at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village with his wife when Paddock opened fire.
“At this point, I’m in complete disbelief and despair. I don’t know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met. He saved my life and lost his,” Heather Gulish Melton said in a statement to Fox 17 News.
Sonny Melton was attending the concert with wife Heather Gulish Melton (left) when he was shot dead. Picture: Facebook/Sonny MeltonSource:Facebook
“He saved my life. He grabbed me and started running when I felt him get shot in the back,’ Mrs Gulish Melton, a surgeon, told WSMV.
“I want everyone to know what a kind-hearted, loving man he was, but at this point, I can barely breathe.”
Gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, killed himself after the mass shooting. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
Jordan McIldoon, 23, of Maple Ridge in British Columbia, Canada, was attending the festival with his girlfriend, his parents told CBC.
They said he was a heavy-duty mechanic apprentice and about to start trade school.
“We only had one child,” they said. “We just don’t know what to do.”
According to a Facebook post by Heather Gooze, a woman who was on the scene, McIldoon died in her arms.
“Friends and family, I am ok. I am right outside of the festival grounds. We are not allowed to go anywhere. I am with a young man who died in my arms! RIP Jordan mcildoon from British Columbia. I can’t believe this just happened!!!” she wrote on Monday.
Jordan Seymour McIldoon (left) was killed in the attack. Picture: Facebook/Jordan Seymour McIldoonSource:Facebook
Quinton Robbins, 20, from Nevada, also died on Sunday night, with his aunt describing him as “the most kind and loving soul”.
“Everyone who met him, loved him. His contagious laugh and smile. He was truly an amazing person. He will be missed by so many, he is loved by so many,” Kilee Wells Sanders said.
Robbins was a student at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and worked as a recreational assistant at the City of Henderson.
“Quinton was a pay-it-forward kinda guy,” family friend Tyce Jones told Newsweek. “Always had a smile on his face and was a nice guy. He loved his family and loved to coach his little brother’s flag football team. He will be missed.”
Quintin Robbins (left) was killed in the shooting. Picture: Facebook/Quintin RobbinsSource:Facebook
More than 500 people were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Australian authorities are making urgent calls to determine if any Australians have been caught up in the attack.
“The Australian Consulate-General in Los Angeles is making urgent inquiries with local authorities to determine whether any Australians have been affected by a shooting incident at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas,” a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said.
Littleton: 13 Dead
Columbine High SchoolApril 20, 1999
Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, stalk and gun down 12 fellow students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library.
Postal worker Patrick Henry Sherrill arms himself with three pistols and kills 14 co-workers in 10 minutes , before taking his own life with a bullet to the head.
Armed with a long-barreled Uzi, a pump-action shotgun and a handgun James Huberty, 41, shoots dead 21 adults and children at a McDonald's. A police sniper kills Huberty one hour after the rampage begins.
Three gunmen storm the Wah Mee gambling and social club, rob the 14 occupants then shoot each in the head, killing 13. Two of the assailants are caught and jailed for life. A third flees to Canada before being caught and deported to Hong Kong.
Prison guard George Banks, 40, kills 13 people including five of his own children. In September 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturns his death sentence ruling he is mentally incompetent.
Charles Joseph Whitman, a former US Marine, kills 16 and wounds at least 30 while shooting from a University of Texas tower. Police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy shoot and kill Whitman in the tower. Whitman had also killed his mother and wife earlier in the day.
Adam Lanza, 20, guns down 20 children, ages six and seven, and six teachers and staffers, before turning the gun on himself. Investigating police later find Nancy Lanza, Adam's mother, dead from a gunshot wound.
Mark Barton, 44, kills his wife and two children at his home. He then opens fire in two different stock broker businesses killing nine people and wounding 12. He later kills himself.
James E. Holmes, 24, dressed head-to-toe in protective tactical gear and aremd with several weapons, sets off two devices before spraying a movie theatre with gunfire during a midnight screening of Batman: Dark Knight Rises. Twelve people are kileld and 58 wounded. Holmes is found guilty of 165 charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Howard Unruh, 28, a veteran of World War II, shoots and kills 13 people as he walks down Camden's 32nd Street, using a German Luger pistol. He is found insane and is committed to a state mental institution. He dies at the age of 88.
Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, opens fire inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, in Orlando. At least 49 people are killed and more than 50 are injured. Police shoot and kill Mateen during an operation to free hostages.
Married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik open fire on an employees at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people. They are then gunned down by police after a road chase.
