Cop, teacher among 59 murdered

AN ALASKA fisherman, an off-duty police officer, a selfless Tennessee husband and a Navy veteran were among the victims shot to death by a Las Vegas gunman in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

Chris Roybal, a week shy of 29, was at the outdoor music festival with his mom, Debby Allen. They weren’t together when the shooting started — and only one survived.

“I got him home safe from Afghanistan and never thought I would have to worry about losing him again,” Allen, 49, from Corona, Calif., told the Daily News.

Roybal, who served in the Navy from 2005 until 2012, was among the 59 people killed in the bloody shooting.

“I was so proud to be his mom. He made me feel so happy,” she said.

Heather Melton said her husband, Sonny, 29, lost his life to save hers.“He grabbed me and started running when I felt him get shot in the back.

“I want everyone to know what a kindhearted, loving man he was, but at this point, I can barely breathe,” Melton told NBC affiliate WSMV-TV.

Cops sorting out the details of the shooting were also grieving for one of their own.

Las Vegas Police Officer Charleston Hartfield, 34, was off-duty Sunday night and enjoying the country music concert when gunfire rang out.

Hartfield had posted an image of the Route 91 Harvest Festival on his Facebook page Sunday evening, hours before gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire from his 32nd-floor perch at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Friends said Hartfield, a father and military veteran, also coached youth football.

Friend Troy Rhett said he sent Hartfield a text message late Sunday night, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“I figured he was probably busy helping others,” Rhett said. “I don’t know a better man than Charles. They say it’s always the good ones we lose early. There’s no truer statement than that with Charles,” he added.

“He gave up his life for this country,” Tara Murray, a family member, told The News. “Just to be taken out like this. You don’t understand. He’s got two little babies.”

Also killed was a commercial fisherman from Anchorage, who was at the concert with a buddy.

Adrian Murfitt, 35, was shot in the neck while he was near the stage during the concert by country singer Jason Aldean, said Avonna Murfitt, Adrian’s mother.

“Apparently, a fireman and a doctor both came over and did CPR on him, but