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As of 9 p.m. Saturday:
1. Couple with Henderson ties die in crash after surviving Las Vegas shooting
When Dennis Carver realized the loud cracks weren’t fireworks but instead rapid gunfire, he jumped on top of his wife, Lorraine Carver, to shield her from the bullets.
2. Authorities put brakes on information flow in Las Vegas shooting
Fifty-eight people killed. More than 500 injured. And yet, nearly a month after the Las Vegas Strip experienced the worst mass shooting in modern American history, local and federal authorities are refusing to fill in the blanks.
3. Man’s body found hanging from tree in west Las Vegas Valley
A man’s body was found hanging from a tree near Tropicana Avenue and Buffalo Drive Friday night, Las Vegas police said.
4. Husband’s frantic 22-hour search to learn wife’s fate after Las Vegas shooting
Shortly before sunrise on Oct. 2, Robert Patterson hopped in his car in Lomita, California, and raced toward Las Vegas. His wife, Lisa, would have texted or called by now, he thought. He heard about the shooting minutes after it happened, and he anxiously waited for his wife to touch base.
5. Caesars to start charging Nevadans to park at 7 Las Vegas properties
Caesars Entertainment Corp. will begin charging Nevada residents for self-parking on Thursday at Caesars Palace, Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s, The Cromwell, Flamingo, The Linq Hotel and Harrah’s. As of 9 p.m. Saturday:
1. Mandalay Bay security guard audio call
“Hey, there are shots fired,” Jesus Campos tells a dispatcher in audio recorded Oct. 1 and released Friday by MGM Resorts International.
2. Las Vegas shooting victim: Lisa Patterson, Lomita, California
“Lisa had an infectious energy and fierce love for her family, and we are beyond heartbroken for Bob and their three kids,” friend Andy Tamilin wrote on the GoFundMe page.
3. Downtown Las Vegas motel bombing in 1967
A bombing in January 1967 caused extensive damage to the Orbit Inn motel in downtown Las Vegas and killed six people, including the suspect.
4. MGM paying for Campos hotel stay; lawyers question influence over key shooting witness
Some veteral trial lawyers are questioning MGM Resorts International’s influence over security guard Jesus Campos.
5. Police respond to a homicide in North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Police spokesman Eric Leavitt briefs media regarding a homicide scene on Hassell Avenue in North Las Vegas Friday afternoon.