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MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle thousands of liability claims stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. The shooter holed up in a room on the 32nd floor of the MGM-owned Mandalay Bay resort and casino.

MGM Resorts To Pay Up To $800 Million In Las Vegas Shooting Settlement

Oct 03, 2019

Lawyers for survivors and victims wanted the company held liable for negligence for having allowed the gunman into an MGM-owned hotel with luggage full of weapons and ammunition in 2017.

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The Picture Show
Survivor Susanan Anely stands on the sidewalk bordering the Healing Garden in Las Vegas. Since Route 91, she has moved back to Las Vegas, started a new job, gotten promoted, started school and fallen back in love with photography.

'We Must Keep Loving': Trauma Lingers 2 Years After Mass Shooting In Las Vegas

Sep 29, 2019
Survivors of the 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas are still experiencing lasting effects. "All these people that think that you can just move on — you don't," one survivor says.
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Prosecutors: Jury Should Hear Vegas Shooting Ammunition Case

Jun 27, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a jury, not a judge, should hear the Las Vegas trial of an Arizona man facing a federal ammunition manufacturing charge after selling bullets to the gunman who staged the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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On Tuesday, the FBI announced it could not uncover the motive that drove Stephen Paddock to kill 58 people and injure hundreds more on Oct. 1, 2017. The FBI has closed its investigation.

FBI Finds No Motive In Las Vegas Shooting, Closes Investigation

Jan 29, 2019
"Throughout his life, [Stephen] Paddock went to great lengths to keep his thoughts private, and that extended to his final thinking about this mass murder," officials said on Tuesday.
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Washington Passes Assault Rifle Age Requirement, Is Nevada Next?

Jan 02, 2019

Washington joined a handful of other states this week to ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle.

Voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn court challenge from gun-rights advocates.

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Federal Law Banning Bump Stocks Effective In 90 Days

Dec 18, 2018

A federal ban on bump stocks takes effect in 90 days. 

Owning the weapon modification will become a felony.

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National
People gather to pray for the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. A gunman opened fire Wednesday evening inside a country music bar, killing multiple people, including a responding sheri

Reporting On Mass Shootings: A Familiar Heartbreaking Script

Nov 11, 2018
In the past year, NPR's Leila Fadel has had to report on the mass shooting in Las Vegas, and last week's shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that left 13 dead, including the gunman.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Clark County Coroner Remembers Oct. 1 Mass Shooting

Oct 01, 2018

One year ago, a city known for its revelry and neon charm was wounded in a way that has become all too familiar in this country – a mass shooting left 58 dead and hundreds more wounded.   

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On Oct. 2, 2017, drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort on the Las Vegas Strip, following a deadly shooting at a music festival. On Tuesday, the company that owns the hotel offered to make a $500 charitable donation for victims wh

MGM Offers To Donate Nearly $1 Million On Behalf Of Las Vegas Victims It Is Suing

Sep 11, 2018
MGM Resorts International said it would give $500 to any charity connected to the deadly concert shooting for people who authorize their lawyers to accept legal notice of the company's lawsuit.
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Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo announced the end of the department's investigation of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas on Friday. Lombardo told reporters that officials could not determine a "definitive motive" that prompted the massacre.

Las Vegas Shooting Investigation Closed. No Motive Found

Aug 03, 2018
Police investigating the October 2017 attack said they've been able to answer the "who, what, when, where and how" of the massacre, but as the probe ends, officials cannot explain the "why."
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Crime scene tape surrounds the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, 2017. The broken windows show the room where a gunman sat as he opened fire on a country music festival, killing 58 people and wounding more than 500 others.

