Wisconsin man victim of Las Vegas massacre
Berger, 44, was father of 3 and a Wauwatosa native
A Brookfield couple waiting to hear about their son who was missing after the Las Vegas shooting Sunday night were informed Tuesday afternoon he had died.
Richard and Mary Berger received a call early Monday from their son’s friends that Steve Berger was shot. Steve Berger, a Wauwatosa native, was celebrating his 44th birthday with friends in Las Vegas over the weekend. Saturday was the last time the family spoke with him.
Mary Berger spoke briefly over the phone and confirmed a Las Vegas coroner called and confirmed Steve Berger died.
Fifty-nine people were killed and more than 500 injured when Stephen Paddock, from a hotel room at Mandalay Bay, opened fire on a crowd at a country music festival. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Steve Berger’s sister, Christine Moore, said he was with a group of six people who were on the ground and realized Berger had been shot. Moore added the friends thought he was shot in the chest or back.
“While trying to resuscitate him, (the group) was forced to evacuate,” she said.
The group lost contact with Berger Sunday.
Moore described her brother as fun-loving, hard-working and a good father. He was a 1991 graduate of Wauwatosa West High School.
Berger worked at EFS Advisors in Minnesota for nine years as a financial adviser. Dorothy Fuller, director of operations, said Steve was a well-respected member of their team.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family and with everyone involved in this situation,” Fuller said.
Berger was living in Minnesota with his three children, 8, 12 and 15 years old.