The Las Vegas community will come together this week to remember the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Strip that killed 58 people that night and wounded 800 in what is still the largest mass shooting in modern American history.
It’s been six years since the tragedy, and the community will never forget the lives lost and families that were affected, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said last week at a city council meeting.
“We will continue to memorialize the 58 that we lost plus two other individuals who passed away from issues with that night,” Goodman said, referring to two Oct. 1 shooting victims who died in 2020. “It’s just a nice time to be able to remember and be quiet and not do anything else but just memorialize and reflect and extend appreciation for those we’ve lost.”
