Vol. 127, No. 36 Tuesday, October 3, 2017
OPINION
SPORTS
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UTAH STATE DEFENSE TO TEST STEVENS, CSU OFFENSE
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CAMPUS
Tony Frank responds to mass shooting By Natalia Sperry @Natalia_Sperry
Las Vegas mourns
59 dead, 527 injured in deadliest U.S. shooting
LAS VEGAS- Discarded personal items covered in blood sit on Kovaln Lane, in the aftermath of the mass shooting leaving 59 dead and 527 injured, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 2. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARCUS YAM OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
By David Montero & Alene Tchekmedyian Los Angeles Times
Editor’s note: This story has been edited to reflect casualty counts from the Associated Press as of Monday night. LAS VEGAS-59 people were killed and 529 others injured after a gunman opened fire Sunday night at a country music festival opposite the Mandalay Bay hotel and resort on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said. Hospitals in Las Vegas were overwhelmed with patients. University Medical Center admitted 104 patients. Four died and 12 were in critical condition as of 5:50 p.m. ET, according to spokeswoman Denita Cohen. At Sunrise
Hospital and Medical Center 14 patients died and more than 160 were injured. Police reported that the supect, Stephen Craig Paddock, a Nevada resident, was dead. “Right now we believe it’s a solo act, a lone wolf attacker,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. He said authorities were seeking to interview a woman who was believed to have been traveling with the suspect, a resident of Las Vegas whose name was not immediately released. Two of the dead may include a pair of off-duty police officers who were attending the concert, Lombardo said. Authorities established a command post and triage center, and
shut down parts of the Strip. Police investigated reports of a “suspicious device” down the street, outside the Luxor Hotel, but there were no reports that it was involved in an attack. A three-day Route 91 Harvest country music festival performance was underway across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Mandalay Bay hotel when the shooting erupted. Concertgoers reported a burst of weapons fire as a Jason Aldean performance was underway. The shots came from an upper floor of the hotel, where the suspect set up rifles with scopes on tripods according to two anonymous law enforcement officials. Later, authorities found at least 23 firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his room.
A video posted on social media showed the open-air concert fully underway when bursts of automatic gunfire rang out in rapid succession. Dozens of concertgoers dropped to the ground, screaming, while others ran, some in pairs or in groups with their arms linked. The shooting went on for about more than 30 seconds before the music stopped, and another burst was heard later. “Get down, stay down,” one woman shouted. “Let’s go,” another voice said. Another wave of gunshots followed soon after. Seth Bayles, of West Hollywood, Calif., said Aldean had been performing for about 20 minutes when he heard shots. see SHOOTING on page 4 >>
A lone gunman killed 59 people at a concert in Las Vegas late Sunday night and injuring more than 500 in the worst mass shooting in modern American history. Colorado State University President Tony Frank addressed the shooting in a campus-wide email Monday morning, offering support and assistance for those who may have been personally impacted. The shooter, identified by law enforcement officials as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, opened fire from a room in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the crowd of about 22,000 attending a country music festival. Frank’s email listed oncampus resources for impacted students, faculty and staff. Counseling services are available for students through the CSU Health Network and similar resources are available for employees through the Office of the Ombuds and Employee Assistance Program. Frank noted that further university updates of efforts to support victims, first responders and families will come through Source, and encouraged those who want to show support to make blood donations through the Garth Englund Blood Center in Fort Collins. On behalf of CSUPD, Frank urged the community to be mindful and report anything if something does not feel or seem right. “When immediately confronted with such a senseless act of violence, it’s obviously difficult to find words to give rise to the breadth of emotions we all are struggling through,” Frank wrote. “To some extent, as I’ve done here, we turn our focus and see TONY FRANK on page 4 >>
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