MGM Files Lawsuits Denying Liability Over Las Vegas Shooting

Jul 17, 2018
In October 2017, a gunman fired from his room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds. Now MGM, which owns the hotel, is asking the courts to declare it not liable.
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The Two-Way
Tourists pose for photos in front of the city's welcome sign near Mandalay Bay, which doubled as a memorial site after the shooting last October. On Wednesday, Las Vegas police released more than 1,000 pages of witness statements giving a deeper look int

'No One Is Answering, No One Knows': What Las Vegas Shooting Witnesses Told Police

May 17, 2018
Law enforcement released more than 1,200 pages of witness statements taken after last October's massacre. Together, they weave a portrait of terror — and of a gunman whose motives remain an enigma.
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The Two-Way
Damaged windows on the 32nd floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino used by gunman Stephen Paddock are seen on Oct. 2, 2017. Las Vegas police have released some footage from officers' body cameras.

Las Vegas Police Release Bodycam Footage From Inside Shooter's Hotel Rooms

May 03, 2018
Police released video in response to a lawsuit from media organizations. It shows the tense moments as officers try to find out where the shots are coming from and as they search the hotel.
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Police Won't Immediately Release Las Vegas Shooting Records

Apr 28, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas said Friday they won't immediately release records that include officer body camera videos, 911 recordings, evidence logs and interview reports about the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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The Two-Way
Slide Fire Solutions announced Tuesday it will stop taking orders for its line of bump stock products on May 20.

Bump Stock Manufacturer Is Shutting Down Production

Apr 18, 2018
Slide Fire will stop taking orders and halt manufacturing of the rapid-fire gun products. It is facing a class-action lawsuit for negligence, and the government is pursuing a ban on the devices.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Route 91 Survivors: 'Our Love Got Us Out Of There'

Apr 16, 2018

When Billy and Kimberly King went to the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Oct. 1, they expected a fun night of country music.

But a few hours later, Billy King was fighting for his life.

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Route 91 Hero: 'The Nightmares Are Still There'

Apr 09, 2018

It’s been six months since the Oct. 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.

But to Paloma Solamente, it seems like yesterday.

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#Vegasstrong

Open topic: Is Strong Enough?

Mar 26, 2018

After October 1, we adopted a slogan. What we didn’t get was a conversation.

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The Two-Way
Stephen Paddock smiles as a valet helps him transport luggage to his hotel room on Sept. 26.

Hotel Releases Video Of Las Vegas Shooter In Days Leading To Massacre

Mar 23, 2018
Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old retired accountant and real estate investor, looks like an ordinary hotel guest and casino patron in footage released by the Mandalay Bay resort.
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Judge: Police Can Recover Costs For Providing Las Vegas Shooting Records

Mar 10, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says police can recoup costs for providing media companies with officer body camera videos and 911 calls about the Las Vegas mass shooting.<br><br>

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Hearing Set For Man Who Provided Ammo To Las Vegas Shooter

Mar 10, 2018

PHOENIX (AP) — Another court hearing has been scheduled for an Arizona man accused of providing armor-piercing ammunition to the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.<br><br>

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The Two-Way
Douglas Haig held a news conference after being charged with selling unlicensed bullets to Stephen Paddock, the gunman behind the Las Vegas massacre.

Ammunition Seller Charged In Connection With Las Vegas Shooting

Feb 02, 2018
Douglas Haig was charged with manufacturing and selling illegal bullets to Stephen Paddock before the gunman killed 58 people in Las Vegas.
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Arizona Man Sold Las Vegas Shooter Ammo

Jan 31, 2018

An Arizona man identified in court documents as a "person of interest" after the Las Vegas massacre says he sold ammunition to the gunman, Stephen Paddock, and says he had no idea what Paddock was going to do when he met him weeks before the shooting.

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Judges Order Las Vegas Shooting Records Unsealed

Jan 30, 2018

Judges in Las Vegas have ordered the release of search warrant records and autopsy reports related to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with some information to be redacted.

Court officials are redacting the warrant records in preparation for release later Tuesday.

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Records: Las Vegas Gunman Was Germophobe, Possibly Bipolar

Jan 22, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — After three months of investigation, police have learned more about Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock.

The high-stakes gambler was on a losing streak, obsessed with cleanliness, possibly bipolar and was having difficulties with his live-in girlfriend.

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