![]() "I have two kids myself, and they were just absolutely devastated that they will not be able to see her again." "She was a mom to all of our kids they called her 'auntie,'" he said. She was single and didn't have children, but she was treated like family by the kids of group members, Miller said. She was fatally shot seconds after the gunfire began, said Ryan Miller, a businessman and pastor who is part of the group.Ī Southern California native who lived in Placentia, Kimura's survivors include her parents, a sister and the friends who were with her when she died. (AP) - Nicol Kimura, 38, went to the festival with a group of seven men and women who call themselves "framily" - friends who are like family. The highlight of the festival for him was seeing Bobby Bones and The Raging Idiots. The family would like to thank the firefighter and woman from Minnesota who assisted medical aid to Austin.Īustin was attending the festival with his girlfriend, Dana, as a surprise celebrating his 24th birthday and upcoming anniversary. He was passionate about cars, loved sports, basketball in particular, with his favorite team being the Boston Celtics." "Austin was a joy to be around, he always had a smile on his face, was witty and was always making people laugh. ![]() "He was excited to get married and start a family. "Ambitious, smart, and hard working, he had dreams of opening his own auto repair shop after graduation," his sister Veronica Meyer said in a statement. Austin Meyer (California/Nevada)Īustin was from Marina, California, currently living in Reno, Nevada as a student at Truckee Meadows Community College earning a degree in Transportation Technologies with the goal of becoming an Automotive Certified Technician. Patterson was given his wife's blood-stained purse, her cell phone and wrist band she wore to get into festival, but little information. "My oldest daughter instantly broke down and fell on the ground crying." "My children who had been waiting 100 feet outside the room, knew when I came back out that she had died by the look on my face," he said. Late Monday, Bob Patterson was approached by an official at the Las Vegas convention center, where the coroner's office set up operations to have more space where families could come to identify those who died. His 19-year-old daughter, Amber, drove over from Arizona. Monday, he and his 16-year-old son, Robert, jumped in the car and drove three hours from their Los Angeles suburb to Las Vegas to find her. After news broke of the shooting spree, he spent the night calling hospitals trying to find her. It was the last time Bob Patterson spoke to his wife. Her husband, Bob Patterson, told his wife, a country music lover, to enjoy herself and stay for the last band, assuring her he could get their kids off to school the next morning. Lisa Patterson (California)Ī few hours before the shooting, Lisa Patterson called her husband to tell him what a great time she was having with her girlfriends - one of the rare weekends she was not coaching one of her kids' softball teams or volunteering at a school or church event. He was at the concert with his family friend, Thomas Day Jr., who also died. Through Hood, Davis's parents declined to be interviewed.ĭavis also leaves behind his girlfriend of nine years, whom he met in high school. ![]() "He worked so very hard and took the most pride in that and anything he did." They waited for 20 hours before learning that he had been killed, Hood wrote. As soon as news came that he may have been shot, they headed straight from their home in Riverside, California, to Las Vegas. Austin Davis (California)Īustin Davis, 29, and his parents had a bond "unlike anything I've ever witnessed," Davis's friend Katelyn Hood wrote in an online fundraising post. Fellow members of an honor society are now raising money through a gofundme page to pay her funeral expenses. "As one of her faculty members noted, we will remember and treasure her for her warmth, optimism, energy, and kindness," he wrote in a message to faculty and staff.Ī native of the Los Angeles suburb of La Verne, Rivera was studying health care management. University President Tomas Morales said he got to know Rivera last summer in London during a study abroad program. ![]() Rivera, 21, was in Las Vegas for Route 91 Harvest Festival when she was shot to death. Jordyn Rivera was in her fourth year as a student at California State University, San Bernardino, where she made an impression on everyone from students to the president. ![]() ![]()
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