Details begin to emerge on some of the 58 victims of the Las Vegas massacre, which also left over 515 injured.
Canadian mechanic’s apprentice Jordan McIldoon, 23, of British Columbia was among those slain in Las Vegas, according to CBC News.
“We only had one child,” parents Al and Angela McIldoon tell the CBC. “We just don’t know what to do.”
McIldoon was attending the concert with his girlfriend, according to the report.
He died in the arms of a concertgoer named Heather Gooze, according to a social media post.
Friends and family, I am ok. I am right outside of the festival grounds. We are not allowed to go anywhere. I am with a…
Posted by Heather Gooze on Sunday, October 1, 2017
Another victim was identified as 20-year-old Quinton Robbins, a college student at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214812177921040&set=a.4286930534506.2177370.1323690019&type=3
A local Edmonton news outlet identified another casualty as Jessica Klymchuk, a mother of four who was at the concert with her fiance.
#BREAKING: Valleyview, AB woman killed in #VegasAttack identified as Jessica Klymchuk. She was a single mother of 4, visiting Vegas with fiancé.
Posted by CityNews Edmonton on Monday, October 2, 2017
Lisa Romero, a school secretary from New Mexico, was also among those killed, according to Fox News.
— AP contributed
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