Jason Aldean pays tribute to Vegas victims, Petty on 'SNL'
NEW YORK — Country star Jason Aldean took the stage on "Saturday Night Live," paying tribute to the victims of the Las Vegas massacre and to the late rocker Tom Petty.Aldean performed Petty's "I Won't Back Down" during the live opening Saturday night and then introduced the show."This week we witnessed one of the worst tragedies in American history," he said. "So many people are hurting.
Wife of man killed in Vegas, at his funeral: "I knew he would protect me; he is my hero"
BAKERSFIELD, California — Jack Beaton felt equally comfortable gripping a pair of barbecue tongs surrounded by friends or swinging his roofer's hammer on a hot day at work.
Group of 7 friends, so-called 'framily,' remembers 1 killed in Vegas, "who would have helped them stay strong"
PLACENTIA, California — In the days since the shooting, it's been hard to sleep.
Casino owner on Stephen Paddock: "The most vanilla profile one could possibly imagine"
LAS VEGAS -- The owner of a casino where Stephen Paddock gambled says the Las Vegas gunman didn't drink alcohol or show any signs of trouble when he was a customer there.Steve Wynn said in an interview on Fox News that Paddock had "the most vanilla profile one could possibly imagine."He says Paddock didn't run up debts or have a gambling problem.
Welcome to Vegas: Billboards ask for tips on gunman's motive
LAS VEGAS — Tourists coming to gamble and party on the Strip will soon find something other than bright lights welcoming them to "Fabulous Las Vegas."Billboards will serve as a stark reminder that investigators remain stumped about what drove a gunman to mow down concertgoers from a perch in a high-rise casino hotel last Sunday."We still do not have a clear motive or reason why," a frustrated Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said Friday. "We have looked at literally everything."Investigators have chased 1,000 leads and examined Stephen Paddock's politics, his finances, any possible radicalization and his social behavior — typical investigative avenues that have helped uncover the motive in past shootings."We have been down each and every one of these paths," McMahill said. "We all want answers."The FBI announced that billboards would go up around the city asking anyone with information to dial 800-CALL-FBI."If you know something, say something," said Aaron Rouse, agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI office. "We will not stop until we have the truth."Paddock, a reclusive 64-year-old high-stakes gambler, rained bullets on the crowd at a country music festival from his 32nd-floor hotel suite, killing 58 and wounding hundreds before taking his own life.McMahill said investigators had reviewed voluminous video from the casino and don't think Paddock had an accomplice in the shooting, but they want to know if anyone knew about his plot beforehand.In their effort to find any hint of his motive, investigators were looking into whether he was with a prostitute days before the shooting, were scrutinizing cruises he took and were trying to make sense of a cryptic note with numbers jotted on it found in his hotel room, a federal official said.The U.S. official briefed by federal law enforcement officers wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.The official said investigators were interviewing other call girls for information and looking into at least a dozen cruises Paddock took in the last few years, including one to the Middle East.It is unusual to have so few clues five days after a mass shooting.
No clear motive yet in Las Vegas mass shooting
Authorities say they still don't have a clear motive for the Las Vegas shooting rampage.Undersheriff Kevin C.
BloodCenter of Wisconsin hosts phone bank to honor heroes of Las Vegas shooting
MILWAUKEE -- The BloodCenter of Wisconsin is teaming up with local first responders to honor the heroes of the Las Vegas tragedy.On Monday, October 9th, the BloodCenter of Wisconsin will be hosting a phone bank where you can call to thank local first responders for their service while setting up an appointment to donate blood at donor center in Wauwatosa.Donors are invited to call 1-877-BE-A-HERO.Phone bank participants include:
"Somebody that everybody loved:" 58 Vegas victims mourned
Some died with loved ones, some with friends.
Official: Las Vegas shooter booked room in Chicago during weekend of Lollapalooza
LAS VEGAS -- Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago — and perhaps Boston's Fenway Park — before setting up his perch in a casino hotel and raining deadly fire on country music fans.Paddock booked rooms overlooking the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago in August and the Life Is Beautiful show near the Vegas Strip in late September, according to authorities reconstructing his movements before he undertook the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.It was not clear if he contemplated massacres at those sites.Investigators looking into Paddock also came across mention of Fenway Park, Boston police Lt.
Officials dig in to Vegas shooter's high-stakes gambling
LAS VEGAS — Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans on the Las Vegas Strip have at least one potential trove of information: his gambling habits.Nevada gambling regulators say they're sorting through documents for clues about him and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley.
UNLV football team to honor victims of Vegas shooting with special helmets; assistant hockey coach hurt
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- As a tribute to victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting, the UNLV football team will wear special helmets Saturday, October 7th vs.
Crowd of 20,000 at Las Vegas concert included many officers, firefighters: "Words cannot describe the bravery"
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Fred Rowbotham's plan was to leave job stress behind with a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate his 45th birthday at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.But when the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire rained down, the police officer from Chula Vista, California, sprang into action as if he were in uniform.
"Bullets were non-stop:" Franklin woman on weekend getaway with friends survives Vegas mass shooting
FRANKLIN -- A woman from SE Wisconsin thought a weekend trip to Las Vegas would be a fun getaway.
Attorney for Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend: She knew nothing about any plans for a massacre
LAS VEGAS — The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday that she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family.Marilou Danley issued the statement after returning from her native Philippines and being questioned for much of the day by FBI agents still trying to figure out what drove Stephen Paddock to open fire on 22,000 fans at a country music festival from his 32nd-floor hotel suite."He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen," Danley said in a statement read by her lawyer outside FBI headquarters in Los Angeles.Danley, who was overseas for more than two weeks, said she was initially pleased when Paddock wired her money in the Philippines to buy a house for her family.
Some hurt in Vegas mass shooting didn't initially realize they'd been shot
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Some of the people injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history didn't initially realize they had been shot, a hospital official said."We have gotten calls from people, from home, to ask if they can have bullets removed," said Dr.
Sheriff: Las Vegas shooter rented room at Ogden hotel during music festival in September
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Officials say the Las Vegas shooter rented a room in downtown around the same time as an alternative music festival held September 22nd through the 24th.Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters that Stephen Paddock rented a room through Airbnb at the Ogden hotel in downtown Las Vegas but didn't know why.
"I wasn't ready to die:" Shot multiple times, LA nurse can't believe she's alive after Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS — Tubes connecting to veins in her arms, Natalie Vanderstay clutches a pillow to her stomach, over the spot where a bullet entered her body.
Aaron Rodgers on Las Vegas shooting: "A friend of mine lost their best friend of 20 years"
GREEN BAY -- Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday, October 4th he had friends at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas -- where Stephen Paddock shot and killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500 Sunday night, October 1st."It's scary.
