Las Vegas Massacre -- News Updates October 2, 2017 (Evening)

Daily Mail: Killed in the Las Vegas massacre: The first of 59 dead and 527 injured are identified including a mechanic, 23, a 20-year-old student, a wife who died in her husband's arms and a heroic male nurse, 29, who saved his surgeon wife

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* At least 59 people were killed and 527 injured after shooting at Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada
* Sonny Melton, a 29-year-old nurse, was fatally shot in the back as he and wife Heather tried to flee
* Jordan McIldoon, 23, a mechanic's apprentice, was at the festival with his girlfriend when he was shot dead
* Quinton Robbins, 20, of Henderson, Nevada, along with kindergarten teacher and mother-of-two Jenny Parks and Susan Smith, 53, an office manager for the Simi Valley Unified School District were also killed
* Denise Salmon Burditus, 50, reportedly died in her husband Tony Burditus' arms just minutes after posting a picture of themselves at the festival
* Mom-of-four Jessica Klymchuk, Adrian Murfitt, 35, John Phippen, Rhonda LeRocque, Dana Gardner, Bailey Schweitzer, Angie Gomez, school secretary Lisa Romero, and Charleston Hartfield were also victims
* Melissa Ramirez, who was a graduate of California State University at Baskerville, and 35-year-old special education teacher from southern California Sandy Casey were also killed in the horrific shooting
* Mother-of-three, Neysa Tonks, was the latest victim who was identified; she leaves behind her three sons
* Rachael Parker, 33, was with fellow off-duty officers when Paddock opened fire, she later died at the hospital
* Shooter was identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, who opened fire from a 32nd floor room of Mandalay Bay Hotel after 10pm Sunday night
* Police say they breached Paddock's room and found him dead inside alongside an 'arsenal' of weapons
* Cops located his girlfriend Marilou Danley for questioning, but don't believe she's involved in the shooting
* It's the deadliest shooting in US history - eclipsing last year's massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida

The first shooting victims have been identified after 59 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday in what has become the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

Sonny Melton, 29, Denise Salmon Burditus, 50, Lisa Romero, Jordan McIldoon, 23, Jessica Klymchuk, 28, Jenny Parks, Susan Smith, 53, and Adrian Murfitt, 35, all lost their lives when 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock of nearby Mesquite, Nevada began shooting from his hotel room across the street at the Mandalay Bay Casino.

John Phippen, Rhonda LeRocque, Dana Gardner, Quinton Robbins, 20, Bailey Schweitzer, Angie Gomez, and Carrie Barnette were killed in the mass shooting. Melissa Ramirez, who was a graduate of California State University at Baskerville, Charleston Hartfield and 35-year-old special education teacher from southern California Sandy Casey were also killed in the horrific shooting.

Another 527 people were injured in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

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