At somber hall, people retrieve items lost in Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — They came quietly, in a steady stream looking for purses, wallets and cellphones.
Partisan divide: In wake of Las Vegas massacre, 'zero moments of action' from Congress
REDMOND, Wash. -- After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, amid the pain, loss, and confusion over what happened, how long do we wait before "making something political"?“It is time to act,” said Sen.
Couple says gunman complained about their music hours before Las Vegas shooting
SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego taco shop owner and his wife were staying in a hotel room right below the Las Vegas suite where gunman Stephen Paddock fired shots at a country music festival, according to KSWB.It was only after the deadly shooting that Albert Garzon and his wife Jessica discovered they had not only been staying in the Mandalay Bay hotel room directly below the shooter but that they’d annoyed him just hours before the concert.“Just got back to our room and look at that, that’s the room that he was shooting out of, that’s the curtain that’s coming out of the guy’s room.
In wake of Vegas shooting, Seahawks decide 'today wasn't the day to sit down'
The Seattle Seahawks put their protest on hold Sunday in honor of the victims of last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Surgeon from Tacoma ran into harm's way to save wounded in Vegas shooting
TACOMA, Wash. -- Retired Army surgeon Jim Sebesta of Tacoma was at the concert in Las Vegas last Sunday night when a gunman opened fire into the crowd from high above in a room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.At first, Sebesta said, he, like a lot of people there thought the sound was from fireworks.
Peninsula High students wear black at homecoming game to mourn loss of classmate
A high school homecoming is happening without one of the students at Peninsula High School.
Toppenish police chief's daughter among wounded in Las Vegas
TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) — The daughter of a Washington state police chief was among the hundreds of people wounded in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas.Toppenish Police Chief Curtis Ruggles says he's "at a loss for words" over the shooting, but that he's "one of the fortunate ones who had their loved one returned to them."He says his daughter is back home and recovering.Fifty-eight people were killed and nearly 500 were wounded when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd attending a country music festival.
Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals
LAS VEGAS (AP) — 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.
No drastic security changes revealed by Seattle hotels after Las Vegas shooting
SEATTLE -- Las Vegas hotels could have different security measures after the Route 91 concert shooting, multiple news outlets are reporting.
He was shot in the leg in Las Vegas. He still stood up for the President
[highlights]LAS VEGAS -- Thomas Gunderson was one of the almost 500 people wounded in the Las Vegas shooting attack at the Route 91 Harvest Festival last weekend.He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the leg.Gunderson was laying in his hospital bed Wednesday when President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump swung by.
Vegas gunman's secret life thwarts investigators' hunt for motive in shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history led a secret life that has so far thwarted investigators trying to figure out a motive for the attack.In an effort to try to crack Stephen Paddock's state of mind, the FBI spent hours on Wednesday interviewing his longtime girlfriend, who returned Tuesday from a weekslong overseas trip and said she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her to see family in her native Philippines."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," Marilou Danley, 62, said in a statement read by her lawyer outside FBI headquarters in Los Angeles.Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said it's difficult to believe Paddock acted alone in the attack Sunday that killed 58 and injured nearly 500 people at a country music concert on the Las Vegas Strip.
Some GOP members of Congress open to banning 'bump stocks' that gunman used in Vegas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior congressional Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning "bump stocks" like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to convert semi-automatic rifles to perform more like fully automatic weapons.The comments from lawmakers including the No. 2 Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, marked a surprising departure from GOP lawmakers' general antipathy to gun regulations of any kind.
Vegas killer's girlfriend says he left her in the dark
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday 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 gun down 58 people 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.
'You saved my daughter's life': Puget Sound first responders recall Vegas horror, humanity
For the first time, we’re hearing from Western Washington first responders who were in the line of fire during the shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 and injured hundreds.
'Bump stock' gun attachments aren't new -- or sold widely in Seattle area
BELLEVUE, Wash. --- The ATF announced Tuesday they recovered almost 50 rifles, shotguns and pistols after a deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday.Attached to a dozen of the weapons were "bump stocks," a product that is not new or illegal.The shots raining down from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay into the country music festival is a sound many won't forget."Currently 47 firearms have been recovered," said Special Agent in Charge Jill Snyder from the ATF's San Francisco Field Division.
Cousin of Bellingham woman shot in face in Las Vegas shares story of hope
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- A Bellingham woman, Melinda Brockie, was one of the 527 people injured during the massacre in Las Vegas.
Australian gun reform leader urges Trump to 'get real'
SYDNEY -- The former politician who helped win over a hostile Australian pro-gun lobby to the idea of massive weapons reform says the overwhelming success of the change should serve as an example for American politicians in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre.
Trump visits Las Vegas on 'sad day' after mass shooting
LAS VEGAS -- Declaring it a "very, very sad day" for himself and the nation, President Donald Trump traveled Wednesday to the city where a gunman killed 59 people at a concert.
Vegas shooter's girlfriend arrives in US, met at airport by FBI agents
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter arrived in the U.S. Tuesday night and was met by federal agents at Los Angeles International Airport, a law enforcement official saidThe official wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo has said Marilou Danley is considered a "person of interest" after her boyfriend, Stephen Paddock, opened fire from his hotel room, killing 59 people at a musical performance.
Loved ones remember Las Vegas shooting victims from Washington
SEATTLE – We’re learning more about the connections some of the Las Vegas shooting victims have with Western Washington.